Switching from Splitwise
Bring your trip over with its balances
Kitna Hua reads the CSV Splitwise exports for a group and turns it into a trip here. Everyone's balance ends up where Splitwise left it, so you can switch halfway through a trip.
- You need
- An empty trip in Kitna Hua
- splitwise.com in a browser
- Rupees only
Six steps
One is on splitwise.com. The rest happen in Kitna Hua.
- 1
Kitna Hua console
Set the trip up here first
Whoever runs your trip creates it in Kitna Hua and adds everyone who was in the Splitwise group. Leave it empty. The import only runs on a trip with no expenses, so nothing gets counted twice.
- 2
splitwise.com
Export the group from Splitwise
Open splitwise.com in a browser and go to the group. In its settings, choose Export as spreadsheet. The Splitwise phone app has no export, so this part needs the website. You get a CSV file.
- 3
WhatsApp or email
Get the file where you'll import it
Send it to yourself and save it to your phone's files. Or import from the laptop you exported on, since Kitna Hua runs in any browser. Don't open and re-save the file in Excel or Numbers first, because that can rewrite the dates.
- 4
Kitna Hua, Home
Pick the file in Kitna Hua
Open the trip. While it has no expenses, Home shows Import from Splitwise. Tap it and pick the CSV. Anyone on the trip can do this.
- 5
Kitna Hua, Import
Match the names
Each name in the Splitwise group needs a person on the trip. Most are filled in from the names already. Fix any that are wrong, then tap Import.
- 6
Kitna Hua, Home
Check the number
Home now shows what you owe or get back, and it should match your Splitwise balance for the group. Everyone else sees the expenses on their next sync. Nobody gets a notification for each one.
What comes across
- Every expense, with its date, description, amount, who paid and each person's share. Shares come in as exact amounts.
- Categories where Kitna Hua has one: Dining out and Groceries become Food, Hotel and Rent become Stay, Taxi, Plane, Bus/train and the other transport ones become Travel, and Entertainment, Sports, Games, Movies and Music become Activity. Everything else comes in without a category.
- Payments already made in Splitwise come in as an expense from the person who paid to the person who got the money. That keeps balances right, but Stats counts them as trip spending.
- An expense that two people paid for comes in as one expense per payer, so each person's balance still matches.
Receipts, comments and notes aren't in Splitwise's export, so they stay behind.
spiti-may.csvfrom Splitwise
Date,Description,Category,Cost,Currency,Devika,Kabir,Ishita,Tenzin
2026-05-14,Homestay at Kaza,Hotel,7240.00,INR,-1810.00,5430.00,-1810.00,-1810.00
2026-05-15,Momos and thukpa,Dining out,1386.00,INR,1039.50,-346.50,-346.50,-346.50
2026-05-15,Fuel at Tabo,Gas/fuel,2150.00,INR,-537.50,-537.50,1612.50,-537.50
Import from Splitwise
- Homestay at KazaKabir paid ₹7,240you owe ₹1,810
- Momos and thukpaYou paid ₹1,386you get ₹1,039.50
- Fuel at TaboIshita paid ₹2,150you owe ₹537.50
You owe₹1,308
What stops an import
Another currency
Kitna Hua only works in rupees. Change or remove those expenses in Splitwise and export again.
A trip with expenses
The import only runs on an empty trip, so nothing gets counted twice.
Two names, one person
Each Splitwise name needs its own match on the trip.
A re-saved file
A spreadsheet app can rewrite the dates. Export again and use the file as Splitwise gave it.
After the move
Add new expenses in Kitna Hua only. Anything added to Splitwise after the export stays in Splitwise.
You can leave the Splitwise group as it is. Its balances just stop being the ones that count.
Settle the trip, not the argument
Invite only. Ask whoever runs your trip for a link or their QR code, or request access and run trips of your own.