Pago vs SelfHive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pago
Simplify your financial life by managing and paying all your bills from a single, secure account. Receive timely notifications and organize payments to avoid late fees. Go paperless and contribute to environmental conservation.
- Manage and pay all bills from one account
- View bills sorted by due date
- Pay bills for multiple properties or others
- Receive bill notifications
- Schedule manual or automatic payments
- Secure payment processing
- Digital receipt storage
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Pago is the app for simple and secure online payments, where you manage all your bills with just one account, in seconds. Here are the 9 essential features that will simplify your life: 1. Manage and pay all your bills with just one account 2. You can see bills sorted by due date without searching through emails or elsewhere 3. Manage and pay bills for your primary residence, other homes, or for other people 4. After adding your provider, it will only takes a few seconds to pay the bills 5. Receive notifications for newly issued bills and before they are due 6. Organize and control your bills: decide when to pay, manually or automatically 7. Secure payments thanks to collaboration with the largest payment processors. Card payments, supported by 3D Secure technology, with a 6-character security code or via biometric confirmation, with fingerprint or face recognition 8. Dedicated support: For any need or doubt, contact us via chat in the app and we will be happy to assist you. 9. Ecological saving: Thanks to our digital receipt storage, you can actively contribute to environmental conservation by reducing paper consumption.
SelfHive
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SelfHive is the iOS companion for your self-hosted BillHive server. It handles three kinds of splitting: household bills, restaurant checks, and group trips. All data syncs to your own server. Requires a running BillHive server (one Docker container). Deploy with: docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -v billhive-data:/data ghcr.io/martyportatoes/billflow:latest BILLS MODE Track recurring household bills month after month. Split by percentage or fixed dollar amounts, set "covered by" relationships, and auto-carry amounts that don't change. The monthly checklist syncs between web and iOS. CHECKS MODE Split a restaurant check in seconds. Scan the receipt with on-device OCR to auto-populate line items, tax, and tip. Generate a no-account share link hosted on your server. Friends open it in any browser and claim their items. TRIPS MODE Create a trip, add members, and log multi-payer expenses with receipt photos. When the trip ends, debt simplification minimizes transfers. Export PDF or CSV summaries. COLLECT WHAT YOU'RE OWED Zelle, Venmo, and Cash App deep-links with the exact amount pre-filled across all three modes. Send rich HTML emails via your server's mail relay (Mailgun, SendGrid, Resend, or SMTP). KEY FEATURES - Three modes: Bills, Checks, and Trips - Syncs with your BillHive web app in real time - On-device receipt OCR (nothing uploaded to the cloud) - No-account share links hosted on your server - Zelle, Venmo, and Cash App payment deep-links - Rich HTML email summaries via server relay - Debt simplification for trips - Multi-payer and multi-currency expense support - Month-over-month trend charts - Dark theme with amber accent Your data lives on your server. Nothing is sent to any third-party service. Open-source at github.com/MartyPortatoes/BillHive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: SelfHive at 3 against Pago's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pago ships an update every 9 days, SelfHive every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pago | SelfHive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (89 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timesafe | MATTHEW ROBERT PORTELOS |
In-app purchases
Pago
No in-app purchases
SelfHive
No in-app purchases









