Built Lite: A Simple Yet Powerful Tool for Tracking Income and Expenses
For Built Financial Technologies, I developed Built Lite, a mobile app designed to help small business owners track their income and expenses efficiently. Using React Native, I created an app that provides seamless functionality even without an internet connection. Built Lite ensures that business management remains smooth and uninterrupted, offering a robust solution for managing finances while on the go.
The Challenge: Simplified Yet Secure Business Management
Small businesses often face the challenge of managing their finances on the fly while ensuring data security. Many existing tools require constant internet connectivity, making them less reliable for business owners working in areas with limited or no internet access. The challenge was to design an app that could offer offline functionality while still being intuitive and secure.
Solution: Offline Functionality with Full Security
I utilized React Native to build the mobile app, ensuring cross-platform support for both iOS and Android users. One of the app's standout features is its ability to work offline, enabling users to record and track sales and expenses without relying on an internet connection. Whether recording cash or credit sales, the app ensures that no data is lost, and everything syncs once the internet connection is restored.
The app allows users to manage their business efficiently, adding customers and suppliers directly from their phone's contact book, tracking sales, expenses, and profit, and generating reports for both debtors and creditors.
Key Features of Built Lite:
- Offline Functionality: Users can track sales, expenses, and profit even without an internet connection, ensuring uninterrupted business management.
- Easy Customer and Supplier Management: Allows users to add customers and suppliers directly from their phone’s contact book.
- Financial Reports: Users can generate reports on sales, expenses, and profit, as well as track collections and payments for debtors and creditors.
- User-Friendly: The app is designed to be intuitive, making it easy for business owners to stay on top of their finances without any hassle.
- Upgrade Path: Users can seamlessly upgrade to the full Built App for more advanced accounting features available on both desktop and mobile.
Impact and Results:
Built Lite provides small business owners with a flexible, on-the-go solution for managing their income and expenses. Its offline capabilities make it an ideal tool for businesses in areas with unreliable internet access, while its intuitive interface and robust security ensure that financial management is both secure and efficient.
By offering a path to upgrade to the full Built App, users can take their business management to the next level when needed, all while maintaining a simple and user-friendly experience.
