Hostel payments, mess bills, and money tracking
A mobile app for university hostel students to manage mess and other bill payments, track loans, and keep shared money matters organised — beyond scattered notebooks and chats.
Our role
Mobile & backend development
Timeline
Shipped
Platforms
iOS & Android (React Native)
University hostel life creates a constant stream of shared expenses — mess dues, bills, informal loans — that usually live in notebooks, group chats, and memory. Khaata Wise was built to put that chaos into one mobile system.
The challenge
Hostel students juggle recurring payments like mess fees and utility-style bills while also tracking informal loans between friends. When records are informal, disputes and forgotten dues become normal.
Existing consumer finance apps are rarely shaped for this specific social context — shared living, rotating responsibilities, and small recurring obligations.
The product needed to feel lightweight enough for daily student use, while still being structured enough to keep payment history trustworthy.
The surfaces we shipped
Mess & bill payment records
Track recurring hostel payments so dues are visible before they turn into disputes.
Loan tracking
Record money lent and borrowed between students with enough context to stay honest over time.
Shared living money workflows
Support the everyday financial coordination that comes with hostel life — not just personal banking.
Mobile-first experience
A React Native app designed for how students actually manage money: quickly, on the phone, between classes.
Clear payment history
Keep a durable record of obligations and settlements instead of relying on memory and chat screenshots.
Extensible student tooling
A foundation ready for more hostel-finance features as the product grows with its users.
What we built
We built Khaata Wise as a React Native app backed by Node, Express, and MongoDB — focused on hostel payment records, mess and bill tracking, loan visibility, and related money workflows.
Students can keep dues and shared obligations in one place instead of reconstructing history from chats when someone asks “who paid what?”
The result is a practical money companion for hostel life: less friction, clearer records, and fewer awkward follow-ups.
