PocketDiner vs Split Check
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PocketDiner
This app helps you accurately split restaurant bills, especially in group settings. It tracks individual orders, shared items, and even allows for special cases like birthday meals, ensuring fair payment for everyone.
- Track individual and shared orders
- Split bills by item
- Birthday mode for free meals
- Adjustable tax and tip rates
- Add diners from contacts
- Easy access to meal totals
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Never get screwed at lunch again. PocketDiner is not just a mere tip calculator - it's designed to be the do-everything toolkit for those who eat out in an office setting. No one counts dollars and cents when eating with friends, but face it - your coworkers are deadbeats. If you've been to a twenty five person birthday lunch with the folks at work and ended up forty-seven dollars short when the bill came, you'll know what we're talking about. This app is for you, when just dividing by the number people is too simple. PocketDiner Features: - Keep track of what everyone orders and what is shared. - Split the bill and make everyone pay for what they ordered. - Birthday mode lets you designate who eats free and fairly divides their order amongst everyone else. - Adjustable tax and tip rates. - Share food with one person in the group or with everyone in the group and split the cost only for those who need to pay. - Meal and diner bill totals are easily accessible with a simple swipe up - Add diners either from your contacts or manually.
Split Check
Effortlessly split bills and track shared expenses with friends and family. Scan receipts, divide costs item by item, and settle up instantly using popular payment apps. Eliminate confusion and get paid back quickly.
- AI receipt scanner
- Itemized bill splitting
- Split by shares or equally
- Instant payment app integration
- Detailed breakdown of who owes what
- Charge more for tip and tax
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You paid the bill. Why should it be a hassle to get your money back? With Split Check, just scan your receipt, split the bill, and settle up with payment apps like Venmo—all in seconds. Split Check makes it easy to split bills with friends and family and get paid back fast. How it works: 1. Split your receipts using our AI receipt scanner. It works with any photo, including handwritten tips and totals. 2. Split the check item by item. Assign multiple people per item, or use advanced split modes like shares for fractional amounts. 3. Settle up bills instantly. Send or request money via payment apps like Venmo. 4. View full breakdown of who owes what. No confusion. No awkward math. Perfect for: • Splitting the bill for drinking at the bar • Split rent bills and grocery receipts • Group split bills from dinners, happy hour tabs, and coffee runs • Receipt splitting for groceries, bill splitting rent or utilities, or split rent bills with roommates • Friends on trips, weekend getaways, bachelor and bachelorette parties, and weddings • Couples tracking shared expenses • The friend who wants to rack up credit card points Features: • Charge more tip and tax for those who ordered more. • Receipt scanning that actually works. • Easy split bill options. Divide items equally, by shares, and more. Why people love Split Check: • No subscription required. Pay per-use with tokens that never expire. • Split the token cost automatically. Just a few cents per person. • Only pay if it works. Use a token only when you're ready to settle. • Want more? Get Split Check Unlimited for one flat monthly or yearly fee. Join hundreds of people who eliminate the guesswork from group expenses. Split Check is the best bills splitter app for getting a fair split. No one will ever complain about who paid for what. Get your money back while you're still at the table. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Venmo (PayPal, Inc.). Venmo® is a registered trademark of PayPal, Inc., and all trademarks, trade names, logos, and brands mentioned or used are property of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Split Check at none against PocketDiner's shown. Split Check also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. PocketDiner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Split Check sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PocketDiner against 4.9 for Split Check. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
PocketDiner ships an update every 6 months, Split Check every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PocketDiner | Split Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 4.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeffrey Lai | Mikar Dev, LLC |
Customer experience
PocketDiner
Split Check
In-app purchases
PocketDiner
- Pocketdiner Ad Free$0.99
Split Check
- Unlimited$4.991 Month
- Unlimited$39.991 Year
- 2-Token Pack$0.99









