Guide

How MessBuddy works

Whether you’re starting a mess or joining one, here’s exactly what happens — from first setup to the daily money cycle your whole mess can trust.

Two ways in

Starting a mess, or joining one?

Admins set the mess up; members hop in with a code. Pick your path.

For admins

Create a mess

Set up meals, the rate algorithm, cutoff times, rooms and bazar rotation in a short wizard — then share invite codes with your members. You become the manager.

Create a mess
For members

Join a mess

Ask your admin for your 12-character invite code, review the room and seat reserved for you, agree to the house rules, and you’re in.

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Step by step

Set up in minutes, either way

Create a mess (admin)

A short setup wizard, seven quick steps.

  1. Name your messGive it a name your members will recognise — you can change it later.
  2. Choose the meals you trackTurn breakfast, lunch and dinner on or off. MessBuddy only counts what you enable.
  3. Pick a rate algorithmMarket rate, fixed rate, or weighted ratio — how the bazar cost is split per meal.
  4. Set cutoff timesAfter each meal’s cutoff, the day’s count locks so nobody edits the past.
  5. Add rooms and seatsSet up rooms and how many seats each has; members are tied to a seat.
  6. Choose your bazar roleDecide whether you, the admin, take bazar turns like a member or just manage.
  7. Invite your membersShare the mess code and the per-seat invite codes from Settings → People.

Join a mess (member)

With your invite code, you’re in within a minute.

  1. Get your invite codeAsk your admin for your personal 12-character invite code — it’s tied to one seat.
  2. Enter and verify itOpen “Join a mess”, type the code, and tap verify.
  3. Review your room & seatConfirm the room and seat reserved for you, plus who else is in the mess.
  4. Agree to the rulesRead the house rules and accept them before joining.
  5. You’re inStart logging your meals and taking your bazar turns right away.
After setup

The daily money cycle

  1. Meal count — Count meals before the cutoff.Members tap in their meals before the daily cutoff. The cook sees the count. No arguments, because the timestamp is the record.
  2. Bazar — Rotate the bazar, fair and in the open.A round-robin roster decides whose turn it is — or assign the bazar to a specific date when you need to. Upload the receipt on your day, and everyone can see every taka spent.
  3. Rate — Your rate, your way.Pick how the meal rate is worked out: fixed rate, weighted, or market rate. Everyone sees the same number, so month-end is simple arithmetic.
  4. Settle — A ledger that settles itself.See who owes what in real time. Share a payment method, mark it paid, and the running balance updates the moment money moves.
Get started free · early access

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MessBuddy is on Google Play and the web. Set up your mess in a couple of minutes.

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