Flan - Your Future, Simplified

Most budgeting products in the market judge your past and criticize your spending. Flan helps you visualize your financial future. Project your outlook, predict your cashflow and build your blueprint.

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Inspiration

My wife and I built Flan because we wanted a better way to actually see where our money is going - not just look backward at what we spent, but understand where we're headed.

What it does

It’s a budgeting and financial projection app that lets you plan out your cash flow, see how big purchases and life events could affect your finances, and actually visualize your financial future. Most products in the market today just feel like they're judging your past and criticizing your spending..

How we built it

We started the build on web using React Native so we'd be able to easily expand cross-platform to iOS and Android. Flan was published to the Apple App Store this week, right in time for Shipaton!

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenge we faced was drawing a line in the sand of feature sets - though we both understand how important it is to get real, tangible UI/UX feedback, that doesn't make it any less difficult to wrap the MVP and stop chasing shiny new ideas.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are most proud that we ideated, designed, and built the project together. We created an LLC to act as an umbrella for future financial products too, so stay tuned!

What we learned

We learned that starting a business is not as easy as it may seem, and that the marketing stage is much more difficult AND much more important than the building stage. There are many trials and tribulations still on the horizon for Flan.

What's next for Flan - Your Future, Simplified

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Updates

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While Shipaton is still rolling we published our first updated version of Flan!

What's New in Flan v1.1

Pay With Any Account: Choose how every expense is paid: checking, savings, or a credit card. Flan adds card charges to your balances so your projections match real life.

Smarter Debt Tracking: Label each debt as a Credit Card, Loan, or Mortgage. Flan sorts your existing debts automatically, so there's nothing to set up.

Know When Debt Is Growing: If your payments aren't keeping up with interest and new charges, Flan tells you right away. It also shows exactly how much extra per month would get you debt-free.

"Why Won't This Pay Off?": Tap the ∞ next to any debt to see what's holding it back.

Clearer Income Breakdown: See your Monthly Take Home and Retirement Contributions at a glance, with pre-tax and post-tax hints on every income source.

Jump Straight to the Details: Tap any Summary insight to go right to that section of your plan, already open.

Plus lots of polish: A smoother metrics carousel, cleaner charts, a faster sign-in, and plenty of small fixes throughout.

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