About us

A finance app built for one household first

Chanakya started as a spreadsheet for a family that wanted to know where its money went — not a budget lecture, just an honest record. It is built and owned by one developer, which is why it answers to its users rather than to advertisers.

What we hold to

Accuracy over convenience

A total that mixes currencies is worse than no total. Where a shortcut would distort the number, we take the long way.

Confidential by construction

No ads, no data resale, no third-party trackers. Family access is opt-in and scoped per member.

Records, not guesses

Every entry says which account, which card and which party. The ledger should still make sense a year later.

The story so far

  • Then

    A shared spreadsheet, one currency, and a lot of manual totals.

  • Now

    Accounts, cards, UPI handles, contacts and businesses behind every entry, bills split into their items, and a household one admin can keep for the whole family.

  • Next

    Settlements, transfers and refunds, what a card earned, and money that moved in another currency.

Owner & developer

Abhijith C M

Abhijith C M

Software engineer · builds and owns Chanakya

Chanakya is designed, written and operated by one person. The bio page carries the full résumé as a web page, with the PDF available to download.

Get in touch

Questions, or something broken?

Reach the owner on LinkedIn — support is personal, because there is one person behind it.