Splitwise vs Tabster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Splitwise
Easily share expenses with friends and family, eliminating the stress of tracking who owes whom. Organize group bills for households, trips, and more with a simple and intuitive interface. Reduce awkwardness around money in your relationships.
- Group expense splitting
- Offline expense entry
- Multi-currency support
- Simplified debt repayment
- Expense categorization
- Recurring bills
- Payment integrations
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Splitwise is the easiest way to share expenses with friends and family and stop stressing about “who owes who”. Millions of people around the world use Splitwise to organize group bills for households, trips, and more. Our mission is to reduce the stress and awkwardness that money places on our most important relationships. Splitwise is great for: - Roommates splitting rent and apartment bills - Group trips around the world - Splitting a vacation house for skiing or at the beach - Weddings and bachelor/bachelorette parties - Couples sharing relationship costs - Friends and co-workers who go out to lunch or dinner together frequently - Loans and IOUS between friends - And so much more Splitwise is simple to use: - Create groups or private friendships for any splitting situation - Add expenses, IOUs, or informal debts in any currency, with support for offline entry - Expenses are backed up online so everyone can log in, view their balances, and add expenses - Keep track of who should pay next, or settle up by recording cash payments or using our integrations We also have powerful features that can handle almost any money sharing situation. Here are some of our industry-leading features: - Multi-platform support for smartphones and web - Simplify debts into the easiest repayment plan - Expense categorization - Calculate group totals - Export to CSV - Comment directly on expenses - Split expenses equally or unequally by percentages, shares, or exact amounts - Add informal debts and IOUs - Create bills that reccur monthly, weekly, yearly, fortnightly - Add multiple payers on a single expense - See total balances with a person across multiple groups and private expenses - Custom user avatars - Cover photos for groups - Activity feed and push notifications help you stay on top of changes - View your edit history for changes to an expense - Any deleted group or bill can be restored easily - World-class customer support - Pay back using our integrated payments: Venmo and PayPal (US only), Paytm (India only) - 100+ currencies and growing - 7+ supported languages Endorsements: “Makes it easy to split everything from your dinner bill to rent.” - NY Times "Fundamental for tracking finances. As good as WhatsApp for containing awkwardness." – The Financial Times “I never fight with roommates over bills because of this genius expense-splitting app”- Business Insider “The Single Best App You Can Download for Group Trips of Any Kind” - Thrillist “Life Changing! I don’t review many things, but this app has seriously improved my quality of life. It has saved my sanity when it comes to splitting utilities, mortgage, groceries, dog expenses...the list goes on. No more saving receipts, making spreadsheets, and manually calculating each month. So handy for group trips/weekends, too! THANK YOU!!” – Courtney via the App Store We offer in-app purchases for “Splitwise Pro”, the benefits of which are described below. The subscription amount will be charged to your App Store account and will vary by plan and country. You’ll see the total price before completing your first payment. If you don’t choose to purchase “Splitwise Pro”, you can continue using Splitwise for free. Premium Subscription Service “Splitwise Pro”: 1. Store high-resolution receipts in the cloud (10GB cloud storage) 2. OCR integration for scanning and itemizing receipts 3. Backups to JSON, downloadable from our website 4. Convert expenses to different currencies using our Open Exchange Rates integration 5. Access to “spending by category” budgeting tools and other charts 6. Search full expense history “Splitwise Pro” subscriptions purchased in-app renew monthly or yearly depending on your plan. Plan pricing may vary by country. To avoid renewal, you must turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before your subscription ends. You can turn off auto-renew at any time by visiting the App Store. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: https://www.splitwise.com/terms
Tabster
Effortlessly split bills with friends by snapping a photo or pasting a receipt link. This AI-powered app creates an interactive list where everyone can claim their items and pay instantly. It accurately calculates tax and tip, preventing double payments and simplifying group expenses for any occasion.
- AI-generated interactive receipts
- Photo or link receipt upload
- Automatic tax and tip calculation
- Tap to claim or swipe to split items
- Real-time item claiming and locking
- Group expense tracking
- Social feed for group events
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The easiest way to split bills. Made for dinners and trips. 100% free. Tabster turns any receipt into an interactive list everyone can tap to claim their items & pay from. Tax and tip split fairly. Auto-links to Venmo, Cash App, and Zelle via phone number. Built for the person who put their card down. Tabster ends the "hey, how much do I owe you?" chase. Everyone taps what they owe and pays instantly. No more chasing down handles, no spreadsheets, no math. SCAN ONCE, SPLIT IN SECONDS - Snap a photo or screenshot, paste a link, or forward an email to submit a receipt - Manual entry available for when you don't have any of the above - Tax and tip calculated fairly, proportional to each person's order - Works to pay in seconds right at the table, or anytime later EASY, INTERACTIVE & DIGITAL - Tap items to claim them - Swipe to split shared items any number of ways - Items lock once claimed: no double-pays, no confusion - Live updates so everyone sees changes in real time EASILY SHARE WITH THE GROUP - Send receipts and trips via group chat, QR code, or link - Friends without the app join through the browser. No download required - Built-in friend functionality for social features like commenting - Create a curated feed of your good times with friends to look back on 100% FREE - No paywalls, no ads. We want to make it easier for people to spend quality time together - No wasted time doing mental math at the table BEYOND THE DINNER TABLE - If there's a receipt, Tabster can split it - Group trips, roommate utilities, and more - Bulk upload several receipt photos to a trip simultaneously YOUR RECEIPT DASHBOARD - Every receipt or trip you've created or been added to, all in one place - Track payment progress & next steps - Revisit the details of any trip or dinner, months later ...... The days of post-dinner math and bachelorette-weekend spreadsheets are over. Let’s have some fun! Questions or feature ideas? We'd love to hear them! DM us on Instagram @tabster.ai or email us at support@tabster.ai
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tabster at 100% against Splitwise's 45%. Tabster also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Splitwise's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (30K vs 16). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Splitwise sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tabster asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tabster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splitwise has 30K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Splitwise's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tabster's.
Splitwise ships an update every 11 days, Tabster fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Splitwise | Tabster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (30K ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #28 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Splitwise, Inc. | McKinley Lovett |
Customer experience
Splitwise
Tabster
Bugs and requests
Splitwise
Reported bugs
4 issues- Payments not properly credited
- Expense entries disappearing
- Incorrect balance calculations
- Venmo integration issues
Requested features
5 requests- Custom recurring expense options
- Ability to set default split percentages
- Better group management tools
- Improved currency conversion and tracking
- Integration with more payment services
Tabster
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Splitwise
- Splitwise Pro1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Splitwise Pro2 variants$2.991 Month
- Splitwise Pro$3.991 Month
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- Splitwise Pro4 variants$4.991 Month
- Splitwise Pro$29.991 Year
- Splitwise Pro$39.991 Year
Tabster
No in-app purchases









