Parents Payback
Track group expenses and family balances on trips, outings, and activities.
Parents Payback helps adults supervising groups of children, such as school trip chaperones, youth group leaders, and camp counselors, record purchases made on behalf of children, assign individual costs, track payments from families, and calculate outstanding balances.
The problem
When one adult pays for a group, it quickly becomes hard to remember who owes what. Receipts pile up, amounts get split informally, and families receive unclear requests for money. Parents Payback keeps a transparent, auditable record of every expense and payment so balances can be calculated accurately instead of reconstructed from memory.
Core features (planned)
These features are planned for the first release and are currently in development.
- Trip managementCreate, edit, archive, and switch between trips for group outings.
- Family and child managementOrganize families and their children within each trip.
- Manual expense entryRecord purchases made on behalf of children and assign costs.
- Family balancesSee how much each family owes, calculated from transaction records.
- Payment trackingRecord payments received from families and review payment history.
Development status
Parents Payback is in active development. The repository, mobile app foundation, and this website are being built first; expense and balance features will follow as approved milestones are completed.
Follow the plan on the public roadmap.
Sign up to test the app
We are looking for chaperones, youth group leaders, and camp counselors to test the first beta. Leave your email and we will contact you when testing spots open. Nothing is downloaded and no account is created by signing up.
Downloads
The app is not available for download yet. Official Android and iOS links will be published on this page after release. No app store listings exist at this time. To try the app before its public release, use the beta signup above.