Building Reva in the open
Reva forecasts your money as two separate numbers: what you'll earn and what's yours to spend, with one daily safe-to-spend amount on top. It's a forecast, not a budget — and the forecast is always a range, never a point.
Where things actually stand
The app does not exist yet. The design direction is settled and the data foundations — the domain model the forecast will sit on — are done. This website and its waitlist are the only things live. If you sign up today, you're signing up for something still being built, and that seemed worth saying plainly.
Why forecasts first
Most money apps look backward. They record what you spent, sort it into categories, and leave you to feel bad about it. The information arrives after the decision it could have helped with, so the main thing it produces is guilt.
A forecast looks the other way. Knowing what's about to happen — that the band for Friday is $240 to $310, that rent hasn't hit yet, that a slow week narrows what's safe to spend today — reaches the decision before you make it. That's the bet Reva rests on: people don't need a better record of the past, they need an honest read on the near future.
Honest means uncertain. The first forecast will be provisional and labeled that way, tightening as Reva learns your income — provisional, then calibrating, then calibrated. A forecast that names the future to the dollar is lying.
What happens next
Later this year, a small group of first users will enter real income — salary, hourly, tips, gig work, cash, or a mix of everything — and see real forecasts. No bank link required: manual entry is first-class from day one. Invites go out in small batches through the waitlist.
Future posts here will show real progress, including the parts that don't go to plan. That's what building in the open means.