How Laqfiz works
Laqfiz keeps one shared record of money a community collects together. There are four ideas in it, and that is all.
Short answer. Laqfiz has four parts: a community with members, a monthly collection everyone owes, extra collections for one-off costs, and payments that members send and admins approve. Every payment carries a receipt, and every member sees the same record.
1. A community
A named group with members and admins. It has a monthly amount and a day of the month it falls due. An admin can approve payments and let people in; everybody else contributes and reads.
2. The monthly collection
Created automatically each month. Two ways of working out what each person owes:
- Same from each — everyone pays a set amount, so the total grows with the membership.
- A fixed total, split — the community needs a set figure, divided between active members.
A member owes from the month they joined. Whether they also owe earlier months is a switch the admin controls, off by default.
3. Extra collections
One-off costs — a repair, an event, an emergency. Separate from the monthly rhythm, with their own target and deadline, so somebody who does not contribute to an optional collection is never confused with somebody who has missed their dues.
4. Payments and approvals
- A member sends the money however the community normally does.
- They record it in Laqfiz and attach the receipt.
- An admin sees the amount and the receipt together, and approves or sends it back with a reason.
- The balance updates for everyone at once.
An admin can also record a payment on somebody's behalf — for cash, or for a member without a phone — and it is marked as recorded by an admin so the history stays honest about how it arrived.
What each person sees
| Member | Admin |
|---|---|
| What they owe, and when it is due | All of that, plus |
| Their own payment history | Who has paid and who has not |
| The community balance | Payments waiting for approval |
| Every income and expense | Join requests |
| Who else has paid | Settings and payout accounts |
Starting
It opens in a browser. Create a community, set the amount and the day, send the link to your members, and collect the first month. Adding it to a home screen is one tap and optional.
Common questions
Does Laqfiz move money?
No. Money moves the way it already does — bank transfer, wallet or cash. Laqfiz records it and keeps the proof.
Do admins pay too?
Yes. An admin is a member with extra responsibilities, and owes exactly what everyone else owes.
Can one person be in several communities?
Yes. One account, as many communities as you belong to, and one screen showing what you owe across all of them.
Read next
- A committee app for keeping the record straight — What an app actually changes about running a committee
- Community fund management, done so people can check it — The general case: money a group collects and spends together
- What Laqfiz costs — Nothing, and why
- Security and privacy in Laqfiz — Who can see what, and what is kept