Effortless accounting for student side hustles – track expenses, invoice clients, and stay profitable in minutes.
Students lack affordable, user-friendly accounting software to easily track side hustle expenses and invoice clients without complex learning curves.
GigLedger provides a dead-simple dashboard where students snap receipts, log gigs, and generate invoices without accounting jargon. It auto-categorizes expenses common to freelancing like software subs or coffee meets, and offers profit reports tailored to student budgets. Everything syncs to mobile for on-the-go tracking, making tax time painless.
University students running side hustles like freelancing or gig work
Student-specific gig templates and auto-categorization for tutoring, Uber, Fiverr – no generic business tools needed.
friendly
Snap photo of receipt, AI extracts amount, merchant, category.
Log and categorize expenses with student gig presets (e.g., Canva Pro, gas).
Create professional invoices from templates, send via email/PDF.
Real-time P&L, monthly summaries, tax export CSV.
Link income/expenses to dates for easy reviewing.
Set student-budget limits, get notifications on overspend.
Support for international gigs.
Export/share summaries with accountants.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| hustle_type | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| amount | int | No |
| category | text | No |
| date | timestamp | No |
| receipt_url | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| client_name | text | No |
| amount | int | No |
| status | text | No |
| sent_at | timestamp | Yes |
Relationships:
/api/expensesCreate new expense
/api/expensesList user expenses
/api/invoicesGenerate and send invoice
/api/dashboardFetch profit summary
/api/users/profileGet user settings
50 expenses/month
None
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| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 100 | 2% | $64 | $768 |
| Month 6 | 800 | 5% | $1,280 | $15,360 |
Track expenses, send invoices, see profits – built for freelancers and gig workers in college.
Post in university subreddits like r/[YourUni] and r/EntrepreneurStudents offering free Pro access for feedback; DM freelance students on LinkedIn campus groups; share MVP on Twitter with #StudentSideHustle targeting 100 signups.
Full-featured
Overkill and expensive for students
Student-focused simplicity at half price
Free invoicing
No student templates or easy mobile
Tailored for gigs + AI receipts
Data on student gig patterns for better AI categorization, plus low-price lock-in.
Rise in student side hustles post-pandemic + gig economy boom (Upwork reports 20% student growth).
Low adoption if students ignore accounting
Validate via pre-launch waitlist
AI OCR accuracy
Fallback manual entry + best-in-class API
Success: 50% interested in $32/mo
Success: 20% retention week 2
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