getting started
there is nothing to set up
teresa is a whatsapp contact. write it anything - hola, hi, or straight away an expense - and it replies once with what it does and the link to your page. that first message is the whole onboarding.
every chat is its own book: a private chat is yours alone, a group is shared by everyone in it. the same number serves both, and nothing you log in one shows in the other.
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teresa
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hola 9:02
💸teresa ✓hey ann! i'm teresa, your expense tracker 💸
just tell me what you spent, like you'd text a friend:
"spent 250 on tacos" · "uber 89" · "movies 180 yesterday"
i'll react 💸 when i log it - that's it, no forms 9:02
just tell me what you spent, like you'd text a friend:
"spent 250 on tacos" · "uber 89" · "movies 180 yesterday"
i'll react 💸 when i log it - that's it, no forms 9:02
💸teresa ✓your expenses live here too (list, totals, downloads):
teresa.run/share/#/… 9:02
teresa.run/share/#/… 9:02
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alone or in a group
- a private chat is a personal ledger. expenses get a 💸 and nothing else; questions get an answer.
- a group is a shared tab. teresa reads along and logs what anyone mentions, remembers who paid, and only talks when @mentioned - or when a tab closes or a budget crosses a line. see groups.
in a group the welcome arrives with the first message someone sends after adding it - whatsapp does not tell bots when they are added, so it stays silent until then.
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mexico city trip
ann, milo, ale, teresa
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annok teresa is in 9:10
💸teresa ✓hey! i'm teresa, the expense tracker for this group 💸
i quietly read along and log any expense someone mentions ("paid 600 for dinner") - i react 💸 so you know it's tracked 9:10
i quietly read along and log any expense someone mentions ("paid 600 for dinner") - i react 💸 so you know it's tracked 9:10
💸teresa ✓splitting, or just keeping the book?
right now i split: i note who paid what and, when you close the tab, post who owes who
if nobody owes anyone, reply "no split" and i just add everything up 9:10
right now i split: i note who paid what and, when you close the tab, post who owes who
if nobody owes anyone, reply "no split" and i just add everything up 9:10
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what to read next
start with logging expenses - it is most of what you will ever do. the rest of these pages cover one feature each, in the order you are likely to meet them.