From a paper logbook to an appMade by a driver, for drivers
Why I built FareLedger
Hi, I'm Melanie. I came to Sydney from Santiago, Chile, in 2022 to study English, fell in love with the city and decided to stay for my higher studies. I'm now in my final semester of a Bachelor of Software Engineering, majoring in Artificial Intelligence, at Torrens University.
Like many students here, I've worked all kinds of part-time jobs. I started driving for Uber and DiDi in September 2025, and my first tax time showed me how old-school it all is. My logbook, my BAS and my GST were on paper. I moved to a spreadsheet, but I was still typing everything in by hand.
That's when the idea for FareLedger came: one app where drivers log their business and personal kilometres, for one car or several, alongside their income, expenses and BAS figures. Every feature is designed around the way rideshare drivers work, and in the future it will help taxi drivers too.
I built it myself, with what I've learned in software engineering and AI. We're starting in New South Wales, then the rest of Australia, and who knows, maybe the world.
Melanie Marin Munoz
Founder of FareLedger · Sydney, NSW
Hablo español: you're welcome to write to us in Spanish too.




