Thank all the volunteers!

We would like to express our sincere thanks here to all the volunteers who helped us in translating Receipt Ninja to different languages. They are:

Borisov Artiom (Russian)
Frank Bouillon (German)
Andrea Melis (Italian)

Diego Travaini (Italian)
Wagner Augusto Andreoli (Brazilian Portuguese)

Elias Michalakeas (Greek)
Audrey Durand (French)
Morten Neesgaard (Danish)

We do appreciate the efforts and contributions made by you guys!

We are still looking for new volunteers. If you found your language is not in our list, feel free to email us.

FAQ (Android)

1. How to send email of receipts?
Tap “Share”->”Email” on the “Reports” tab.

2. How to export .csv report?
Tap “Share”->”Email” on the “Reports” tab, the .csv file should be the attachment of the email.

3. How to see the details (e.g. who paid for how much) of the receipts?
Tap “Share”->”Email” on the “Reports” tab, the email shows the details.

4. How to make advance/cash/partial payments to offset balances?
See this post at http://receiptninja.blogspot.com/2012/11/tips-for-advancecashpartial-payments-etc.html

5. What does "X should pay next" mean?
"X should pay next" means that X has the most negative balance now so that he/she should pay next time in order to reduce/clear his/her debts.

6. What does "Coefficient" mean?
"Coefficient" means how many people the person represents in even splits (default is 1). For example, if A's coefficient is 2, then it means that A will be responsible for 2 people in even splits. If there are A and B in the even split and the amount is $30, then A will be responsible for $20, and B will be responsible for $10 instead of a $15- $15. This is useful for couples/family and only one person is paying for the group.

7. What does inactive member mean?
Once a member is set as inactive, he/she won't be included for future splits. This may happen when some members leave the group but they had shared expenses with others.

8. Why does it say "No event to sync"?
Because you haven't synced any events and there's no event that shared with you either. To sync an event, you can tap "Events"->long tap the event name->"Sync" or you can select "Sync" when creating a new event.

9. I synced an event with my friend, but he/she cannot receive it on his/her device. What happened?
We use Gmail account on the device to identify users, so please make sure you enter the same Gmail address as your friend would use to sync on his/her device when you sync the event. Please let us know if the problem still exists even you used the same Gmail address.

Did not find the answer? Leave us a comment below.

New Feature: Member Coefficient

We are introducing a new feature to Receipt Ninja for Android: the member coefficient.  Each member now has a coefficient with default value of one. The coefficient allows the member to represent a sub-group such as a couple (coefficient is 2) or a family (coefficient is the number of family members).

New Feature: Inactive Members

Receipt Ninja for Android 2.0.1 has just been launched with a new feature: inactive members. You can now set members as active or inactive by editing them in settings. Once a member is set as inactive, he/she won't be included for future splits. This may happen when some members leave the group but they had shared expenses with others.

Tips for advance/cash/partial payments, etc.

Recently, we received many users' requests to add the options to make advance/cash/partial payments to offset balances. You can actually do this with the current version of the app. Here are some scenarios:

Let's say we have 3 people A, B, C in the group.

1. A makes an advance payment of $100 before the trip:
    a) Create a new receipt with $100;
    b) Add a new category called "Advance Payment" or whatever you like;
    c) Choose A as the payer and share "evenly";
    d) Save the receipt.

2. During the trip, one day B wants to clear his debits ($30) with C:
    a) Create a new receipt with $30;
    b) Add a new category called "Cash Payment" or whatever you like;
    c) Choose B as the payer and share "unevenly" with C only;
    d) Save the receipt.

Basically, you can make any kinds of payments to offset the balances using the even/unevenly splits.

Let us know if this solves your expense splitting problems:)

Looking for translation volunteers!

Dear users,

We are now looking for volunteers to translate the app to different languages. Receipt Ninja for Android already supports Chinese, French, German, and Greek. Please email us if you are willing to help us!

The Receipt Ninja Team

Receipt Ninja for Android now supports backup to Google Drive!

You can now backup multiple events to SD card, Dropbox, and Google Drive!

Review on Androidmarketapps

http://www.androidmarketapps.com/productivity/receipt-ninja/

If you ever gone on a trip or planned a party with a couple friends, you’d know how difficult it is to calculate how to split the costs. Receipt Ninja is a great app to calculate costs splits with relative ease.

Receipt Ninja does a good job of calculating simple splits. Receipt Ninja allows you to enter all your costs, then reports how much each person owes. Receipt Ninja can track who paid what amount and then spits out a report breakdown of costs that’s easy to read.

I liked how Receipt Ninja:

• is easy to use
• can use the preset categories and can add your own categories
• can pull contacts from your address book or add a person not in your address book
• creates a simple cost break down
• calculates paying with different currencies
• can take a picture of receipts (only for records)
• shares calculation reports via email or SMS.

Receipt Ninja can take a picture of a receipt but it’s only for records. It can’t read the receipt and automatically enter the totals into the report. Automatically entering the costs from the receipt picture would be a great enhancement.

Receipt Ninja will take a little time to learn how to use, but once you get a hang of it, you’ll find Receipt Ninja to be a powerful and useful tool to split costs.

New Feature: Cloud Backup

Version 1.5.5 introduces the new feature of cloud backup supported by Dropbox. The cloud backup feature helps you better protect your personal data and makes it easy to synchronize data between your phone, PC, and other devices.

Here's what you can play with the cloud backup feature:

• Backup your receipt pictures to Dropbox
• Restore your events from Dropbox
• Keep your data when changing from one phone to another
• View your receipt pictures on PC, Web, etc using Dropbox
• Share the group receipt pictures with your friends 

Receipt Ninja is on Android Market and Amazon App Store

Receipt Ninja is on Android Market  and Amazon App Store

Receipt Ninja makes it easy to track and split expenses.

Love travelling with friends but hate doing the math afterwards? Figuring out who paid for what and how to split the expenses has now been made easy for you by Receipt Ninja. It is extremely simple to track and split group expenses and you can conveniently share the financials with your buddies using Email, SMS, or Dropbox. Let Receipt Ninja manage your expenses and you just go get on the road!

Key features include:

-Track receipts with pictures.
-Split group expenses anyway you want (evenly or unevenly).
-Share the report and receipts using Email, SMS, or Dropbox.
-Avoid circular debts(A owes B, B owes C).
-Export to Excel(.csv).
-Support SD card backup and cloud backup using Dropbox.