Reviews, deep dives and tips from Culi
Short pieces about Culi’s apps and the everyday problems they’re built for. New ones go up a few times a week.
Track Every BNPL & Installment on iPhone (Before Pay-in-4 Stacks Up)
Add Affirm, Klarna, Afterpay, and store installments to BillWise. See months left, due dates, and how BNPL stacks with your other bills — offline on iPhone.
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DayBox Walkthrough: From First Open to Your First Reflection
A step-by-step first walkthrough of DayBox: capture your day, pick your Big 3, build a timeline, run a focus timer, and close the day with a real reflection.
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Rolla Setup Checklist: Launch a Shared Roll in 10 Minutes
A step-by-step checklist for setting up a shared Rolla roll: pick your shot count and film look, invite up to four friends, shoot blind, and reveal every photo together.
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How to Set a Monthly Group Budget (and Get the 1st-of-Month Recap) on iPhone
Set a monthly spending target for your SplitSnap group, watch the progress bar, and get an automatic recap on the 1st — before October starts.
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Catch Free Trials Before They Charge on iPhone (Renewal Alerts Inside Your Bill Forecast)
Get free-trial alerts before conversion and renewal reminders before charge — with subscriptions on your BillWise dashboard, forecast, and weekly summary.
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Tiny Word Sprint: Your Questions About the Fast Word Game Answered
A straight-talking Q&A on Tiny Word Sprint: what it is, how streaks and multipliers work, and why it plays fully offline with no ads or IAP.
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How to Record a Partial Payment When a Friend Pays You Back Half on iPhone
Friend Venmo'd half and cash is coming later? Record a part-payment in SplitSnap so Home, Reports, and the group balance update without wiping the rest.
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Avalanche vs Snowball: Pick a Debt Payoff Plan on iPhone (With Your Real Bills)
Avalanche vs snowball isn’t a personality quiz. Run both against the cards and installments you already track in BillWise, compare debt-free dates, and commit to a payoff plan you can pay from the same dashboard.
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How to Keep a Running Balance for Your Friend Group on iPhone
Stop restarting the tally every Friday. Create one SplitSnap group for the crew that keeps hanging out, tag each dinner and trip, and keep a live who-owes-whom balance on iPhone.
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The Design Choice Behind Starling: Pictures Before Words
Starling is built on one idea: a child who can't read yet should still be able to run their own routine, start to finish, without a parent narrating each step.
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How to Focus When You Have to Study Alone
Studying alone doesn't have to mean studying distracted. Here's how to borrow the focus of body doubling without a study group, a video call, or a schedule.
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How to Protect Focus Blocks on a Meeting-Heavy Day (iPhone)
Meeting overruns and Slack don’t have to erase deep work. Here’s how to defend focus blocks on iPhone—timeline beside calendar, Big 3, one timer per block, drag when the day shifts.
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