The CheckYoSelf story
CheckYoSelf started with a feeling every shopper knows: the cart looks fine in the aisle… and then the register total lands like a punch. The budget you made at home never stood a chance, because nothing in the store was helping you keep it.
So Allen Lloyd built the help into the trip itself. CheckYoSelf keeps a live running total while you shop and warns you before checkout — not after the money's gone. It scans any barcode once and shows that item's prices across many stores, so the better deal is visible while the item is still in your hand. Prices come from real shoppers sharing real shelf sightings — store, price, and date on every one — plus official feeds like Kroger's, so what you see is what the shelf actually says.
And because a budgeting app should stand for something, CheckYoSelf gives back: through Community Cart, part of the app's profit funds real grocery carts for real families, with a public ledger anyone can check. That's the whole idea — a small, honest app that helps you keep your money, and helps the neighborhood keep fed.