Help & Tutorial Center
Guided tours, category discovery, and clear instructions for every screen in Tinku.
Progressive Feature Tours
Learn Every Feature Step by Step
Start with Home or jump to any section. Each tour explains what the page does and why it exists.
Home Dashboard Tour
Understand your balance, emergency reserve, spending pace, approvals, and monthly trend.
Expenses Tour
Track daily spending, filter by month or category, and switch between List and Grid views.
Budgets Tour
Monitor category caps split clearly between Essential needs and Flexible spending.
Bills Tour
Keep recurring rent, utilities, and subscriptions organized with flexible payment modes.
AutoPay Tour
Understand safety caps, explicit authorization, and due-date checks.
Payment History Tour
Review your full transaction ledger, payment providers, and statuses.
Wishlist & Goals Tour
Save toward planned purchases without ever touching emergency reserves or upcoming bills.
Crisis Drill Tour
Simulate unexpected shocks and verify how long your household cash and essentials last.
Groups Tour
Split shared rent, groceries, or trip expenses with flatmates and family.
Category Discovery & Help Tour
Browse all 12 built-in categories (7 spending, 5 bills) and navigation guides.
Getting Started Guide
Four quick steps to turn Tinku into your daily money workspace.
Set your income, balance & salary day
Tell Tinku how much cash you currently have and your expected monthly inflow so Home calculates your true available room.
Record expenses or scan a receipt
Add everyday purchases manually or scan a receipt photo. Every entry files cleanly under one of 12 household categories.
Set monthly category limits
Configure spending caps for Essential and Flexible categories. Progress bars warn at 80% and alert when crossed.
Add recurring bills & choose how to pay
Track rent, utilities, subscriptions, and insurance with reminders, one-click approval, or consented AutoPay.
Category Discovery
Explore All 12 Household Categories
Browse daily spending (7) and recurring bill (5) categories, filter by protection level, and jump straight into filtered views.
Daily kitchen essentials, fresh produce, dairy, and pantry staples.
Common items
Supermarkets, kirana stores, milk delivery, vegetables
Protected in Crisis Drill
Emergency plans keep this category funded first so core household needs stay covered.
Navigation Map
Application Navigation Tutorial
Every section in the sidebar, header, and mobile bar explained clearly.
Home Dashboard
OverviewShows Active Balance, Emergency Reserve & Health Score, Monthly Spending donut, Earning progress, Approvals & Recent Activity, and 6-month trend.
Expenses
TrackBrowse expenses month by month, filter by keyword or category, switch between daily List and spreadsheet Grid view, or scan new receipts.
Budgets
TrackMonitors category caps split into Essential Budgets (protected necessities) and Flexible Spending (discretionary room).
Bills
PaySchedules upcoming recurring bills in reminder, manual approval, or AutoPay mode so due dates never catch you off guard.
AutoPay & Payment History
PayManage explicit AutoPay rules (with per-payment caps) and inspect every completed or skipped charge in Payment History.
Crisis Drill
Plan aheadSimulates an unexpected shock (like a job pause or medical expense) to show how long your reserve and essential budgets last.
Wishlist & Goals
Plan aheadTracks desired purchases against real monthly surplus while guaranteeing emergency reserves and 14-day bills stay untouched.
Groups
TogetherSplit shared household rent, trips, or groceries with roommates and family members with clear balance tracking.
Search bar
Available in the top header on desktop — jumps straight to Expenses search & filters.
Notifications bell
Displays unread due-date reminders, AutoPay runs, and budget warnings.
Account menu & Settings
Access Profile, Appearance (Light/Dark/System), Security, Connections, and Demo tools.
Mobile bottom bar & More drawer
On phones, Home, Expenses, Bills, and Budgets stay one tap away, with all other tools inside More.
Feature-Specific Tutorials
Step-by-step instructions for each core Tinku workflow.
Expenses & Grid
Open Expenses & Grid- 1Open Expenses from the Track menu or press Quick Add to log a transaction.
- 2Upload a receipt photo on Add Expense if receipt scanning is configured, or enter title, category, amount, and date directly.
- 3Use the Search box and Category dropdown together, or click one of the top category chips to isolate that category.
- 4Switch to Grid view anytime to sort columns and filter rows in a spreadsheet layout.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers about sample mode, categories, payments, and restarting guides.
What is the difference between Sample Household mode and my account?ShowHide
When browsing without signing in (or after loading sample data in Settings → Demo tools), Tinku displays a realistic Indian household dataset so every dashboard card, chart, and drill works immediately. Signing up gives you your own private workspace.
Why does Tinku split categories into Essential and Flexible?ShowHide
Rent, groceries, utilities, health, education, transport, and insurance are tagged Essential so Crisis Drills and recovery plans protect them first. Food & dining, shopping, entertainment, subscriptions, and other are Flexible so you know where trimming is safest.
Does Tinku move real money when I test a bill payment?ShowHide
No real bank money is moved. Payments run either in the labelled payment simulator or in PayPal Sandbox mode (see Settings → Connections for current configuration).
How do I restart or replay the guided tours later?ShowHide
You can launch any tour from the top of this Help Center, from Settings → Appearance → Guided Tours & Tutorials, or by visiting /?tour=welcome.