Tallykins Features
What's part of every event, and what an Organiser Pass unlocks.
What You Always Get
These are part of every Tallykins event, whether you're joining for free or running it with an Organiser Pass.
- 🐾 Just a screen name to get started — Download free, enter your screen name and start tracking expenses.
- 🐾 No sign-up to join an event — friends jump in to shared events with a six-character code, no email or password required.
- 🐾 Free sharing and backup — sign in with Google or Apple to share your event and keep it backed up.
- 🐾 TallyCash shared kitty — track a shared cash fund separately from direct expenses.
- 🐾 Multi-currency support — log expenses in different currencies, with rates updated every weekday.
- 🐾 Friend Groups — settle as couples or subgroups instead of person-by-person.
- 🐾 Ad-free, always — no ads, anywhere in the app, ever.
- 🐾 Privacy first — no personal data sold or used for advertising.
- 🐾 Works offline — keep recording expenses with no internet connection.
Free vs Organiser Pass
Joining a shared event is always free, with no email, no password and no limit on how many you can join. You can organise one event at a time, for up to 4 friends, including you, for free. Using the TallyCash kitty is also free. Sharing your free event and backing it up are also free: just sign in with Google or Apple.
An Organiser Pass adds capacity — up to 20 events, up to 20 people in each, and extra features like PDF reports.
Free sharing needs Tallykins 1.8.0 or later, so update the app if you're asked to buy a Pass to share a single event with up to 4 friends in it.
| Feature | Free | Organiser Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Creating a Free Event1 free event, with up to 4 people (including you). | Included | Included |
| Sharing an EventSign in with Google or Apple, to back up your event, then share a code. Friends can join for free and add expenses on their own phones. | Included | Included |
| Creating Multiple or Larger EventsCreate up to 20 events with up to 20 people in each event. | Not included | Included |
| PDF ReportsOrganiser Pass users can export a clean PDF summary of an event, including transactions, balances, and settlements. | Not included | Included |
Included Not included
The organiser stays in control
Every event has exactly one organiser, Pass or no Pass, and they're the only one who can edit the event or manage who's in it. The organiser shares the join code to bring people in, and can remove someone's access at any time — so control over an event never sits with anyone else.
When a Pass ends
Your one free event stays shared. Bigger and extra events are paused for friends until you renew.
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