Comparison

TabSplit vs SplitterUp

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

Head to head
About

TabSplit

Easily split restaurant bills with friends or groups. Assign items to individuals, and automatically calculate tax and tip percentages for a fair settlement. Avoid the hassle of waiting for the restaurant to split the check.

Highlights
  • Split bills by item
  • Assign items to individuals
  • Automatic tax and tip calculation
  • Supports groups and friends
  • Quick settlement
Features
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Welcome to TabSplit – an app built to help you settle a big check quickly. Whether you're with a friend or an entire group, waiting for the restaurant to split the check can be a nuisance. Instead of waiting, pay the check directly and settle up here. Once you've entered the receipt, determine who pays for what by dragging their name to their items. Tax and tip are split by the percentage of the total bill, so you're never left paying for someone else's share.

About

SplitterUp

Effortlessly track shared expenses and settle debts with friends and groups. This app simplifies splitting bills for trips, households, or one-off purchases, ensuring fair financial management. Features include direct splitting, receipt scanning, and bank transaction import.

Highlights
  • Create groups for trips or households
  • Split directly between friends
  • Quick Split for one-off expenses
  • Divide costs equally, by amount, or percentage
  • Import transactions from bank accounts
  • Scan receipts and assign items
  • Track balances and record payments
Features
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SplitterUp is the expense splitting app that doesn't charge a monthly fee. Split with friends, roommates, partners and travel groups — then see exactly who owes what. Split Any Way You Want • Create groups for trips, households, or shared bills • Split directly with a friend, no group needed • Quick Split for one-off expenses — just type names, no sign-up needed • Divide costs equally, by exact amounts, or by percentage • Save the split you use most and reuse it in one tap • Set up repeating expenses for rent, utilities and subscriptions Households • Add a couple or a whole home as one member of a group • The household pays a share its own size, then splits it internally • Household balances roll up on your dashboard Scan Receipts, Assign Items • Snap a photo — it's straightened and enhanced automatically • Line items, tax, tip and totals are extracted for you • Assign items to the people who ordered them, or let everyone claim their own • Split a receipt together, live, with the people next to you Every Currency, Handled Properly • Search any world currency and use it anywhere • Exchange rates are locked to the expense, so a balance doesn't drift • Set a currency per group, or override the rate on one expense • Always see the original amount next to the converted one Stay on Top of Balances • See exactly who owes you and who you owe • Open any balance to see how it was worked out • Record a payment in full or in part, in any currency, on any date • Add your Venmo, PayPal, Cash App or Zelle details so people can pay you back Spending Insights • See where your money actually went, by category and by group • Pick any date range, or drill into a single group • Export a group's expenses to Excel or CSV Works Anywhere, Even Offline • Add and edit expenses with no signal — it all syncs when you're back • Stays in sync across iPhone, iPad and the web • Ask Siri to start an expense, or add a Home Screen shortcut Keep Everyone in the Loop • Invite people by email, or share a link anyone can join from • Split with people who don't have the app — invite them later and their share comes with them • Get notified when an expense is added or a payment is recorded Find It Again Later • Search a group by description, person, amount, category or place • Favorite the people and groups you use most • Archive what you're done with, without losing the history Tag Where You Spent • Add a location to any expense, and see the group's expenses on a map Designed for iPhone and iPad • iPad layouts built for the screen, not stretched from a phone • Face ID and Touch ID for quick, secure access Privacy First • Export or delete your data anytime • No ads, no data selling Perfect for roommates, couples, travel groups and anyone who shares expenses. Download SplitterUp and stop the awkward "who owes what" conversations. Terms of Use: https://splitterup.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://splitterup.app/privacy

Screenshots

TabSplit4 screens
SplitterUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TabSplit at none against SplitterUp's 3. SplitterUp's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. SplitterUp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. TabSplit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TabSplit against 5.0 for SplitterUp. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SplitterUp has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TabSplit versus SplitterUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabSplitSplitterUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings215 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris MartinAll Day Software LLC

Customer experience

TabSplit

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SplitterUp

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TabSplit

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SplitterUp

Subscriptions2
  • Bank Import$0.991 Month
  • Bank Import Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is TabSplit free?
TabSplit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SplitterUp free?
SplitterUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TabSplit or SplitterUp?
TabSplit and SplitterUp are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 15 ratings respectively.
Do TabSplit or SplitterUp have ads?
Neither TabSplit nor SplitterUp shows ads.

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