Khatabook
Powering the Digital Accounting Revolution in South Asia
- Services
- Software Development
- Industry
- Fintech & Payments
Overview
Khatabook is a leading accounting and digital ledger app empowering small businesses across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and beyond to track credit, recover payments, and digitize day-to-day transactions. From SMS reminders to multilingual support and automated reports, Khatabook gives shopkeepers the tools to move from paper to platform with confidence.
Khatabook partnered with Blink22 to expand its platform to iOS users, modernize its Android experience, and launch a more stable, feature-rich app suite—without compromising on timeline or quality.
Impact
- 100M+Downloads
- 4.7App Rating
- #1in Business category within 60 Days
- $25Bin Processed Transactions
Context
Khatabook, founded in 2018, had already established itself as a household name in digital bookkeeping across South Asia. With 50M+ downloads and operations across India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the company's core mission is to digitize small business bookkeeping with easy-to-use mobile tools.
With a highly active Android user base, the next phase of growth required:
A brand-new iOS app to reach users on Apple devices.
A more reliable and scalable Android experience to support continued user growth.
A development partner who could move fast, deliver reliably, and collaborate tightly with Khatabook’s internal teams.
Blink22 was selected to take ownership of this dual-platform expansion—balancing speed, quality, and deep feature complexity for a massive user base in a high-growth market.
Design Approach
Blink22 assembled a team of six cross-functional experts who embedded deeply with the Khatabook product and engineering teams. We worked in 15 focused Scrum sprints, ensuring tight iteration loops and seamless handoffs.
Platform Alignment & Backend Coordination
Collaborated with Khatabook’s in-house team to align on backend architecture and services.
Choose the right tech stack and tooling for iOS development, balancing performance and scalability.
iOS App Development
Designed and built an entire iOS mobile ledger app from scratch, feature-matching the Android version and optimizing for iOS user expectations.
Integrated secure payment features, offline sync, customer notifications, and analytics.
Android Enhancements
Fixed key bugs and optimized app logic to handle the growing volume of users and transactions.
Quality & Localization
Integrated multi-language support for 11 regional languages.
Added analytics, error tracking, and performance tooling to support scale and product improvement.
Challenge
While the Android version of the app was already in use by millions, several gaps remained:
No iOS app existed, leaving out a growing segment of users.
The Android app required performance tuning, bug fixes, and improved code structure.
Both platforms needed support for:
Real-time transaction syncing, even offline.
Multi-user access and customer messaging.
Fast report generation and advanced analytics.
Free SMS payment reminders in 11 languages.
All of this had to be designed, built, and shipped quickly—without interrupting existing services or compromising Khatabook’s trusted brand experience.
Proposed Solution
The result was a tightly integrated accounting platform that helps small businesses manage their finances with ease:
A brand-new iOS app built from the ground up.
Optimized Android app with improved stability and user experience.
Offline syncing, secure payment tracking, and automatic SMS reminders.
Multilingual support and intuitive UI tailored to local users.
In-app analytics and reports that help business owners make smarter decisions.
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