Cashmate is a social money accountability app that allows users to improve their budgeting experience by sharing their progress with friends. Friends will be able to hold each other accountable by reacting on each others’ spendings and remaining budget throughout the week.
Use the package manager yarn to install the dependencies needed to run Cashmate.
yarn installThis app can be run on Expo, you may need to install the Expo Go app on your mobile device, and then install the expo dependencies.
yarn install --global expo-cliTo generate the Expo QR code, or run locally on a simulator you start your app with:
yarn startTest our app on Testflight! Download the TestFlight app on the AppStore and go to this link to test out our app!
React Native frontend, Firebase Backend, and runs locally on Expo.
We are a group of college students studying at Boston University who hope to create an app to help students like ourselves who are dissatisfied with their own spending habits, and struggle to hold themselves accountable for their spendings! We learned a lot as we worked on this project from start to finish, and had a lot of fun throughout our journey together. We hope you'll enjoy it too :)
We learned how to create a project from scratch, from giving it a grand vision to breaking down parts of it by user priority, we managed to make a functioning app that looks pretty cool :) Our idea evolved from a simple finance app that would teach users how to budget, to an app that allows users to socialize and bond together! As we created our app, we ran into a lot of technical difficulties, like using tech stacks that were new to us, not knowing how to organize our data, and balancing our own course work on top of meeting in person for sprints. For most of us, we didn't have experience working on a project of this scale, especially since we are mostly sophomores who were not initially set on the CS track. Our frontend team works with our UI/UX developer to bring her beautiful designs to life, and our backend team is the backbone of our project, making functions that create the magic behind what you see. Our budgeting app that is meant to bond others, allowed our team members to bond too! From crashing out on study room couches to eating dominos past midnight, we're really proud of where we are now. Working alongside passionate people is really fun.