Expenses and splits

Use I spent for anything you pay for, whether it’s just for you or shared with others. Your spending totals count only your share.

Add an expense

1. Choose New → I spent, or Add expense on the Expenses page.
2. Under Expense for, choose Private · only you or one of your groups. Group expenses are covered in Add group expenses.
3. Enter the amount, date and a title, and optionally a category, subcategory, quantity and unit, and a note.
4. Under Who is it for?, choose Just me or Split with others.

A private expense is visible only to you, even when you split it with someone. Their share appears as money they owe you.

Ways to split

• Equal shares: everyone pays the same.
• Choose each amount: enter exact amounts; they must add up to the total.
• By percentage: percentages must add up to 100%.

OweJar checks the totals before saving and handles rounding so the shares always add up exactly.

Settling a share

When someone pays you back for their share, open the expense and record the payment against their share. If a settled share needs to be paid again, you can reopen it.

Browse and filter

The Expenses page shows Your spending and every expense. Filter by:

• Show: all expenses, Private · only you or group expenses.
• Type: Just me or Split.
• Currency, dates and sort (newest, oldest, highest or lowest amount; amount sorts need one currency).
• More filters: group, your involvement, state and shared category.

Categories

Categories and subcategories (with emoji) make Insights more useful. Manage them on the Categories page.