CostTalk: Team Expense Tracker

Manage Project Costs as Easily as Sending a Text.

Stop chasing receipts and scrolling through endless spreadsheets. CostTalk brings the simplicity of a group chat to the discipline of project accounting. Whether you are managing a construction site, a freelance project, or a small business team, CostTalk keeps your ledger updated in real-time.

💬 Chat-Based Accounting
Send an expense or inflow just like a WhatsApp message. Group admins can edit or delete entries, while team members stay updated with a live "Total Cost" view at the top of every project.

📊 Powerful Visualization
Don’t just track numbers—see them. CostTalk automatically generates instant graphs and visual reports, giving you a bird’s-eye view of your project’s financial health and spending trends.

🔌 Seamless Google Sheets Integration
Move your data where you need it.

Import: Bulk-load your customized Suppliers, Customers, and Other lists directly from Google Sheets.

Export: Generate professional CSV reports for your accountant or for further analysis in Excel with a single tap.

✈️ Offline First, Sync Later
Working on-site with a spotty connection? No problem. CostTalk stores your data locally and automatically syncs everything the moment you’re back online—just like your favorite messaging apps.

🛠️ Key Features:
Role-Based Permissions: Maintain full control with Admin and Member roles. Admins can moderate entries and manage permissions, while members focus on logging data.

Labor & Attendance Tracking: A specialized module for tracking employee attendance and automatically calculating labor costs, making payroll a breeze. Available for premium users.

Multi-Project Management: Manage multiple projects or business ventures within a single app, keeping accounts separate and organized.

Smart Filters: Instantly search through months of data by category, user, or date.

Team Ledgers: Create dedicated groups for different projects.

Cloud Reliability: Powered by Firebase for real-time, secure data synchronization across all devices.

Large Screen Support: Support for Chromebooks, and Tablets makes data entry even more faster and convenient.

How to Use:

Create a Project: Start a new ledger for your specific business goal or job site.

Invite Your Team: Add members to the project so they can begin reporting costs as they happen.

Log Daily Activity: Use the intuitive interface to enter expenses (outflow) or payments received (inflow).

Track Attendance: Use the attendance feature to log which team members are on-site, ensuring labor costs are updated automatically.

Monitor & Export: Check the visual dashboard for a quick summary of your profit/loss, or export the full ledger to CSV for your records.

CostTalk: Because project tracking shouldn’t feel like a chore.

Recent changes:
What's new:
• Project checklists — admins can add tasks & notes to any project; checked items show strikethrough
• Absences now appear as a clear "X" on the attendance chart, in each employee's colour
• New in-app news bar for updates & announcements
• "Contact Us" and "More Apps" added in Settings
• Fixes and improvements