Expense sharer is an online tool to share expenses with roommates, friends, family members and can be used for any occasions including trips, vacations, room rental etc. What differentiates this tool from other online tools is that - there is NO SIGNUP , NO LOGIN, NO PASSWORDS, NO HASSLE, NO DOWNLOADS, NO SAVING DATA ON SERVERS. The data is purely yours and you can export your data locally or share via Google docs and later import it back and continue on from where you left.
What makes this tool unique is that, it uses an unique algorithm that automatically minimizes the number of money transactions between the parties involved and shuffles the debt automatically thereby reducing the number of checks to write. There is NO limit on the number of people or the number of transactions you add . And you can specify the respective share (in ANY denomination) of each person (1 part, 2 part and even 1.5 part etc).
Following are the basic steps to calculate shared expenses using “Expense Sharer”:
Add names of people you would like to share the expense with.
Add expenses of each person and also indicate the respective share of other person’s involved.
Click on “Expense Report” and you should see who owes how much to whom.
Print the Expense Report and give it your friends who are sharing the expense.
Export the data and save it as a file (by clicking on the “Export” link). You can also send this file to your friends for them to import and view the expense report.
When you visit next time, just import the file (by clicking on the “Import” link) and start from there (or) Start a brand new expense report without importing.
Here are some new features that I added to the gadget today. To view them, just click on edit settings
New display formats: The new display formats can be changed by clicking on Google settings.
Display in years-months-days- hours-minutes
Display in months-days-hours-minutes
Display in days-hours-minutes
If the countdown is lesser than 1 day, the display format changes to hours-minutes
Display in months only
If the countdown is lesser than 1 month, the display format changes to days-hours-minutes.
Alert: You can enable alerts by going to edit settings. You will be alerted 5 minutes before the event is about to occur. Please ensure that your browser is enabled to hear the alert. Visit Test Voice to verify compatibility.
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countdown, countup gadget to track days in, days since special events, famous events, birthday events, anniversary events. Track days until special events, birthdays, wedding anniversary, get together. The gadget that does multiple countodown and countup. Use it for pregnancy calendar, health related events, memorable trips. Use it to track the number of days left to holiday trips, vacations.
I added a cool feature “Data key” that will help you to backup your events in case of data loss. It is also a feature that will help you to share your events with friends and family members.
What is data key ?
Data key is a unique key that can be used to retrieve your events when you accidentally remove the “My Moments” gadget from your igoogle page or when the events accidentally disappear from your gadget. Another reason why you would want to have a data key, is to share your events with friends and family members.
How can I get my data key ?
You should see a link “Data Key” on your “My Moments” gadget (top right corner). Click this link and then click the button “Get My Data Key”. This should take you to a new screen that should display the data key. We recommend you to save this key in a text file in your personal computer.
How can I use data key to retrieve my lost events ?
Ask them to enter the data key that you had sent into the text box that says “[OR] Enter Data key”
Click Submit and wait for the gadget to retrieve your events.
NOTE: If they happen to delete or modify the events, it WILL be reflected on your gadget as well. So ask them to be careful when modifying/deleting any events.
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