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Padala Plan: keep track of the money you send home.
List what you send each month: allowance, tuition, bills. Get a reminder before it's due, see licensed providers side by side, and let your family tap one link to say it arrived. Padala Plan doesn't send or hold money. You send through the provider you choose. Free.
Made by the team behind Balikbayan Buddy. The app is not public yet. Join the waitlist on this page. Buddy stays a directory. This page does not book a transfer.
What it does
The free loop, in five steps. You repeat it each time you send home.
List who you send to, and what you send
Add the people you send home to, then the recurring or one-time amounts: allowance, tuition, bills, or a gift. You set the cadence and a reminder lead time.
See what is due
A dashboard groups overdue, due in the next seven days, upcoming, and done this month. You get a reminder before the day you want the money there.
Compare licensed providers
See payout methods and speed as each provider prints them, plus a link to their licensing record. The only fee or FX numbers come from sends you logged. No made-up rates.
Send on the provider site, then log it
You send through the licensed provider you choose, on their site or app. Come back and record the date, amount, fee, and what they said would arrive.
Family confirms, then you see the history
Share one link. They tap whether it arrived. Your history and insights update, and you repeat the next time you send.
What it does not do
Read this before you join. The product is a tracker, not a money service.
It does not send or hold money
Padala Plan is a habit tracker. You send through the licensed remittance provider you choose. Neither Padala Plan nor Balikbayan Buddy moves funds.
It does not invent rates
Compare shows no fee or exchange-rate number unless it came from a send you logged, and those are labeled as yours. Check today's price on the provider's site.
It is not a bank or a wallet
No account linking, no cash-in, no cash-out. Recipients do not get paid through this site.
How family confirmation works
After you log a send, you share one stable link for that person. They can bookmark it. New sends show up there. The page is in plain English. The buttons are bilingual: Natanggap ko na / I received it, Hindi pa / Not yet, and May problema / Something's wrong.
They do not create an account. The link does not show your email, your last name, other recipients, or totals. A reference number, if you logged one, shows only the last four characters. Opening the link, including from a chat preview, never marks a send as received. Only a button tap does.
You share the link from your own phone. Padala Plan does not send SMS, WhatsApp, or Viber messages for you.
Privacy, in brief
The waitlist stores the email you type, a placement label for this page, and any UTM fields already on the URL. We use that to write when the app is ready. We do not sell the list.
In the app, each sender has a private workspace. Recipients see only their own recent sends through their link. You will be able to export your data and delete your account. This explainer is not a legal review. Full privacy and terms will live on the app.
Before you join
Questions people actually ask
Does Padala Plan send or hold my money?
No. You send through a licensed remittance provider on that provider's own site or app. Padala Plan tracks what you meant to send, what you logged, and whether family said it arrived.
Will I see live fees or exchange rates here?
No. Fees and FX change with amount, method, and the day. The app does not estimate them. The only numbers in compare come from sends you logged, labeled as yours. Use the provider's own quote before you send.
How does my family confirm they received it?
You share one link over Messenger, Viber, WhatsApp, or SMS from your own phone. They open it with no account and tap Natanggap ko na / I received it, Hindi pa / Not yet, or May problema / Something's wrong. Opening the link does not confirm anything. Only the button does.
Is it free?
Yes. The tracker is free. A later Pro plan for reminders and optimization is not built yet. Nothing is charged from this waitlist.
Who made this?
The team behind Balikbayan Buddy. Same founder. Padala Plan is a separate app. Buddy stays a directory of published shipper and lawyer details. This page is the explainer, not the app.
What happens to the email I leave?
It is stored so we can write when the app is ready. We do not sell it. You can ask to be removed. The waitlist is not a user account and does not move money.
Can I send from the Philippines, or to another country?
The first version is US to the Philippines only. Other corridors are not listed yet.
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