Comparison

Share vs Get Square. Shared expenses.

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

Head to head
About

Share

Effortlessly divide expenses and track who owes what within groups for events like holidays or trips. Manage multiple bills, currencies, and generate detailed summary reports for easy settlement.

Highlights
  • Manage multiple events and groups
  • Uneven expense splitting
  • Multi-currency support with exchange rates
  • Record and track paybacks
  • Email detailed summary reports
  • Built-in calculator
Features
Currently charting
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Easily split multiple bills and checks between a group of people with intuitive and powerful application. *********** AWARDS & WINNINGS *********** "Use the Share-a-bill iPhone app when traveling with friends. It helps to track who spends what so no more arguing about money." - Carlo Alcos, CNN.com "One of the best travel app" - Aol Travel "We found this to be our most handy travel tool." - Jade Broadus, vagabond3.com "The essential travel companion. Rating 5 of 5" - iPhreek.com "Share-a-bill awarded with "Best" award by iPhoneAppsPlus.com" "Share-a-bill app offers a lot. You can always know who owes you what, with relatively no effort. For that reason alone it’s a great app. Rating 4 of 5" - Ryan Johnson, slapapp.com ********************************************* Have you ever been on holidays and you wanted to share the costs/expenses with your friends? Usually at the end of the holidays you were sitting with your friends, everyone with some bills and someone must compute who owes what to whom and how much. With the powerful application “Share-a-bill” you can define individual events and group of people involved in each event. Enter each expense on the fly and define who paid for the expense and who has participated on that expense. If you are abroad you can define several currencies and their exchange rates. At the end of the event everybody knows exactly who owes what to whom. Finally you can email a detailed report from the event to your friends.    FEATURES: - easy to use interface - managing multiple individual events with the option to copy items such people, currencies from existing event - iPod/iPhone address book support for selecting people participating in the event - fast method for entering new expense/transfer in a few seconds - uneven splitting of individual expenses between people - built-in calculator - support for transfers (cash operations to balance the amounts during the event / to handle additional money loans or paybacks) - resolutions screen automatically computing and displaying exactly who owes what to whom - ability to record paybacks directly from computed resolutions - emailing detailed and very clean summary reports about the event to your friends - support for multiple currencies and exchange rates with the option to enter reversed rates - possibility to change default domestic currency accessible from iPhone/iPod's settings - Retina display graphics - and many more For additional informations and useful tips please visit our support website.

About

Get Square. Shared expenses.

Easily track and split shared expenses for trips or living with roommates. Record every transaction, attach details, and manage complex splits with multiple currencies. Work offline and sync later, with options to share statements or export data.

Highlights
  • Record shared expenses instantly
  • Split bills evenly or unevenly
  • Attach photos and locations
  • Support for multiple currencies
  • Offline work and sync
  • Export ledger as CSV
Features
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Ideal for trips with friends or living with flatmates. Every type of shared expense can be accounted for in seconds. Super easy to use. The very first button you tap will create your first transaction. Other apps require you to register first, add your friends, set up groups etc. With Get Square you'll just get straight to business, then take your time to explore all the advanced features. Split bills evenly or unevenly, by unit share or exact amount. Whether one person paid or several chipped in, even complex splits are easy to manage. Attach map coordinates, location names and photos to make the events memorable. Use multiple currencies with exchange rates updated daily. Work offline and sync up when you have a connection. Share with your friends by sending a private account statement link. If you like, you can let others add transactions for themselves when they join your group in the app. Even download the entire ledger as CSV if you want to load into a spreadsheet. No registration required. Forget sign-ups, logins, passwords or nagging your friends to get on board. Just get started for free and discover why it's a must have for group travel or share house living.

Screenshots

Share4 screens
Get Square. Shared expenses.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Get Square. Shared expenses. at Free against Share's $3.99. Get Square. Shared expenses. also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Share's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and chart position (#130 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Get Square. Shared expenses. is free to download; Share costs $3.99 up front. Get Square. Shared expenses. sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Share asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Get Square. Shared expenses. holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Share's written reviews are positive against 100% of Get Square. Shared expenses.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Share ships an update every 2 months, Get Square. Shared expenses. every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Share versus Get Square. Shared expenses.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShareGet Square. Shared expenses.
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (23 ratings)4.8 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2325 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#130 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilewareDavid Gibb

Customer experience

Share

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative14.4%

Get Square. Shared expenses.

All ratings23 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Share

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • App crashes when adding events
  • App closes by itself
  • App crashes when pressing the + icon
  • App shuts down when adding an event
  • App crashes on launch
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  • App crashes when adding people via address book
  • App crashes when adding people from the address book
  • App crashes when adding a payee
  • App crashes under iOS 7
  • App doesn't work on iOS 11
  • App doesn't load after update
  • Lost all data upgrading to 2.0
  • Calculations are wrong
  • Resolutions are wrong
  • App not working
  • App not allowing new events
  • App disappears when asked to do anything
  • Paid for lifetime use, but app closes
  • Cannot open app
  • Data lost after restoring backup
  • No iCloud support
  • No backup option
  • No support page
  • Developer links lead to 'under construction' page
  • App not compatible with 1st generation iPod Touch

Requested features

47 requests
  • Backup to iCloud
  • Archive completed projects
  • German localization
  • Optional currency exchange rate query
  • iPad version
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  • Web application
  • Note or Memo space
  • Consolidated expense detail for a person across all events
  • Master account for each person
  • Ability to beam events to another iPhone
  • Split bill equally at first, then edit amounts
  • On/Off button for automatic adjustment of amounts
  • Summary page for outstanding balances across multiple events
  • Import transactions from CSV files
  • Currency conversion
  • New events can copy transactions from existing events
  • Ability to take a photo of each bill
  • Generate report showing only shared expenses
  • Customization options for report generation
  • Ability to set a default coefficient for a person
  • Mileage entry
  • Absolute amount input for bill splitting
  • Send report to a specific user with only their details
  • Sync and save data via iCloud
  • iPad support
  • Retina display support
  • Automated currency conversion
  • Optional tax/tip calculation
  • Export to Excel or Numbers format
  • Support for multiple people paying for one expense
  • Backup/restore functionality
  • Import/export data
  • Daily exchange rates
  • Support for foreign transaction fees
  • More detailed email reports
  • Check off debts easily
  • Translate to French
  • Translate to German
  • Translate to Spanish
  • Translate to Italian
  • Translate to Arabic
  • Translate to Chinese
  • Translate to Japanese
  • Translate to Korean
  • Translate to Portuguese
  • Translate to Russian
  • Translate to all languages

Get Square. Shared expenses.

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Share

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Get Square. Shared expenses.

One-time4
  • 1 month subscription$1.99
  • Premium upgrade (1 year)$1.99
  • 3 month subscription$4.99
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  • 6 month subscription$8.99

Questions

Is Share free?
Share costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Get Square. Shared expenses. free?
Get Square. Shared expenses. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Share or Get Square. Shared expenses.?
Get Square. Shared expenses. is rated higher. Share averages 4.4 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Get Square. Shared expenses. averages 4.8 from 25 ratings.
Do Share or Get Square. Shared expenses. have ads?
Neither Share nor Get Square. Shared expenses. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Share or Get Square. Shared expenses.?
Share ships an update every 2 months, and Get Square. Shared expenses. every 5 weeks. Most recently, Share was updated on October 26, 2026 and Get Square. Shared expenses. on October 23, 2026.

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