Comparison

Split vs AI Tips

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

Head to head
About

Split

Easily calculate tips and divide bills among friends and family. Customize tip percentages and split the total among up to 100 guests. Personalize the app's appearance with various color themes.

Highlights
  • Calculate tips
  • Split bills
  • Customizable tip percentages
  • Split up to 100 guests
  • Theme customization
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Split is the quickest and easiest way to calculate tip, split amount between friends and family. App is customizable to support custom tip percentages along with split amount is supported up to 100 guests. Best part about this app is that you don't have to stick to one theme but choose your own theme with this tip calculator. Customize it to look pink, purple or green. No two split will look same with this awesome theme customization option.

About

AI Tips

Effortlessly track your dining expenses by scanning receipts. Get instant insights into spending, set budgets, and discover new restaurants based on your history. Capture memories with multimedia entries and generate AI-powered reviews.

Highlights
  • AI receipt scanning
  • Smart tip calculator
  • Spending history and insights
  • Budget management
  • Favorite places tracking
  • Restaurant recommendations
  • Multimedia dining journal
Features
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Snap a receipt and know exactly what to tip in seconds. AI Tips reads the subtotal, tax, total and restaurant name for you, turns your rating of the service into a fair tip, and keeps every meal organized so you always know what dining is really costing you. SCAN, RATE, DONE • Point the camera at any receipt. Edges are detected and straightened automatically. • AI reads the amounts, the place and the date. Fix anything with a tap. • Rate the service from Bad to Amazing and the tip is calculated with your own percentages. • Round the tip up or down, or round the whole bill to an even number. • Split the total between up to 12 people. • Out of AI credits or offline? The free on-device reader still gets the numbers. STAY ON BUDGET • Color-coded categories for dining, coffee, bars, takeout, groceries and anything else you add. • Weekly, monthly or yearly limits with alerts before you overspend. • See this month against last month, and how much is left. REMEMBER EVERY MEAL • Searchable history with photos, ratings, notes and locations. • A map of everywhere you've eaten, with directions in one tap. • Favorite the places worth going back to. • Attach photos and videos of the experience. UNDERSTAND YOUR SPENDING • Spending over time, category breakdowns, average ticket and average tip. • Premium: AI-written insights about your habits, tipping patterns and budget risks. SHARE THE EXPERIENCE • An AI-drafted review you can edit, then share anywhere — with shortcuts for Yelp, YouTube and TikTok. • Premium: export PDF or CSV expense reports for reimbursement or taxes. TRAVELING? • A built-in tipping guide covers customs and typical percentages for 45 countries, with your current region highlighted. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Receipts, photos and budgets stay on your device and in your private iCloud, synced across your iPhone and iPad. • Receipt photos are sent to our secure server only to be read, never stored. • No account or sign-up required. FREE AND PREMIUM The free version includes 20 AI credits every month, shared across AI receipt reading, restaurant recommendations and review writing, plus unlimited on-device receipt reading, tip calculation, budgets and history. AI Tips Premium removes ads and adds unlimited AI credits, AI spending insights and PDF/CSV reports: • Monthly: $4.99 per month • Yearly: $39.99 per year (save 33%) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://whitecrowsecurity.com/ai-tips-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Split4 screens
AI Tips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AI Tips at 5.0 against Split's 4.0. AI Tips also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Split's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Split sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AI Tips sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AI Tips holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Split ships an update every 5 days, AI Tips every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Split versus AI Tips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplitAI Tips
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDevTechie LLCRoman Khomitch

Customer experience

Split

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AI Tips

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Split

One-time1
  • All Access$3.99
2 purchases

AI Tips

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Split free?
Split is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Tips free?
AI Tips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Split or AI Tips?
AI Tips is rated higher. Split averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while AI Tips averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Split or AI Tips have ads?
AI Tips shows ads; Split does not.
Which is updated more often, Split or AI Tips?
Split ships an update every 5 days, and AI Tips every 2 days. Most recently, Split was updated on November 3, 2026 and AI Tips on November 5, 2026.

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