Trip Splitter Lite vs Backroads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trip Splitter Lite
Easily track shared expenses for travel with a companion. Quickly add participants, enter costs, and get instant IOU calculations. Email breakdowns to others and view totals by category. Features include receipt photos, currency support, and expense mapping.
- Split expenses between two participants
- Create even or uneven splits
- Categorize expenses with icons
- Supports multiple currencies
- Email detailed spending breakdowns
- Geo-locate spending on a map
- Attach photos of receipts
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Breezily split expenses with a travel companion. In 10 seconds. It takes mere seconds to create a new trip and add yourself and a traveling companion. When you split a bill, simply pop open the app, enter each participant's costs, and the IOU is calculated and stored. At any point, just request the Totals menu item to see the simplest number of payments for everyone to get even, or send a quick email to participants with the breakdown of costs. Our customers say it all: 5 Stars! "Works great - perfect app!" 5 Stars! "Easy to use and fun" 5 Stars! "Makes group travel a snap!" I love it! I've tested out at least 8 other travel apps and this one is so easy to use and intuitive. Main features: - Split expenses between two participants (IAP upgrade to unlimited participants) - Add participant photos for added fun - Create even or uneven splits - Enter quantities owed or paid in under 6 seconds - Categorize expenses with the touch of an icon - Supports all country currencies, multiple currencies in a single trip, and the very large numbers required by some currencies - Totals View at any time to see totals by categories and persons, and the IOUs to even-up - Email participants a very detailed list of spendings Special features: - Geo-locate all your spendings on a map - Attach photos of receipts or events - Record individual payments between people - View daily expenses and totals - Switch between concurrent trips - Email and web support PLUS TONS MORE—as you continue your trip, you’ll reveal how much functionality our app has and how stress-free your trip can be!
Backroads
This app provides detailed information and daily route options for active travel adventures like biking and hiking. It offers helpful tips and regional information to enhance your journey. Your trip leaders are also available through the app for guidance.
- Daily route options
- Trip schedules
- Helpful tips
- Regional information
- Trip leader access
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Backroads is the leader in active travel, offering Biking, Hiking and Multi-Adventure Trips in 55+ countries worldwide. This Trip Companion app, and a unique log-in code, will be available to you just before your trip starts. You’ll find daily route options, schedules, helpful tips and other regional information. Of course, your incredible Trip Leaders are available every day of your trip to guide you through some of the most beautiful places in the world. We look forward to seeing you out there!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trip Splitter Lite at 4.4 against Backroads's 3.3. Trip Splitter Lite also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 52%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Backroads's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (69 vs 23). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Trip Splitter Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Backroads asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trip Splitter Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 69 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Trip Splitter Lite's written reviews are positive against 52% of Backroads's.
Trip Splitter Lite ships an update every 3 months, Backroads every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trip Splitter Lite | Backroads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (23 ratings) — better | 3.3 (69 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 52.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DC Software Arts | Backroads |
Customer experience
Trip Splitter Lite
Backroads
Bugs and requests
Trip Splitter Lite
Reported bugs
8 issues- App freezes occasionally
- Upgrade not stored, asks to pay again
- App not opening after last update
- Crashes on iPad mini
- Confusing and poor workflow
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- Lite version has two-user limit
- Purchased upgrade not recognized
- In-app purchase icon still says 'lite'
Requested features
20 requests- Pick color for each member
- Enter percentage for uneven splits
- Dark mode
- Ability to pick colors for members
- Enter % for uneven splits
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- Conversion for Canadian dollars
- Graph pizza
- Create new icons
- Shared trips with other people
- Aggregated trips and combined views
- Sync with Dropbox
- Full screen receipt photos
- More color options (pink, purple, grey, light yellow, white)
- Improve email feature (include exchange rate, annotations)
- Fuzzy time options for transactions
- Quick buttons for sub-categories
- Allow landscape mode for transaction entry
- More headings, editable headings
- Marketing for single users
- Online account for multi-device sync
Backroads
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trip Splitter Lite
- Unlimited Splitters$1.99
Backroads
No in-app purchases









