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Thirteen answers, from your first group to deleting your account. The screenshots use demonstration data.

How to create a group

In the Split tab, tap the + button next to the title. Give the group a name and choose whether it is a household or a trip — the difference is only the label; the bills work the same either way.

As soon as the group exists, it already has a six-letter code for you to pass on to the other people.

The app's list of groups, showing each group's balance.

How to join a group I was invited to

Ask whoever created the group for the six-letter code. In the Split tab, tap the button next to the +, then type the code and your name.

If someone had already added you by name, type the same name: you take over that spot, along with the expenses already split with you. Type something different and you join as a second person.

The app's list of groups, showing each group's balance.

Can I split with someone who does not have the app yet?

You can. Inside an empty group, tap Add someone by name. That person now exists in the group and is included in the splits, without having installed anything.

When they install the app and join with the code, they take over the spot that was already theirs — nothing has to be redone.

A freshly created group, showing the six-letter code and the option to add someone by name.

How to log an expense

Inside the group, tap the + next to the name. Enter the amount, a description and who paid. Then choose how to split it:

  • Equally — everyone pays the same share. The cent that does not divide evenly goes to the first person on the list, so the total adds up exactly.
  • Exact amounts — you type how much each person owes. It can only be saved once the parts add up to the total, and the line underneath shows how much is missing.
  • One person — the whole expense goes to whoever you pick. For a cost that is not shared.
The new expense screen, with amount, description, who paid and the split mode.

How the balance is worked out

For each person, the app adds up everything they paid and subtracts everything they owe. Positive means they are owed money; negative means they owe.

The balance is always worked out on the spot, from the expenses and the settlements. It is never stored — so fixing an old expense fixes the balance automatically.

A group with expenses logged and the settle-up block at the top.

How to settle up

In the dark block at the top of the group, tap Settle up. The app suggests who should pay whom, in the fewest transfers possible — with four people, three payments do it, instead of the twelve you would get from settling every pair.

A group with expenses logged and the settle-up block at the top.

Who touched this expense?

Inside the group, tap Activity. Everything that happened is there: who logged, who edited, who deleted and who joined the group, newest first.

The history keeps what was true at the time — if the expense is edited later, the old line still shows how it was. And nobody can delete or rewrite the history, not even whoever created the group.

The group's history, showing who logged, edited or deleted each expense.

Is the Month tab shared?

No. Month is yours alone. It does not appear to anyone in your groups, and it does not reach our server — it stays on your iPhone and syncs through your own iCloud, between your devices.

The Month tab, with income, spending and personal budget categories.

How to change the language or the theme

Under Profile. Language has three options besides following the device: Portuguese, English and Spanish. Theme has light, dark and follow the device.

You can keep the app in a different language from the rest of your iPhone — the choice applies here only.

The same app in Spanish.

How to lock the app with Face ID

Under Profile, turn on Require Face ID to open. The app then asks for authentication when it opens and when it returns from the background, and the screen is covered in the app switcher.

If Face ID fails, your iPhone passcode unlocks it — you will not get locked out.

The profile screen, with language, theme, Face ID lock, alerts and account deletion.

How to get an alert when someone logs something

Under Profile, turn on Alert me when someone logs something in the group. Your iPhone will ask for permission once.

You are alerted about what other people log, never about what you log yourself. If you denied the permission earlier, you have to grant it in your iPhone's Settings.

The profile screen, with language, theme, Face ID lock, alerts and account deletion.

How to switch off usage statistics sharing

Under Profile, switch off Share usage statistics. From then on the app stops sending any event, and carries on working exactly the same.

While it is on, it records anonymous actions — that the app was opened, that an entry was created. Never amounts, never descriptions, never names, and none of it is tied to your account. It is there to show what to improve and what to fix.

The profile screen, with language, theme, Face ID lock, alerts and account deletion.

How to delete my account

Under Profile, at the bottom of the screen, tap Delete my account. It cannot be undone.

Your account and your name disappear from the groups. The expenses you logged stay there, because they are part of the other people's balances — deleting them would change the balance of people who asked for nothing.

What is in the Month tab is not deleted here: it lives in your iCloud, and goes away with the app if you uninstall it.

The profile screen, with language, theme, Face ID lock, alerts and account deletion.

Did not find the answer?

Write to support@arroz.app. Say what you expected to happen and what happened instead — with that, one reply usually settles it instead of three.