Comparison

splitty vs Billy

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

Head to head
About

splitty

Effortlessly split restaurant bills by scanning receipts. Assign items, distribute tax and tip fairly, and send payment requests instantly via popular payment apps. Get your share settled in seconds.

Highlights
  • Scan receipts with high accuracy
  • Automatically assign items and modifiers
  • Fairly distribute tax and tip
  • Send payment requests via Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, etc.
  • No account required for users
  • No ads or data selling
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$247. Seven people. Three shared appetizers. One person had water. The receipt already knows who ordered what. Now your phone does too. splitty reads any receipt in seconds—every item, every modifier, every tax line. Tap to assign who got what. Send Venmo requests before the waiter comes back. 30 seconds. Done. HOW IT WORKS Snap a photo of the receipt. splitty reads every line item automatically—dishes, drinks, modifiers ("add bacon +$2"), tax, and tip. No typing. Items start split equally. Tap to tweak who got what. Shared the truffle fries? Mark it split between the people who actually ate them. Tax and tip distribute proportionally—the salad person pays salad-level tax, not ribeye-level. When you're done, send payment requests directly. Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Monzo, Revolut—one tap each. Pre-filled amounts. Pre-filled notes. No "I'll get you next time." WHAT SPLITTY DOES Reads receipts with 99%+ accuracy. Splits items fairly (not just equally). Sends payment requests in one tap. Works with 10+ payment methods. No account required. WHAT SPLITTY DOESN'T DO Track ongoing expenses (use Splitwise for roommates). Manage multi-day trips (use Splid for vacations). Convert currencies. Different tools for different problems. splitty does one thing: split tonight's dinner, right now, as fast as possible. THE DETAILS 4.7 stars on the App Store. 3 free splits, then $9.99/year or $24.99 lifetime. Your friends don't need the app—they just get a Venmo request. No ads. No daily limits. No data sold. Everyone pays what they ordered. Nobody has to bring it up. Privacy Policy: https://www.splittyapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.splittyapp.com/terms

About

Billy

Effortlessly split bills by scanning receipts with AI. Assign items, calculate individual shares including taxes and tips, and share summaries instantly. Upgrade for advanced features like trip tracking and saved groups.

Highlights
  • AI-powered receipt scanning
  • Drag & drop item assignment
  • Split shared items
  • Accurate tax and tip calculations
  • Quickly add people
  • Easy sharing of summaries
  • Trip expense tracking (Premium)
Features
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Billy lets you snap a picture of your bill and drag items around to automatically calculate what each person owes. Features: • AI-powered receipt scanning: Billy will identify items, prices, taxes, fees, and discounts. • Drag & Drop Items: Assign items to different people by dragging and dropping them into each person's bubble. • Split Shared Items: Split any item between certain people, or between the entire group. Billy handles the math for evenly distributing the price. • Accurate Calculations: Billy automatically calculates each person's share, including their portion of taxes or tips. • Add People Quickly: Add friends from your contacts or enter their names manually. • Easy Sharing: Generate itemized summaries for each person or the entire bill. Share via text, email, or any messaging app so everyone knows what they owe. • Venmo Request: Open a request in Venmo with the owed amount, along with the bill breakdown in the notes. Upgrade to Billy Premium for more features like: • Trips: Calculate owed totals across multiple bills by adding multiple bills to a trip. • Saved Groups: Create and save groups of people you frequently split bills with (e.g., roommates, friends, family). • Unlimited Scans: Enjoy unlimited receipt scanning without monthly restrictions. • Bill History: Access and manage all your past bills and splits. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

splitty4 screens
Billy3 screens

Verdict

The call

splitty and Billy both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of splitty's written reviews are positive against 70% of Billy's. splitty also leads on ratings volume (76 vs 23). Billy's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. splitty sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Billy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for splitty against 4.7 for Billy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 23 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of splitty's written reviews are positive against 70% of Billy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

splitty ships an update fortnightly, Billy weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 22, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
splitty versus Billy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametersplittyBilly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (76 ratings)4.7 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings76 — better23
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersplitty, inc.RB Labs LLC

Customer experience

splitty

All ratings76 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Billy

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

splitty

Subscriptions1
  • splitty PRO (Annual)$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • splitty PRO$4.99
  • splitty PRO (Lifetime)$24.99
3 purchases

Billy

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is splitty free?
splitty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Billy free?
Billy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, splitty or Billy?
splitty and Billy are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 76 and 23 ratings respectively.
Do splitty or Billy have ads?
Neither splitty nor Billy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, splitty or Billy?
splitty ships an update fortnightly, and Billy weekly. Most recently, splitty was updated on July 22, 2026 and Billy on September 15, 2026.

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