What's new

Each change to Rata goes live when we merge it.

30 October 2026

New: Home groups can have a budget for each month. The top of the group shows this month's spend, the budget left and the cost per person.
New: Add Rata to your phone's home screen from the browser. It opens like an app, with a correct icon on iPhone and Android. On an iPhone, Rata shows the steps.
Fixed: On Android, the keyboard no longer covers the buttons at the bottom of a form.
Fixed: When two people change different group settings at the same time, both changes stay.
Fixed: After you pay in your UPI app, Rata asks "Did you pay?" also when the phone closed the browser tab.
Better: When you come back to the app, it gets the group changes at once and starts the newest version of Rata.
New: Trip groups can have dates and a budget. The top of the trip shows the spend, the budget left and the cost per person per day.
Privacy: To ask us to delete a group from the server, write to hello@rata.fyi. Report a security problem to security@rata.fyi.
New: The app has a new address, app.rata.fyi.
New: Rata has a website at rata.fyi, with this page, the privacy policy and the security page.
Better: The app opens at once, and a drag on a list no longer selects text.
New: In the Android app, Rata records a UPI payment when your UPI app says the payment is done.
New: Poker groups show your result for each night and a season table.
Fixed: Undo of a delete always puts the expense back in the right place.
New: A guided tour that you can open without sign-in. It shows each group type, with back, restart, swipe and arrow keys.
New: Poker groups. Record buy-ins and cash-outs, check the chips, and settle the night.
New: Party and gift pool groups. The host can pay for all, and a gift pool shows who paid in.
New: Trip groups. Count a family as one unit, and keep a shared kitty.
New: Home groups. Add rent and bills once, and they repeat each month.
New: Load sample groups with one tap to try Rata.
New: Payment reminders in the mobile app.
New: Insights. See spend by month and by category, and how old each balance is.
New: Import a group from a CSV file.
New: The code for the Android and iOS app, with Google sign-in. The store releases come later.
New: Activity list, edit history, and restore of a deleted expense.
New: A note on each payment. Balances in more than one currency are easier to read.
New: Sign in with Google (Gmail accounts).
New: Pay with Google Pay or another UPI app from Settle up.
New: A photo of the bill on each expense. Invite links copy themselves.
Better: A new design on every screen.

14 October 2026

New: First version of Rata. Groups, invite links, all split types, any currency at daily ECB rates, settle up, live sync, use offline, CSV export, and install from the browser.
Privacy: Your device encrypts each group. Only people with the invite link can read it.