# How can we help?

Help for Rata, the free app to share costs with family and friends. Last change: 30 October 2026.

Rata is a web app. Open [app.rata.fyi](https://app.rata.fyi/) in the browser of your phone or computer. You do not need an app store. To open Rata like an app, add it to your home screen.

New to Rata? Start with [Get started](https://help.rata.fyi/start), or take the [guided tour](https://app.rata.fyi/#/tour). The tour shows sample groups and needs no sign-in.

- [Get started](https://help.rata.fyi/start): Sign in, make your first group, add an expense.
- [Add Rata to your home screen](https://help.rata.fyi/home-screen): Open Rata like an app on iPhone and Android.
- [Group types](https://help.rata.fyi/group-types): Trip, Home, Party, Gift pool, Poker and Other.
- [Invite people and join](https://help.rata.fyi/invite): Share the invite link or the QR code.
- [Add expenses and splits](https://help.rata.fyi/expenses): Amounts, currencies, payers, splits, notes and bill photos.
- [Settle up and UPI](https://help.rata.fyi/settle-up): Pay with Google Pay or another UPI app, or record a payment.
- [Insights](https://help.rata.fyi/insights): Spend by month and category, cost per person, balance age.
- [Activity and undo](https://help.rata.fyi/activity): See each change, and restore a deleted expense.
- [My money](https://help.rata.fyi/my-money): Your own spend, personal and company, only on your phone.
- [CSV import and export](https://help.rata.fyi/import-export): Bring a group in from a file, or take a copy out.
- [Offline use and privacy](https://help.rata.fyi/offline-privacy): How Rata works with no signal, and who can read your data.
- [Questions and contact](https://help.rata.fyi/faq): Short answers, and how to write to us.

Cannot find an answer? Write to [hello@rata.fyi](mailto:hello@rata.fyi).