What happens when you add expenses offline?
Owetell saves expenses on your device first and syncs them to the room when you are back online. This is what happens in between.
1. You can add expenses without signal
Adding an expense records who paid, who shared it, the amount, a category, a note and the split. None of that needs a connection, so you can add it at the till while you still remember what it was for.
2. Changes wait on your device
Owetell keeps changes that are not synced yet in the browser. When the connection returns, Owetell sends them to the room. Then the balances update for every member.
- Add expensesaved on device
- Back onlinesync starts
- Room updatesbalances recalculated
3. Payments are in the same ledger
Payments sit in the same room ledger as the expenses they pay off. A partial payment lowers what is owed. The original expense stays visible, so the room always shows what is still unpaid.
4. Claude reads the same data
The MCP connector reads the same rooms, expenses and balances as the app. You can ask Claude what a room owes you or add expenses by describing them.