Comparison

Trip Splitter Lite vs Seat Alerts

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Seat Alerts

Find better airplane seats for your flights. This app helps you locate preferred seats like window or aisle by monitoring seat maps. Get notified when your desired seat becomes available, improving your travel experience.

Highlights
  • Monitor flight seat maps
  • Set custom seat alerts (window, aisle)
  • Receive notifications for available seats
  • View SeatGuru seat ratings
  • Supports over 150 airlines
  • Cross-device alert management
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You've booked a trip to your favorite getaway but the plane is full and you're stuck in the middle seat, sound familiar? Let Seat Alerts® by ExpertFlyer help find you a better seat in 3 easy steps: 1. Look up the Seat Map of your flight. 2. Set up a Seat Alert to find window seats, aisle seats and more. 3. Get notified if your preferred seat is found. Seat Alerts will monitor the available seats right up until the flight departs. If it becomes available you can change your seat when your Seat Alert notification arrives, just contact the airline or the travel agency that booked your ticket. Seat Alerts finds a window or aisle seat better than 75% of the time. • With a Free account, you can set up one Free Seat Alert at a time using the Any Seat, Any Window or Any Aisle options. Other advanced alert options require a fee. • Seat maps include SeatGuru® seat ratings so you know which seat is the right seat for you. Just click on a seat to see its rating and review • If you need multiple Seat Alerts at the same time, additional alerts and alert options are available for purchase • Supports over 150 airlines that have preassigned seating Notes about app functionality: • Account registration is required to use the Seat Alert app, this is so we can notify you of found seats and keep track of your alerts across devices. • Miles Award or Upgrade searching and alerting is not the same as Seat Map searching and alerting. This app is Seat Map Alerts only. For Miles Awards & Upgrades, please use our website. • Also works with ExpertFlyer.com Basic and Premium subscriptions to manage your Seat Alerts. • Seat Alerts checks the seat maps several times a day. If you find and take an open seat before the next check of the alert, you won't be notified. • To prevent abuse, a limited about of seat maps can be viewed each day, resetting every 24 hrs. Only a single seat map search is needed to create a Seat Alert.

Screenshots

Trip Splitter Lite4 screens
Seat Alerts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trip Splitter Lite at 87% against Seat Alerts's 42%. Trip Splitter Lite also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.1). Seat Alerts's advantage is ratings volume (140 vs 23). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Trip Splitter Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Seat Alerts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trip Splitter Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seat Alerts has 140 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Trip Splitter Lite's written reviews are positive against 42% of Seat Alerts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Trip Splitter Lite versus Seat Alerts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrip Splitter LiteSeat Alerts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (23 ratings) — better3.1 (140 ratings)
Positive reviews86.6% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings23140 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDC Software ArtsNew Imagitas, Inc.

Customer experience

Trip Splitter Lite

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive86.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative10.4%

Seat Alerts

All ratings137 ratings
Positive50.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative40.9%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative52.8%

User reviews

Trip Splitter Lite

From 23 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
  • 💰 Excellent for splitting shared expenses
  • ✈️ Perfect for group travel
  • 📸 Saves receipt photos
  • 📊 Provides clear reports

Room to improve

  • 🐌 App can be slow or laggy
  • 🎨 Dated user interface
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and freezing
  • LIMIT Two-user limit on free version
  • 💰 Upgrade issues and re-purchasing

Seat Alerts

From 140 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app
  • 👍 Useful information
  • 💡 Seat alerts work well
  • 🚀 Accurate seat data

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes/not working
  • 🔒 Login issues
  • 💰 Paid features required
  • 🔍 Limited airline/route coverage

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
Show 15 more
  • 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

Seat Alerts

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect seat information
  • Endless login loop
  • Inability to create new accounts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Push notifications for seat alerts
  • Support for more airlines
  • Improved user interface
  • Award seat availability search

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Trip Splitter Lite

One-time1
  • Unlimited Splitters$1.99
1 purchases

Seat Alerts

One-time1
  • Seat Alert$0.99

Questions

Is Trip Splitter Lite free?
Trip Splitter Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Seat Alerts free?
Seat Alerts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trip Splitter Lite or Seat Alerts?
Trip Splitter Lite is rated higher. Trip Splitter Lite averages 4.4 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Seat Alerts averages 3.1 from 140 ratings.
Do Trip Splitter Lite or Seat Alerts have ads?
Neither Trip Splitter Lite nor Seat Alerts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trip Splitter Lite or Seat Alerts?
Trip Splitter Lite ships an update every 3 months, and Seat Alerts every 3 months. Most recently, Trip Splitter Lite was updated on November 1, 2026 and Seat Alerts on November 1, 2026.

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