About

Four people in Leith, one sum between them.

Groat began as a spreadsheet Isla kept on her phone and Rafiq kept breaking. It is now an app that does one thing.

A kitchen table and chairs in low morning sun

Why

Why

Budgeting apps ask you to become an accountant. Most people want to know one thing, standing in a shop: can I afford this today. Groat answers that and stays out of the way.

How it is paid for

How it is paid for

By the people who use it. Groat Whole costs £2.99 a month. There are no adverts, no offers for loans and no data sold to anyone.

What it will not become

What it will not become

A bank, a credit score, a feed or a place to invest. If a feature needs a second number on the Today screen, it does not ship.

Who answers when you write.

Isla Drummond

Design

Drew every screen, then removed most of them.

Rafiq Haldane

Engineering

Wrote the sum. Checks it against his own rent.

Morven Acheson

Banking and data

Ten years in open banking, so you do not need any.

Tobias Wren

Support

Answers every email himself, usually the same day.

One number a day. That is the whole idea.

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