Debt Buddies - from Dream to Reality
Hi everyone! I'm the creator of Debt Buddies, which is a platform that helps users stay motivated to pay off their debt with the help of accountability, social motivation, and buddy support. Drowning in student loan debt myself, I wanted to create a tool that would keep me motivated to pay off my debt, as well as allow me to share the mental and emotional load with friends going through the same journey. And hence, Debt Buddies was born! I am not a coder, so I used Replit to make it. I know it's probably very clunky compared to all your beautiful applications, so I would absolutely love any feedback you have to make things smoother, better, or easier for the user.
The home page is a social page where users can post about their payments and get likes and comments from their buddies. The dashboard page is divided up into several different tabs. On the debt tab, users can either manually add their own debt or connect their debt via Plaid. Once users have added their debt, they can then click the analytics button and play around with fun tools like the "What if" feature that will allow you to see what would happen if you contributed a little more or less per month to your debt. You can also set a goal to pay off your debt sooner, based on either an extra amount you pay per month or a set date (and it will automatically calculate the amount extra per month you'll need to pay to hit that date).
You can also create and join challenges with your buddies to help with motivation, and use the AI-powered Strategy tab to create a debt payoff strategy just for you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my product! Truly, I would love any and all feedback you have to offer. I'm doing this completely on my own with my own money, and I have no coding/software/computer science in my educational background, so this really is just a "learn as you go" kind of side project for me. I'm having a lot of fun though, and I really appreciate learning from all of you!
