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Adds Up

Who bought in, how much, and who owes whom when the night ends.

Adds Up - the poker night pot and each player's buy-ins
Adds Up - final count: each player's chips at the end
Adds Up - tracking buy-ins for a game night, light mode
Adds Up - results: who won, who lost and who pays whom

Adds Up is a buy-in and settle-up tracker for a regular game night. It answers three questions: who bought in, how many times, and who owes whom when the night ends. Instead of one sheet of paper that only the person holding it can read, everyone around the table sees the same live screen, and the settle-up at the end is calculated for you.

Who it is for

Any group that meets regularly and shares a pot: a weekly poker four, a rummy night, a board-game evening. If you have been looking for a way to track buy-ins, split a shared pot, or work out who pays whom at the end of the night, this is it.

How it works

Why not a sheet of paper

A sheet of paper only knows what the person holding it wrote down. Here the count is visible to everybody in real time, there is a log showing every buy-in with its timestamp, and any change is seen by the whole room the moment it happens.

Settling up properly

Amounts are exact to the last cent, and a group that prefers can choose whole amounts before the game: every balance is rounded to a whole number, the difference is shared among the players, and the totals still balance with nobody left short. The result is a short list of payments: not everyone paying everyone, only what is actually needed to close. Under each player, in large type, who they hand over to and how much, or who they collect from, and each transfer can be ticked as done by the payer, the recipient or the host, so everybody sees what is still open.

Between the nights

Every player has a screen of their own: how many nights, with whom, on which weekday, and a line of their balance over time in each group with the current run of wins or losses. Every night's length is recorded on its own, and there is a title for whoever sits the longest. From the running table you send the group one picture that sums up the season: the games, the hours at the table, the leaders and the titles, for a month, a year or all time. The whole history exports to a file a spreadsheet opens, and anyone who has not played yet can look at a sample night.

27 languages

Hebrew, English, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Romanian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Vietnamese and Thai, with full right-to-left layout in Hebrew and Arabic. The language is chosen once and switches instantly, with no restart.

No sign-up

No account, no password, no email. Open the app and start. No name, email address or phone number is collected.

Works offline

If the connection drops mid-night, buy-ins keep working and are stored on the device, then sent on their own the moment the network is back. No duplicates and no lost entries.

This is not gambling

The app takes no money, moves no money and offers no game of chance. It counts and it calculates, exactly like the sheet of paper it replaces.

See how it works

A short, silent walkthrough of Adds Up. Watch here, then download.

Technology

FAQ

How much does Adds Up cost?

It is completely free. There are small banner ads on two screens only, and never on a live game screen, so nothing interrupts the night itself.

Do I need an account?

No. No user, no password, no email. Open the app and start. No name, email address or phone number is collected.

How do the others join?

Whoever opened the group gets a QR code and a six-letter code. Scan it or type it, and that is it. The code can also be sent over WhatsApp, including from the live game screen for anyone who arrives mid-night.

Who can change things during a game?

The person who opened the group, and anyone they authorise. Everyone else sees everything live but cannot write, and that is enforced on the server rather than only in the interface. There is also a log showing every buy-in with its timestamp, so any change is visible to the whole room.

What if the final count does not balance?

The app neither ignores it nor drops it on one person. It splits the difference evenly across all participants, and tells you that is what it did.

What happens if the network drops mid-game?

You keep going. Buy-ins are stored on the device and sent on their own when the connection returns, with no duplicates and no lost entries.

Can we use different currencies?

Yes. Each group picks its own currency symbol and everything is calculated in it.

Can the amounts be rounded?

Yes. By default they are exact to the cent, and a group that prefers chooses "whole amounts" before the game. The rounding is done on each balance before anyone is asked to pay, so the totals still match exactly and nobody moves by more than one unit.

I changed phones. How do I get my name back?

Join the group with its code and pick your name from the list, even if it shows as connected on another phone. The name and all its history move to the new phone, and the old one stays in the group as a viewer.

Can I mute the sound mid-game?

Yes, with one tap on the game screen, without turning your phone down. The vibration stays, and another tap brings the sound back.

Is this a gambling app?

No. The app takes no money, moves no money and offers no game of chance. It counts buy-ins and calculates a settle-up, like the scoresheet it replaces.

Do debts carry over between nights?

No, and that is deliberate. Each night closes on its own. The group leaderboard shows how things stand over time, but it never becomes an open debt.

Which languages are supported?

27 of them: Hebrew, English, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and more, with full right-to-left layout in Hebrew and Arabic.

Can I see how I have done over time?

Yes. Every player has their own screen: how many games, with whom, on which weekday, and a chart of the balance over time in each group, with the current streak in the plus or the minus. The whole history can be exported to a spreadsheet that opens in Excel.

How does everyone get the summary at the end of the night?

The app makes one image with everything: who won how much, below it who pays whom, and what went into the tax. Send it to the group on WhatsApp and everyone sees exactly the same thing.