Dimo - Finance App

A fun finance app that helps you save money through raising dinosaurs

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Inspiration

We wanted to help people stay on track with their budgets. We realized that people have so many things to worry about already, and managing their finances is really hard. We knew that struggle because, even as a kid, allowances are hard to manage. So we decided that we wanted to help people who felt like they couldn’t keep up by proving that they could.

What it does

Our app helps people to manage their budgets in an fun, interactive way. People can set their budgets in different categories, such as education, food, and entertainment. Each category has its own corresponding dinosaur that grows as the user keeps with their budget. It starts out as a shell, and as the budget is not gone over, or the user gives to charity, the dinosaur grows and levels up. Once users get to a certain level, which is yet to be determined, each dinosaur can interact with another dinosaur from another user. An interaction can end in a fight, or just a simple conversation that can give the users verified, expert tips on how to manage their finances.

How I built i

First of all we used Android Studio and Adobe XD for the front-end, to make clear prototypes and integrate them with the programming language that we use for back-end. We used java in Android Studio so that “Sign in and Sign up” and “Budget” pages could function.

Challenges I ran into

We had a hard time trying to find something that would allow all of our team members to work on the project at once. Once we found one, Android Studios, it was hard to design as it was slow and laggy. It wasn’t updated and we found it hard to work in a timely manner. So, we tried something else, which we eventually found more helpful. It was also hard for some of our team members especially because we’re in different time zones.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

We are proud of coming up with an impactful idea in the sphere of finance, that will help people (especially high-school and university students) to control their budget and gain more practical skills in personal finance. Also we are glad to make our first steps by realizing our idea and contributing to the development of society.

What I learned

We learned how to collaborate, even when it was extremely difficult. We all also learned how to better code in Java, as it was at first an unfamiliar language, but used in our app. We are very excited for our idea, and hope it works out so we can help people all over the world!

What's next for Dimo - Finance App

We intend to keep working as a group to develop this, hopefully, into a functioning app. We want to use google go help keep the credit card information safe.

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