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Real stories from building a family allowance app. No marketing speak, just what's working and what isn't.

2026-06-22

I built a free allowance tracker because I got sick of IOUs on the fridge

How a 5-year-old's Post-it note banking system led to building Pocket Ledger — and why it's working better than the piggy bank ever did.