AI-powered · Private beta · London
Always
know.
Budget, wishlist, receipts — for both of you, in one place. Snap a receipt; the AI logs every line.
Your renovation
Thornbury Road
Spent so far
£0
12 items pinned · ~£3,240 if bought
£0 over targetReads receipts from the suppliers you already use.
Your renovation lives in five different places.
A spreadsheet that's two weeks behind. A Pinterest board that doesn't know your budget. A WhatsApp thread that's your decision log. A photos folder that's your filing system. A shoebox of receipts you'll sort at the end.
You're the one making them talk to each other. Tally is one place for all of it — budget, wishlist, receipts, decisions — updated by both of you, in real time. The AI does the data entry; you just point your camera. One room or a whole portfolio of properties.
Spreadsheet
Budget · 2 weeks behind
Photos
2,341 renovation photos…
Bathroom inspo · 847 pins
Can we afford the Fired Earth?
Receipts
Shoebox · sort at the end
The wishlist
Pin what you love.
See what it'd cost.
Snap a tile, a tap, a sofa — anywhere. Tally's AI reads the price and supplier and pins it to the right room, so your moodboard always knows your budget.
Kitchen
Slate shaker kitchen
~£14,200
Living Room
Terracotta sofa
£1,290
Bathroom
Walk-in shower
~£2,400
Bedroom
Oak bedside + lamp
£180
Bathroom
Marble wet room
~£6,800
Living Room
Mustard velvet chair
£420
Living Room
Tan leather sofa
£1,750
Bathroom
Twin vanity
~£2,100
Sample wishlist · interiors via Unsplash. Prices are illustrative estimates.
How it works
From showroom to spreadsheet in two taps.
Photograph what you love
You see a tile in a showroom. Snap it. Tally's AI reads the item name, estimated price, and supplier automatically — no typing required.
ScanningPorcelain tile 60×60
£42/m² · Topps Tiles
Pin it to your room budget
The item appears in your bathroom pins. Tally shows you immediately: if you bought everything pinned for this room, you'd be £340 over your £1,500 target.
£340 over your £1,500 target
Bathroom · 4 pins
Compare your options
You've saved two tiles. Compare them side by side — names, prices, suppliers — and make the call before you're at the checkout.
Chalk White
£42/m²
Terrazzo
£55/m²
Scan the receipt
You buy the one that fits. Photograph the receipt. Tally reads every line: vendor, date, item by item. It asks which room each line belongs to.
Topps Tiles
12 Dec · £220.20
It links itself
Tally finds the pin you saved and links them. The pin marks itself purchased. The budget updates. The shoebox gets thinner.
Purchased · linked
More than a budget.
Tally quietly handles the rest of the job too: the planning, the documents, the warranties, the quotes — the bits you would otherwise lose.
AI document inbox
Photograph any quote, warranty, manual or receipt. Tally reads it, works out what it is, and files it in the right place.
Warranties & guarantees
Store them once. Get a reminder before each one runs out.
Shared to-do list
Plan the job as a shared checklist — drag to reorder, assign each task to your partner or the trades, and tick it off together.
Quotes to actuals
Save a quote, keep it out of your spend, convert it when the work is done.
Search everything
Every pin, expense, receipt and document, from one search box.
Whole portfolio
One room, one house, or a portfolio of properties side by side.
Shareable boards
Send a read-only view to your builder or partner. No account needed.
Works offline
Scan on-site with no signal. It syncs the moment you are back.
AI receipt scanning
Snap it.
Tally reads the rest.
Point your phone at a receipt. Tally's AI reads the vendor, the date, and every line item — then asks which room each line belongs to.
If you've already pinned any of those items, it finds them and links them automatically. You close the app. The budget is updated.
Every scanned receipt is stored against the expense — not just the metadata, the actual image. When your accountant asks, or HMRC does, it's already there.
Supplier
Topps Tiles
12 Dec 2025 · £220.20
Porcelain Floor Tile 60×60 ×8
Quick-Set Tile Adhesive 20kg
Tile Grout — Mapei Ultracolor
Pin linked: Porcelain Floor Tile ×8 → purchased
Room
Bathroom
£2,340
spent
39% of £6,000
If you bought everything pinned for this room: £1,840 — £-1,820 over your £6,000 target
4 items pinned
Porcelain Wall Tile — Chalk White
Hansgrohe Shower Outlet Select S
Terrazzo Effect Floor Tile 60×60
Know before
you buy it.
Every room has its own budget, its own wishlist, and its own spend. Tally shows you what buying everything you've pinned would cost — against the budget you have left.
You see the number before you're at the checkout. Before you've committed. That's the whole point.
Both of you.
Same number.
One of you is at the tile showroom. The other is at home. One scans receipts; the other saves ideas. Both of you see the same budget, the same wishlist, the same total — updated in real time.
No more "I thought we had budget left."
Al
Thornbury Road
£11,847
34% of £35,000
Latest
Fired Earth Paint · £78
Emma
Thornbury Road
£11,847
34% of £35,000
Latest
Fired Earth Paint · £78
HMRC-ready export
One tap.
Everything your accountant needs.
When your renovation is done, export a full PDF record: every expense, every receipt reference, every line item broken out by type. Structured for SA105 rental claims, or to prove CGT base cost when you eventually sell.
Materials vs labour split
HMRC distinguishes capital items from running costs. Tally tracks the type of every line.
Supplier names & dates
Every expense is stamped with vendor, date, and room — the three things an inspector asks for first.
Receipt images stored
Digital copies are legally equivalent to paper. Tally keeps the scan linked to the expense, not in a camera roll.
CGT base cost, years later
If you sell, improvement costs reduce your capital gain. You need records from the day you bought the tiles.
HMRC requires records for 5+ years (rental income) or until 4 years after disposal (CGT). Tally holds them for as long as you need.
Property Expenditure Record
Thornbury Road Kitchen
Generated 5 June 2026
HMRC note: Retain these records for 5 years after the self-assessment deadline, or until 4 years after disposal for CGT.
Expenditure by type
Receipt index
Private by design.
Your renovation is your business. Tally is built so the data is walled off by default, and so you can walk away with all of it whenever you like.
See how it is builtIsolated per project
Row-level security in the database means one project can never see another’s data. Not by convention, by the database itself.
Private file store
Receipts and documents live in a private store, reachable only through short-lived signed links. Never a public URL.
Photos stay yours
Every photo is stripped of its location and camera metadata on your device, before it is uploaded.
Yours to take
Export everything to a PDF bundle, or delete your account and data, any time. No lock-in.
Tally started because Al, a senior project manager, and his wife Emma, a psychologist, were renovating their first home in London and running it across five apps that never talked to each other. He built the thing they needed. She still checks the budget more than he does.
Made by Al · Senior Project Manager · London
Priced per project,
not per person.
Invite your partner, your builder, your architect. Collaborators are always free. You pay for the project, never for seats.
Free
Try it on one room
Pricing at launch
- 1 project
- AI scanning to start
- Full export
Personal
A home renovation
Pricing at launch
- 1 project
- Plenty of AI scans
- Warranty reminders
- Collaborators free
Pro
Landlords & portfolios
Pricing at launch
- Up to 10 projects
- Higher AI limits
- Everything in Personal
Vault
After the work is done
Pricing at launch
- Read-only archive
- View & export forever
- Keep records safe
Final prices announced at launch. Join the waitlist for early-access pricing.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is Tally a renovation budget app?
Yes. Tally is a renovation cost tracker and budgeting app that keeps your whole project in one place — budget, wishlist, receipts, documents and tasks. You set a budget per room and Tally keeps the running total up to date as you spend.
Can my partner and I use Tally together?
Yes — Tally is built for both of you. Share a project and you both see the same budget, wishlist and totals in real time, updated as either of you scans a receipt or saves an idea. Collaborators are always free, so you only ever pay for the project, never for seats.
Does Tally have a planner or shared to-do list?
Yes. Tally includes a shared, gamified checklist for the work itself. Create tasks, drag them into order, assign each one to your partner or a tradesperson, set a due date, and watch the progress bar fill as you tick them off together.
How does the AI receipt scanning work?
Photograph a receipt and Tally's AI reads the supplier, the date and every line item, then asks which room each line belongs to. If you have already pinned one of those items, it links the purchase automatically and updates your budget — no manual data entry.
Can I track more than one property?
Yes. Tally works for a single room, a whole-house renovation, or a portfolio of properties side by side — so it suits homeowners, couples and landlords alike.
Does Tally help with tax and HMRC records?
Yes. Every expense is stored with its supplier, date, room and receipt image, split by materials, labour and tools. Export a single HMRC-ready PDF for SA105 rental claims, or to prove your capital-gains base cost when you eventually sell.
Is Tally free, and does it work offline?
Tally is free during the private beta, with simple plans (Free, Personal, Pro and Vault) priced per project at launch. It runs on the web and as iOS and Android apps, and works offline — scan receipts on-site with no signal and they sync the moment you are back online.
Join the list.
We're opening Tally to a small group of renovators first. Join the list for early access — and a say in what we build next.