Bill splitting

A total line at the top shows what's due. Below it, bills are grouped into three sections:

• Needs attention — overdue bills and bills due soon.
• Coming up — bills due in the next 30 days, including upcoming repeats of recurring bills.
• Paid this month — bills already paid.

Switch between the list view and the calendar view at the top of the page. Both use the same forecast, so they always agree. Use the filter row to search bills, show All or only Mine, and pick one or more categories — with no category selected, you see every bill.

Tap Add bill and enter the name, amount, and due date, and choose how often it Repeats. The rest is under More options:

• Category — picked from the family's list, with its colour.
• Amount changes each time — for bills like electricity. The amount becomes an estimate, and you enter the actual amount when you pay.
• Reminder — a push notification a chosen number of days before the due date.
• Notes — such as an account number or how it's paid.
• Private — only you, and anyone with a share of the bill, can see it.

All amounts show in the family's currency — CAD, USD, EUR, or GBP — set by an adult in Settings.

A bill can repeat Weekly, Every 2 weeks, Twice a month, Monthly, Every 3 months, Every 6 months, or Yearly. The repeat day comes from the due date. A Twice a month bill also asks for a Second day; both days must be between the 1st and the 28th.

When you change or delete a recurring bill, FamilyChaos asks whether it applies to This bill only or This and future bills.

Open a bill and tap Mark paid. Check the payment date and amount, add an optional note, and save. If you made a mistake, tap Undo payment.

Nothing is paid automatically — someone in the family always confirms each payment. The bill's payment history lists every payment, and removing one sets the bill back to unpaid.

Splitting is off until an adult turns it on in Settings → Bills → Split bills. Until then, the Bills page has no split controls — just bills and payments.

Splitting works like a joint account: each adult pays their share into the household, and the household pays the bill. By default every bill is split equally between all adults. To change that, open Household split and choose Custom to set each adult's share in whole percentages (they must total 100%), or turn off Include in splits for an adult who doesn't contribute. You can't change your own setting — another adult can change it for you. When the adults in the family change, a custom split goes back to equal.

Any single bill can use a different split. Open the bill, edit it, and adjust its split before saving.

When splitting is on and you have a share of a bill, Your share is at the top of the bill sheet. Tap Mark deposited once you've paid your part, or Undo if you tapped it by mistake. Other members' shares are shown but only they can mark them.

Settling your share and paying the bill are separate: marking your share deposited never marks the bill paid.

Splits from the old house-account model are labelled (legacy) and left out of the totals.

Organise bills by category — Rent, Utilities, Subscriptions, and so on. Adults manage categories and their colours in Settings → Bills, and can drag them into any order. Renaming a category renames it on every bill. Deleting one tells you how many bills use it and clears it from them.