Comparison

Forkit vs Check Splitter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Forkit

Effortlessly divide restaurant and bar bills. Scan receipts to automatically detect items and prices, then assign them to individuals or split them evenly. Share a summary with your group.

Highlights
  • Scan receipts for automatic item detection
  • Assign items to individuals
  • Split items evenly or unevenly
  • Manually adjust tax and tip
  • Text bill summaries to your party
  • Venmo integration for payments (premium)
Features
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Forkit allows you to split your restaurant & bar bills much quicker than manually crunching the numbers in your head. - Scan a receipt or choose one from your camera roll. Forkit will automatically detect each item and its price as well as the tip and tax if applicable - Choose the participants in your party from your contacts - Assign each item to a participant or split an item amongst multiple participants evenly or unevenly - Manually change the tax and tip if necessary - Observe the summary of the items - Text a summary to your party for their records with a message crafted by us An annual subscription unlocks additional features to make splitting more seamless: - Split bills with more than 4 people - Send payments with Venmo integration - Favorite your most-used contacts - Save and view all past receipts - Download receipt history as spreadsheet EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Check Splitter

Effortlessly divide bills and receipts among friends. This app simplifies the process of splitting costs, including taxes, tips, and discounts, with just a few steps. It offers currency selection and efficient item assignment for quick calculations.

Highlights
  • Scan receipts to add item prices
  • Manually add or edit item prices
  • Assign items to multiple payers
  • Calculate individual payment amounts
  • Supports various currencies
  • Multi-select items and payers
  • Open source on GitHub
Features
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Easily split checks among friends, especially when taxes, tips, service charges, fees, coupons, and discounts are not included each item's price. Only three simple steps needed: 1. Scan the photo of a receipt to add the total cost and the subtotal prices of each item (you can also add/edit them manually) 2. Assign the items to payers 3. Voilà! The app will now calculate how much each payer should pay. Design features - You can choose the currency used to display the amounts (the app will remember your choice so you don't have to choose every time!) - You can multi-select items and payers during assignment to save time - You can drag item names to prices recognized from the scan, to create items quickly This lightweight app is written with Swift/SwiftUI and is completely open source on GitHub: https://github.com/Vince14Genius/Check-Splitter-SwiftUI

Screenshots

Forkit4 screens
Check Splitter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Check Splitter at none against Forkit's 1. Check Splitter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Forkit's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (36 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Forkit sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per year. Check Splitter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Check Splitter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forkit has 36 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Forkit's written reviews are positive against 100% of Check Splitter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forkit ships an update monthly, Check Splitter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Forkit versus Check Splitter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForkitCheck Splitter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (36 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings36 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik ForkinVincent Cai

Customer experience

Forkit

All ratings36 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

Check Splitter

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Forkit

Subscriptions1
  • Forkit Premium Annual$0.991 Year
None

Check Splitter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Forkit free?
Forkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Check Splitter free?
Check Splitter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Forkit or Check Splitter?
Check Splitter is rated higher. Forkit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Check Splitter averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Forkit or Check Splitter have ads?
Neither Forkit nor Check Splitter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forkit or Check Splitter?
Forkit ships an update monthly, and Check Splitter every 3 months. Most recently, Forkit was updated on September 9, 2026 and Check Splitter on June 5, 2026.

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