Comparison

My Tabz vs Tabsy

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

Head to head
About

My Tabz

Easily track money owed to or by friends, family, or businesses. This app acts as a digital tab to help you remember financial exchanges without needing bank details. It focuses solely on tracking debts and credits between individuals.

Highlights
  • Track money borrowed and lent
  • Record amounts to collect from friends
  • Monitor refunds due
  • No bank or credit card info required
  • Individual tab tracking
  • Focuses on remembering money exchanges
Features
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Tabz is the easiest way to remember the money you need to give and receive from your friend, family, or business. It's like a tab that you have at a bar or between friends. You can use Tabz to: - Keep track of money a family member has borrowed from you - Remember the amount you need to collect from a friend for picking up and paying for their groceries. - Keep track of refunds that need to come in from an online return Tabz is different from other apps.   - No bank account or credit card info is needed. Taz is a tool for communicating and staying in sync about money exchanges and NOT for making payments. - No group expense splitting. Tabz maintains a separate tab and balances for each person from whom you need to give and receive money. Tabz is intentionally crafted to do just one thing really well- remember the money you need to give and receive to another person. It is delightfully easy to use and purposefully nonintrusive.   Give it a try and you'll discover it's many uses.

About

Tabsy

Effortlessly track informal debts between friends and colleagues. This app provides a simple and private way to manage who owes whom, ensuring clear financial records without complex setup. Premium features offer cloud backup and cross-device syncing.

Highlights
  • Simple tab creation
  • Flexible tracking for individuals or groups
  • Clear overview of debts
  • 100% private local data storage
  • Secure cloud backup (Premium)
  • Cross-device syncing (Premium)
Features
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Tabsy: Keep friendships strong and balances clear. We’ve all been there: You pick up the check for lunch, your friend buys the movie tickets, and suddenly no one remembers who owes what. Tabsy is the friction-free way to manage informal debts. Whether it’s a running tab with your best friend or a one-time expense with a coworker, Tabsy keeps your ledger organized so you can focus on the fun, not the finance. WHY USE TABSY? • Simple & Clean: No complicated setup. Just open the app, create a tab, and add an amount. • Flexible Tracking: Create unique tabs for different people or groups. • Total Clarity: See exactly how much you are owed (or how much you owe!) at a glance. • 100% Private: By default, your data is stored locally on your device. We don't see your data, and you don't need an account to get started. TABSY PREMIUM (Available via In-App Purchase) Love the app? Subscribe to Tabsy Premium to unlock the full power of the cloud. • Secure Cloud Backup: Changed phones? Lost your device? Log in and restore your tabs instantly. • Sync Across Devices: Add an IOU on your iPhone and see it on your iPad. Your ledger stays up to date everywhere you are. Tabsy Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription. Download Tabsy today and never lose track of a tab again. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tabsyprivacypolicy.trafficy.net/

Screenshots

My Tabz4 screens
Tabsy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Tabz at none against Tabsy's 2. Tabsy's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating 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. Tabsy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. My Tabz 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 My Tabz against 5.0 for Tabsy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabsy has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Tabz ships an update every 2 months, Tabsy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
My Tabz versus Tabsy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy TabzTabsy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB46 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer3020 Labs, IncAriyan Shaikh

Customer experience

My Tabz

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tabsy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

My Tabz

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Tabsy

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is My Tabz free?
My Tabz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tabsy free?
Tabsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Tabz or Tabsy?
My Tabz and Tabsy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do My Tabz or Tabsy have ads?
Neither My Tabz nor Tabsy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Tabz or Tabsy?
My Tabz ships an update every 2 months, and Tabsy every 5 days. Most recently, My Tabz was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tabsy on October 4, 2026.

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