FareFair vs Check Splitter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FareFair
Instantly calculate individual shares of a restaurant bill, accounting for shared items, alcohol, and extras. Save groups for faster future calculations and easily add tips.
- Split bills by party
- Account for shared food and drinks
- Specify responsibility percentages
- Calculate alcohol and extras separately
- Add tip and tax
- Save friend groups
- In-app calculator
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Requires an iPhone 6 (5.5-inch) or larger, or an iPad. FareFair is designed to instantly compute how much each party owes in a restaurant. You tell it how many parties there are, and specify the settings for each party, including who is sharing food, alcohol, and extras, and for what percentage is each party responsible (usually 100%). This is perfect for people who do not wish to share the cost of alcoholic beverages. Then you enter the bill total, tax, alcohol, and extras totals. A calculator is included for when the bill doesn't break out the totals. You choose the tip to add, and that's it! FareFair will show the entire bill as well as each party's share. You can save your friends as a group so the next time you'll just enter the numbers from the bill. FareFair uses several default settings to ease your entry, all of which can be customized to meet your own needs. Help is available on every screen by tapping the (i) button. Not only does it explain each view's items, but it provides a list of all available functions. It also provides a Quick Start guide.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Check Splitter at Free against FareFair's $0.99. Check Splitter also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
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Check Splitter is free to download; FareFair costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FareFair against 5.0 for Check Splitter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
FareFair ships an update every 7 months, Check Splitter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FareFair | Check Splitter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Alessi | Vincent Cai |
Customer experience
FareFair
Check Splitter
In-app purchases
FareFair
No in-app purchases
Check Splitter
No in-app purchases
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