Comparison

Stripe Express vs Tally

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

Head to head
About

Stripe Express

Monitor your income from platforms that use Stripe for payouts. View your real-time balance, upcoming payments, and analyze your cash flow. Update your account details and access tax forms directly from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Track earnings on the go
  • View available balance in real-time
  • See upcoming payouts
  • Update bank account information
  • Analyze cash flow and earnings by platform
  • Access and edit tax forms
Features
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Track the money you earn from creator or gig platforms that partner with Stripe. View your available balance, see upcoming payouts, update bank account information, and analyze cash flow. CHECK YOUR BALANCE ON THE GO Get notified about incoming payments, check your available balance in real time, and see your earnings at a glance. UPDATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION Edit your business details, change your email and phone number, and edit your bank account information. ANALYZE YOUR EARNINGS Drill down into earnings by platform to identify trends and see how much you’re making over time. ACCESS AND EDIT TAX FORMS If you work with a platform that uses Stripe for tax form delivery, you’ll be able to update and download 1099, W-8 and W-9 documents. Stripe partners with thousands of platforms such as Twitter, Medium, and DoorDash to pay out creators and gig workers. Use Stripe for your business? Try the Stripe Dashboard mobile app. Having trouble? Visit https://support.stripe.com/express and get in touch.

About

Tally

Features
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Tally keeps track of shared costs on trips, in shared flats and after dinners, and works out who owes whom, down to the cent. Make a group, add your friends by name, and log what each person paid. Tally keeps a running balance for everyone and suggests the payments that settle the group up. No spreadsheets, no mental math, no awkward "I think you owe me?" SPLIT IT ANY WAY • Equally between everyone, or just the people who were there • By exact amounts, when everyone ordered something different • By shares, like two nights for you and one for Ben Splits always add up to the exact total, so no cent goes missing. SCAN A RECEIPT Snap a receipt and Tally fills in the title, total (tip included), date and category. The text is read on your iPhone, so the photo never leaves it. ANY CURRENCY Paid in dollars on a euro trip? Add it in the currency you paid, and Tally converts it at that day's European Central Bank rate. Or enter your own rate. EVERYONE STAYS IN THE LOOP • Invite people with a short code. If you already added them by name, they claim it and see the whole history. • Get a notification when someone adds or edits an expense, written for you: "Added Groceries · €42.10 · your share €14.03" • Categories are picked for you as you type. SETTLE UP See what everyone paid and what their share is, then record payments as people pay each other back. Balances update for everyone in the group. WORKS WITH CLAUDE Connect Tally to Claude or another AI assistant that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), sign in, and just ask: "Add 42.50 for groceries to Lisbon, paid by Ana, split between me and Ben." Or: "Who still owes me?" PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads and no tracking. Tally only records who paid what: it never moves money and never asks for your bank or card details. Your groups are visible only to the people in them. Terms of Service: https://tally.buzzedtech.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://tally.buzzedtech.com/privacy

Screenshots

Stripe Express4 screens
Tally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Stripe Express at 30K against Tally's 1. Stripe Express also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Tally's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tally holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stripe Express has 30K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stripe Express ships an update every 2 weeks, Tally every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stripe Express versus Tally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStripe ExpressTally
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (30K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings30K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStripe, LLCBuzzed Technologies LLC

Bugs and requests

Stripe Express

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes and errors
  • Inability to delete or deactivate accounts
  • Inconsistent transaction tracking and payout information

Requested features

3 requests
  • Easier method to update payment information
  • Improved tax reporting and 1099 form access
  • Live customer support via phone or chat

Tally

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stripe Express

No in-app purchases

None

Tally

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stripe Express free?
Stripe Express is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tally free?
Tally is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stripe Express or Tally?
Tally is rated higher. Stripe Express averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30K ratings, while Tally averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Stripe Express or Tally have ads?
Neither Stripe Express nor Tally shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stripe Express or Tally?
Stripe Express ships an update every 2 weeks, and Tally every 9 days. Most recently, Stripe Express was updated on November 7, 2026 and Tally on November 6, 2026.

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