Michelle Dear

Tandem - Limit Venmo requests & money fights with expense sharing

We were sick of endless Venmo requests and money fights with our significant others, so we built something better. Tandem imports expenses from your cards and allows you to seamlessly track, share, and automate expenses with your partner. Available on iOS.

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Michelle Dear
Hey Product Hunt! I’m Michelle, Co-Founder of Tandem. My team and I are so excited to share Tandem with you today and get your feedback. 🙂 70% of couples in the U.S. move in together before getting married. Expense sharing is their first financial experience together, but there’s no seamless, modern solution to make this easier. The status quo ranges from clunky and annoying (Venmo + a spreadsheet) to too serious (a joint account). Right now millions of couples are combining their lives in dozens of ways, but living financially separate. Our entire founding team has experienced this pain point first-hand. We know the available options are not what the modern couple wants -- so we built Tandem. Tandem is an iOS app that eliminates the back-and-forth of Venmo, without the need to get a joint bank account or card. Couples can import expenses from their current credit or debit cards, easily select which items to split with their partner, and settle up at any time. ✋It allows you to maintain privacy because your partner cannot see your individual transactions, only the transactions you choose to split with them. ➗You can divvy up expenses however works best for your relationship -- you’re not confined to doing it 50/50. 🔁You can opt to automatically split repeat expenses with your partner. We're also one of the very first apps to offer instant transaction data, meaning the moment you swipe your card at the store, the charge will appear in Tandem ready to be split -- that means no more waiting 24-48 hours for Plaid to refresh your data. Some learnings so far: ✔️If you share > 6 expenses per month with a partner, Tandem is likely a perfect fit for you. ✔️The purpose of the app isn’t to penny pinch your partner for every little expense -- it’s to provide the peace of mind that all your shared finances are tracked in one spot. Many of our couples don’t settle up frequently because they trust everything is accounted for! ✔️Top 5 most split merchants are Amazon, Uber, Trader Joe’s (our users are obsessed with TJ’s, can’t blame them), Whole Foods, and Target. ✔️Since soft launching in the App Store in August, Tandem has helped couples split tens of millions of dollars of expenses. We have a special offer for the PH community for 3 months free of Tandem Premium with code: PRODUCTHUNT3. We hope you try it out and let us know what you think! Get started here: https://usetandem.app.link/ph I’ll leave you with one last question -- how do you currently handle money with your partner? We would love to hear your feedback, what’s worked, and what hasn’t. I’ll be around answering questions or feel free to email me directly at michelle@usetandem.com! - Michelle Links: -------- App Store: https://usetandem.app.link/ph (offer code: PRODUCTHUNT3) Website: https://www.usetandem.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@use_tandem Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/use_ta... Our content TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@missmone... Our content Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missmo...
Jenny Fielding
Love that you are one of the first apps with instant transaction data, what have been some of the biggest surprises you’ve run into since launching?
Dan Couvreur
@jefielding Thanks Jenny! One of the more surprising aspects is the large population of users that choose not to settle frequently. Tandem is mainly a tool to ensure things are equitable and many users opt to let the ledger run until they go on a trip or make a major purchase to actually pay each other.
Michelle Dear
@jefielding thanks for the feedback, Jenny! @dan_couvreur point is great. Another surprise has been users have found a lot of subscriptions they had both been paying for (like Amazon, HBO, etc.), so it has saved them some money!
Charlotte Dugdale
Sign me up! 💸 Love that you're not constrained to splitting bills 50/50 and can choose what works for you.
Michelle Dear
@charlottemara27 yes!!!👏 intentionally customizable for every relationship. excited for you to try it out!
Jason Mandozzi
@charlottemara27 Flexibility is the key! Different splits for every relationship!
Hannah Foley
Tandem has been a game changer for me and my boyfriend. Not only is it handy for the day to day tracking of our expenses, but it makes it easier for us to have healthy, honest money conversations. We can actually see how much we're spending on activities, travel, food, etc. Super happy we have Tandem and excited to see what features they roll out next!
Dan Couvreur
@hannah_foley Thanks Hannah! I love the feedback and we have some incredible features coming up on the roadmap!!
Michelle Dear
@hannah_foley love to hear it, Hannah!! that's exactly what we're trying to incite with our first product -- eliminate the awkwardness of money convos!
Jason Mandozzi
@hannah_foley Thank you for the feedback! This is exactly what my fiance and I were saying as well. It's a great tool. Can't wait to show you what we have next!
Sharath Kuruganty
A perfect app for couples and would have come in handy when I was dating my wife :) I remember you showing me Tandem's demo in April last year, and I am super proud to see all the momentum and progress. Congrats Michelle and team!
Dan Couvreur
@5harath Thank you so much Sharath! We've been hard at work!
Michelle Dear
@5harath ah thanks so much for the feedback, Sharath! It has been an exciting journey :) excited for the next demo to show you!!
Brian Winterfied
My partner and I have been using this app for a few months now and love it. Being able to see all our shared expenses in one place is so much more convenient than what we were doing before. Also love the automation feature for rent. Thank you for this and congrats!
Michelle Dear
@brian_winterfied so happy you've been enjoying the app!! automation is one of our favorite features too. great to hear and thanks so much for the support.
Pablo Ignacio
interesting, is it like "Splitwise" but for couples?
Michelle Dear
@pablo_ignacio yes - except with Splitwise you still have to manually enter in your expenses to be split (by referencing credit card statements, receipts, etc.). Tandem is different because it connects to your debit/credit cards and pull in expenses automatically (saving you time), and it also allows you to automate expenses you will always want to split (Splitwise does not!).
Ryan Hoover
This would have been useful when I lived with 3 other friends in college
Michelle Dear
hi @rrhoover !!🙂 absolutely, some other scenarios we've seen people use the app for are sharing business expenses (e.g. co-owners of a salon), co-parenting, etc. Thank for you for the feedback!
Jason Mandozzi
@rrhoover It's even better in your late 20's with a mortgage!
Shrikant Damani
Congratulations on the launch @michelledearxox! The value prop of Tandem is quite exciting and it is sitting at an overlap of a lot of different products which is a tell-tale sign of a good tool.
Michelle Dear
@shrikant_damani yes we totally agree! thanks so much for the feedback, Shrikant :)
Huy Doan
The idea looks good! Congrats guys on the launch!
Dan Couvreur
@huy_doan_quang Appreciate the support Huy, we've been pumped about the feedback so far!
Stuart Winchester
We've been using Tandem for months and love it! TBH it's been the first solution that's really solved day-to-day expense sharing. Glad to see it getting in front of a wider audience! Congrats @michelledearxox and @dan_couvreur
Dan Couvreur
@stuartwinchester Thanks Stuart! Excited to hear it's been a great solution and excited for you to check out the new features we're rolling out soon!
Michael Silber
This is really handy. It's like having an ongoing Splitwise with your partner, friends, etc. I'm digging the learnings too.
Dan Couvreur
@product_at_producthunt Thanks for the support Michael! The big difference between Tandem and Splitwise is we're about 10x less manual -- we import all of your transactions so you can simply swipe to split
Michelle Dear
@product_at_producthunt thanks Michael!! the learnings have been awesome. we've had a lot of our users come over from Splitwise :)
Matthew Schkolnick
This is such a great app! Makes expense sharing with partners so easy & convenient. Michelle & team are doing an amazing job of pushing product updates that solve problems so many of us face.
Dan Couvreur
@matthew_schkolnick Thanks, many exciting updates to come!!
Michelle Dear
@matthew_schkolnick thanks so much for the kind words, Matt! glad that it is solving a pain point for people :)
Bren Kinfa 💎 SaaS Gems
Hey Michelle, grats on the launch here! Tandem looks nice and simple! 🔥 Wondering if you have a roadmap or any plans for Android?
Emily Brent
@saasdesigner Great question - Android is in progress! We totally get the pain point there. Hoping you'll circle back to us when Android is launched
Michelle Dear
@saasdesigner so glad to hear it, Bren! Android has been highly requested and we're hoping to have it out as soon as possible!
Nicky Valenzuela
This app has been valuable for my partner and I who just moved in together. We appreciate the ability to choose expenses to split, alter the split amount, and seamlessly transfer to Venmo to settle our splits. Tandem team - my only pain point has been with notifications. My partner and I both have notifications enabled but don’t get notified when one inputs an expense. Maybe it’s user error, but we haven’t found a solution. Other than that, we have been really pleased with the functionality, flexibility, and freshness that comes with this app. It’s perfect for those in our situation!
Dan Couvreur
@nicky_valenzuela1 Thank you so much for the feedback Nicky! We're working on revamping our push notifications this quarter and letting you customize them to your preferences! So you can specify to be notified when you have new transactions, your partner has split, or your partner is ready to settle, etc..
Michelle Dear
@nicky_valenzuela1 thank you so much for the thoughts, Nicky!! we are working on improving the notification cadence real-time, great flag and very helpful for us to know. so glad to hear you and your partner have enjoyed the app so far :)
Ian Billock
Could not be more thankful that an app like finally came out! My partner and I have been dying for a more simple solution to split bills/checks/etc... Excited to see it finally in place! My partner and I love it!
Michelle Dear
@dj_ibilly that's so great to hear, Ian!! glad you both have been enjoying it and we can't wait for you to try our new features coming out soon :)
Paolo De Giglio 🚀
👏 Wow, this sounds like the perfect solution for couples! No more dealing with clunky spreadsheets or having to get a joint bank account 🤩
Michelle Dear
@paolo_degiglio yesss that's right!👏 trying to simplify the process as much as possible. thank you!!
Enes Aktaş
Congrats on the launch 🎉looks so good.
Michelle Dear
@ensaktas thank you so much!🙂 appreciate the kind words!
Naré
Super excited about this launch . Recently discovered we have multiple subscriptions for the same service . Keen to get rid of the need to Venmo
Michelle Dear
@nareshka91 that has been a common theme among our users! this is great for spotting where you could be double paying. love to hear it, thank you :)
Binay Singh
This is cool! Congrats!
Michelle Dear
@binay_singh2 we appreciate it, Binay! glad to hear 🙂