Trip Splitter Lite vs Tripcast
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!
Tripcast
Share your travel experiences privately with friends and family. Create trip albums, receive live photo updates, and collect everyone's photos in one place. Browse photos by location and stay connected through comments and likes.
- Live photo updates
- Private trip albums
- Collect photos from multiple users
- Map-based photo browsing
- Location-based photo tagging
- Real-time comments and likes
- Private sharing away from social media
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* Featured as “New and Noteworthy” by Apple * Tripcast lets you share your travel photos with the people who want to see everything, not just the highlights. Start a trip, invite your friends and family to the album, and give them live photo updates from the road! The best way to share your trip: • Make updates instantly: Update your family and friends in real time • Stay in touch: Ask questions, leave comments, and like posts Build an album with everybody: • Vacationers assemble!: Collect everyone's trip photos in one place • Easy backup: Download them all when you get home Map it out: • Effortless tagging: Photos are automatically added to the trip map • Browse by location: View photos by where they happened, not when Everyone is using Tripcast to share their travels: • Keep it private: Share only with the people who care the most, away from social media • Apps for everyone: Access Tripcast through gorgeous apps for iPhone and the web • Bring everyone along: Notifications keep friends and family updated whenever there's activity How it works: 1. Create: Make an album for your trip 2. Invite: Pick friends and family to follow along 3. Update: Post photos and videos as you travel Built by the team that created Cluster, featured as a Best New App in the App Store! Tripcast Club is a monthly or annual subscription to give admins more control over their groups. Check it out by visiting the Settings → Subscription Settings section of the app. By purchasing a subscription you agree to Tripcast's Terms of Use: https://tripcast.co/terms/ and Privacy Policy: https://tripcast.co/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trip Splitter Lite at 87% against Tripcast's 50%. Trip Splitter Lite also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Tripcast's advantage is ratings volume (7.2K vs 23) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). 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
Both are free to download. Trip Splitter Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tripcast sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tripcast holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tripcast has 7.2K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Trip Splitter Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of Tripcast's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Trip Splitter Lite ships an update every 3 months, Tripcast every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trip Splitter Lite | Tripcast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (23 ratings) | 4.8 (7.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 49.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 7.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | DC Software Arts | Cluster Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
Trip Splitter Lite
Tripcast
User reviews
Trip Splitter Lite
From 23 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Tripcast
From 7.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Efficient photo sharing
- 🌍 Geo-location tagging
- 🤝 Good for group trips
- 📚 Useful for creating travel journals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Difficult to upload and organize photos
- 🔒 Login and account issues
- 📝 Inability to edit posts
- 🗺️ Unreliable map functionality
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
Tripcast
Reported bugs
5 issues- Invites not being sent to users
- Uploaded photos not displaying properly
- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Account login and access issues
- Inconsistent app behavior across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Allow editing of posts and comments
- Improve photo upload and organization
- Add support for multiple photos per post
- Implement password reset functionality
- Enhance map integration and location tracking
In-app purchases
Trip Splitter Lite
- Unlimited Splitters$1.99
Tripcast
- Tripcast Friend$4.991 Month
- Tripcast Pro$9.991 Month
- Tripcast Friend$49.991 Year
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- Tripcast Pro$99.991 Year
Questions
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