let's dink together
Hey IH 👋
I'm building dink (letsdink.co) — a finance app made specifically for dual-income, no-kids couples.
The itch: Every couples finance app assumes you want to dump both incomes into one joint pool and call it a marriage. But a lot of us aren't there. We're two people with two incomes who want to share some things — a trip, a bill, a goal — without surrendering financial autonomy on day one. So dink doesn't merge everything. You link your own accounts, keep what's private, and share only what you choose. You're a couple, not a corporation. It's supposed to make finance a bit more fun.
What's in it:
Splits — log a charge, split it 50/50 or custom, done
Shared goals — the Bali trip becomes a progress bar you fill up together
IOUs — one tap to nudge them that they owe you $42, no awkward conversation
Duel for it — can't agree on who pays a disputed charge? Coin flip, wheel spin, rock-paper-scissors, high card. Loser pays. This one started as a joke and became the feature people react to most.
Where I'm at: Pre-launch, building the waitlist now. Landing page is up, product's coming together.
What I'd love feedback on: Does the "share what you want, keep what you don't" angle land for you, or does it read as just a softer version of every other splitting app? I keep going back and forth on whether the autonomy framing is the real hook or whether the "duel" feature is what actually pulls people in.
Site's here if you want a look: letsdink.co
Honest takes welcome
Reading this, the question that stuck with me wasn't whether the autonomy angle or the duel feature is stronger.
It's whether they're actually being interpreted as the same kind of signal.
One can create attention.
The other can create commitment.
The tricky part is that early reactions often make those look more similar than they really are.
That's why I'd be hesitant to draw a conclusion too quickly from the first wave of feedback.
The hard part for me right now is that everyone wants to build an app and this is a thing I am trying to solve even in my relationship. I want to build a free helpful tool for everyone else and selfishly I want people to use it. I think the duel could be be contradictory of the actual purpose of the app but at the same time make it more fun. I really appreciate the feedback!
What makes this difficult is that "more fun" and "more aligned with the purpose" don't always point in the same direction.
That's the part I'd want confidence in before treating early feedback as validation.
If you're curious, drop your email and I'll send over the tighter version.
hello@letsdink. co
Appreciate it.
I sent you a note by email.
The thing I'd be most careful with is assuming positive feedback and directional feedback are always the same thing. Sometimes they're not, and that's where things get interesting.