About the Builder
The story behind DollarSeeds
DollarSeeds is built by Lucas Custodio, a developer convinced that faith and finances were never meant to live in separate rooms. This page is the short version of why the app exists and why he's the one building it.
Why a budgeting app rooted in faith?
Finances are one of the most talked-about subjects in the Bible, yet so many Christians either have no idea how to be financially capable, or get lost in greed. DollarSeeds exists to offer a third way: seeing money through the lens God wants us to see it. Faith and finances shouldn't stay disconnected — and the connection should go beyond tithing. It's something worth exploring far more deeply.
That conviction shapes every screen of the app: Scripture on the dashboard, lessons on tithing and entrepreneurship, and a budgeting system that treats saving and generosity as the point, not the leftovers.
Where the money experience comes from
DollarSeeds isn't Lucas's first time building software around money.
- OneHope — frontend development and SEO work, building web experiences meant to reach people at scale.
- TB Financial Services — contract work building RPA (robotic process automation) tools for accounting workflows: day-in, day-out contact with how money actually moves through real books.
- Treevah and UTS Consult — current developer roles at two startups, building products from the ground up.
The pattern across all of it: taking a process people find tedious — accounting, budgeting, tracking — and making it something they'll actually keep doing.
What DollarSeeds is
A Christian budgeting app for iPhone built on a simple idea: every dollar you earn is a seed, and where you plant it determines what grows. The app splits income across Needs, Wants, and Savings automatically, offers three budgeting types for three seasons of life, and teaches stewardship through built-in lessons.
Questions, feedback, or just want to say the app helped? Reach out — every message gets read.
Get DollarSeeds
DollarSeeds is free on the App Store. Pick a budgeting type, log your first income, and watch it split.