Expense coding for people with better things to do.
codel asks what a charge was for the moment it happens. You answer by text in ten seconds — and month-end arrives already done.
codel
Today, 2:14 PM
You knew what that $48.20 was for. Three weeks ago.
Month-end means a bank statement full of cryptic merchant codes, a pile of receipts, and a memory that has long since moved on. Someone sits down and reconstructs it, line by line.
The cheapest moment to answer “what was this for?” is the moment you swipe. That’s when codel asks — so nobody has to dig for it later.
The chore, handled in a few seconds.
Most coding happens the moment you spend — right from your phone. The desk work is just a quick review.
Swipe your card
Spend the way you already do. codel sees the charge through your bank's secure connection — no receipts to keep, nothing to remember.
Text back what it was for
We text you on the spot. Reply in plain language, like you'd tell a coworker. No app to open, no codes to learn.
Review and export
At your desk, check codel's coding in a calm web app, then hand your accountant a clean sheet — for QuickBooks or whatever they use.
Expense tools are built for accountants. This one’s built for you.
If an expense app ever died on you in week two, it wasn’t your fault. They all ask you to open an app and do filing work at the worst possible moment. codel is a text you were going to read anyway — answer it, and you’re done.
From our design partner
“I used to lose a Saturday every month to the coding spreadsheet. Now it’s a text I answer at the register — and the books are just… done.”
Why we built it
“It started after one too many nights guessing what a $48 charge was three weeks later. The fix was embarrassingly simple: ask while you still remember.”
codel handles the coding…
…so you can be here instead.
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