Junjie
@jjlin · Developer
Thanks for the hunt @dylan36032!
The story behind Elk started in October last year when I travelled to Hong Kong with a group of friends.
I would stare at prices for a long time while my brain attempts a mental conversion ("HK$78 divided by 5.5…"), or I'd dig into my pocket for my phone, unlock it, launch an app… you get the idea. It was just awkward.
A day after I came back home, I drew up the first sketch of what I envisioned a traveller's currency converter should be. It should be:
1. easily accessible (no digging around pockets…),
2. superfast (knowing how much HK$140 cost is good enough. I don't need to know how much HK$138.50 costs),
3. discrete (I feel like a cheapo to hold up a queue while trying to punch in numbers to convert currencies),
4. and well, pretty.
It took us five months and many iterations to get to where we are. We've tested Elk on a number of our personal trips so far (including Norway, Hong Kong and Philippines), and we think we've finally nailed it—the currency converter made just for travellers.
We hope you'd find it as useful as we do!
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