GAME OVER for awkward money talks.
You drive your friends to the mountain every weekend. You pay for gas. Nobody offers. Sound familiar? That's the free rider problem, the economics term for people who benefit without paying their share. This app fixes it.
HOW IT WORKS
Log a trip. Check off who was in the car. The app does the math. Your friends see what they owe. Done.
Free Rider Problem uses Apple Maps to calculate real driving distances. It remembers your routes, your vehicles, and your fuel costs, so repeat trips take seconds. The running ledger tracks every dollar across your friend group, and the leaderboard crowns whoever drives the most.
DROP A QUARTER, START RACING
This is not another grey expense splitter. Free Rider Problem looks like a 1980s coin-op racer. OutRun, Pole Position, Rad Racer. CRT scan lines, neon glows, pixel art, and a boot-up sequence that feels like powering on an arcade cabinet. Every trip you log is a lap on the scoreboard.
PLAYER 2 HAS JOINED
Add friends with a 6-character invite code. No phone numbers, no social logins, no permissions. Share your code and you're connected. Balances sync in real time.
GAS OR ELECTRIC
Works with gasoline, diesel, electric, and hybrid vehicles. Enter fuel efficiency in L/100km or MPG. The app saves your last fuel price per vehicle and fills it in next time. Pick an EV and the whole interface goes green with kWh/100km. Same flow, different energy source.
YOUR GARAGE, YOUR RULES
Save multiple vehicles with nicknames. "The Yaris." "Dad's Tesla." "Big Red." Each one remembers its fuel type, efficiency, and last energy rate. Pick a car when you log a trip and the cost calculates itself.
HIGH SCORES
The leaderboard is the soul of the app. See who's driven the most km, logged the most trips, spent the most on fuel. 10 achievement badges, including:
- Driving Hero: #1 in total km
- Road Warrior: 1,000+ lifetime km
- Iron Butt: single trip over 200 km
- Electron Jockey: 500+ km in an EV
- Ghost Rider: logged a trip after 3 AM
- True North: 5,000+ lifetime km
- The Free Rider: 10+ rides as a passenger, zero as a driver
That last one is a shame badge. Nobody wants it. Everyone knows who deserves it.
The leaderboard also shows fun facts ("You've driven the equivalent of Montreal to Miami") and shareable cards you can drop in the group chat.
SETTLE UP
Tap Settle Up. The app shows the exact amount. Mark it paid. No in-app payments, no fees. Pay however your group normally pays.
FEATURES
- Automatic distance via Apple Maps
- Gas and EV cost splitting
- Real-time sync across all riders
- Saved routes for one-tap repeat trips
- Multi-driver support (two people split a long drive? Tag them both)
- Return trip toggle (doubles the distance, one tap)
- Running balances with full trip history
- 10 achievement badges (including one shame badge)
- Shareable leaderboard cards
- Full arcade theme with CRT scan lines, pixel art, and neon glow
- No ads. No subscriptions. No phone number required.
You drive. Your friends ride. The app keeps score.
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