How to use Doodle Bill

1. Add a spend (10 seconds)

1. Tap the big pink ＋ (or press N on a computer).
2. Type the amount. The keyboard opens straight away.
3. Pick a category.
4. Tap Save. Done!

💡 Everything else (shop name, date, how you paid) is optional. Fill it in only if you want to.

2. Split a bill with friends

1. On a new spend, tap 👯 Split with friends and add who was there.
2. Tap Split into items and add each dish or drink with its price.
3. Under Who had it?, keep Everyone or tap just the people who shared it.
4. Pick Who paid? (that's usually you).

💡 Each person also pays the tax on their items, so if only two of you had the beer, only you two pay its VAT.

3. See who owes what

As you type, Doodle Bill shows each person's share, including their part of the tax, service charge and tip. Shares always add up to the exact bill, down to the paisa.

After saving, open the bill to see the receipt and the split. Tap 🔗 Share to send it to the group so everyone can see their share.

💡 When everyone has paid you back, tap 🤝 Mark all settled.

4. Taxes, your way

Add whatever taxes your bill shows, wherever you are: VAT, GST, CGST, sales tax, a city tax… They all stack.

1. In the Taxes box, tap ＋ New tax, type its name and rate (e.g. VAT 20%), and tap Add tax. It's saved to My taxes, so next time it's one tap.
2. Add as many as the bill has. A bar bill might have GST on the food and VAT on the drinks.
3. Under On, keep All items or tap only the items that tax applies to.
4. Prices already include tax? That's the default. If tax is added on top (like most restaurant bills), tap the line at the bottom to switch.

• With a service charge, choose per tax whether it's charged on that too.
• Edit or remove saved taxes anytime under 🎒 Backup → My taxes.
• Any currency: pick yours under 🎒 Backup → Currency. Abroad? Tap the currency symbol next to the amount to log one spend in another currency. Each trip has its own currency too. Totals in different currencies are shown side by side, never converted.

5. Trips & outings

Keep everything from a trip, a wedding, a dinner out or your flat in one place, with its own total.

1. Go to 🧳 Trips → New trip. Give it a name. Add friends now, or later, or never (a trip can be just you).
2. Add spends inside the trip (➕ Add spend), or pick the trip in the Trip row on any new spend.
3. Already logged something? Open it and tap 🧳 Move to a trip…
4. With friends: tap 📤 Send update and post the link in your WhatsApp group. Friends open it, pick their name, add their spends and send it back. Open the newest link anyone sends, and your copy updates.

Who owes whom shows the fewest payments that settle the whole trip. Tap ✓ paid when money changes hands. Everyone's totals shows what each person paid, their share, and the balance.

💡 Each person's entries are signed by their own phone: added by Amit ✓ means it really came from Amit, and only Amit can change or delete it. Anyone with the trip link can see the trip and add their own spends, so share it only in the trip's own chat.

6. Share a bill or a month

Tap 🔗 Share on any bill, or use share this month on the home screen. Copy the link or send it straight to an app.

The data is packed inside the link, so there's no account to make and nothing to install. Whoever opens it sees exactly what you sent, and can tap Save to mine to keep a copy.

7. Back up & move to a new phone

Your expenses live only on this device, so keep a backup:

1. Go to 🎒 Backup → Save backup. Add a password if you want it locked.
2. Keep the .expense file somewhere safe (Google Drive, email it to yourself…).
3. On your new phone, open Doodle Bill → Backup → Open backup file.

💡 Groups, friends and your name come back too.