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Android handbook · 1.0.0

Understand Lena / Dena.

Shared purchases, lending, borrowing and linked repayments.

Home → Lena / Dena → Add person

Keep your share separate.

Lena means money to receive. Dena means money to pay. Keep both directions visible instead of cancelling them out.

  1. Add the person

    Use Add person in Lena / Dena. These ledger people are separate from the saved friends inside Split bills.

  2. Choose what happened

    Use Lend for money they will return, Borrow for money you must repay, or Friend paid for me when someone covered your expense.

  3. For a shared purchase, divide the total

    Use Shared expense / Buy for a friend, or Expense → For a friend / Split payment. Enter your share and each friend’s share. Together they must equal the full payment.

Lending money is not personal spending. Borrowing money is not salary. A friend-paid personal expense creates spending and a payable without moving your account money.

Demo people with separate receive and pay totals.
Real app capture · example dataDemo people with separate receive and pay totals.A: Receive / pay totals · B: Create a money-owed entryEnlarge original

Lena / Dena → person → Open items

Link a repayment to its item.

Record the settlement against the original loan or shared expense. That is how the app knows what is still owed.

  1. Open the outstanding item

    Choose the person, then the exact amount under Open items. History shows earlier payments alongside the original entry.

  2. Record the correct direction

    Choose Record money received for a receivable, or the payment-sent action for a payable. Select the account money actually entered or left.

  3. Enter the actual partial or full amount

    For a partial settlement, enter only what moved now. Save it and check the remaining amount on the person’s page.

Do not create a fresh Income or Expense to settle an existing item. Write off / forgive actions close amounts without pretending money moved; review their effect before using them.

Demo loan: ₹700 still open after a ₹500 linked repayment.
Real app capture · example dataDemo loan: ₹700 still open after a ₹500 linked repayment.A: Open itemsEnlarge original

Questions you might have.

Why does a person have both receive and pay amounts?

You can owe someone for one item while they owe you for another. Open the correct item to settle it. The app keeps these directions separate.

Are splitter friends the same people?

No. Lena / Dena belongs to the financial ledger. Saved friends inside Split bills belong to the separate device-local tool.