Make It Big vs Tab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Make It Big
Display large, customizable text messages that fill your entire screen. Easily edit text, switch between portrait and landscape modes, and even flash your message with a shake. Store recent messages for quick access.
- Full-screen text display
- Customizable fonts and colors
- Portrait and landscape support
- Shake to flash message
- Lock Screen Widgets
- Recent message storage
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Type a message and Make It BIG! The message will be ENLARGED to fill the entire screen. FAST & EASY TO USE Tap screen to edit text, Tap screen again to hide the keyboard. WIDGETS Show your latest message in a widget, now supporting iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets. PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE Rotate and hold your device in any direction, the text will automatically resize to fill the entire screen. ATTENTION GRABBING Shake device to flash your message (alternates between background colour and text colour). SETTINGS - Change font - Change text & background colours - Swap colours - Enable/disable haptic feedback - Enable/disable shake to flash mode - Set the flash speed RECENTS All messages shown will now be stored so you can easily show them again. WARNING: Flashing screen may cause seizures, use responsibly. makeitbig://?m=The%20cake%20is%20a%20lie
Tab
Effortlessly split bills with friends by simply snapping a picture of your receipt. The app automatically identifies items and prices, allowing users to claim their share. It handles tax and tip calculations proportionally, eliminating manual math.
- Receipt scanning
- Automatic item and price detection
- Real-time item claiming
- Proportional tax and tip calculation
- Shared item splitting
- Birthday bill splitting
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Tab is the simple way to split a bill amongst friends. Snap a pic of the receipt and tap your items to claim them. Tax and tip are calculated for you. No more back-of-the-napkin algebra or typing in prices by hand! Here’s how it works: - Take a picture of your itemized receipt. Tab automatically detects all the items and prices. - Select which items each person ordered. Everyone that has Tab on their phone can join onto the bill and select their own items - the app keeps everything synced in real-time. - Multiple people can select the same item if they shared it. - Tax and tip are automatically divided proportionally. - If it's someone's birthday, you can split their total evenly among everyone else. - View and share detailed summaries of your past bills Tab has been featured on the Today show, "apps of the year" lists from Buzzfeed, Complex and others, Product Hunt, CNN, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Make It Big at 4.8 against Tab's 4.2. Make It Big also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 66%) and ratings volume (5.1K vs 1.1K). Tab's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Make It Big holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.1K and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Make It Big's written reviews are positive against 66% of Tab's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Make It Big | Tab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better | 4.2 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.1% of reviews — better | 66.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | An Trinh | bring10, LLC |
Customer experience
Make It Big
Tab
User reviews
Make It Big
From 5.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple, easy to use
- 👍 Works well
- 👍 Helps communicate with deaf/hard of hearing
- 👍 Convenient for noisy environments
- 👍 Useful for signaling to friends
Room to improve
- 🐛 Text input box is too small for editing
- 🐛 Font size decreases with more text
- 🐛 No option to save/recall frequently used messages
- 🐛 No option to mirror/reverse text
Tab
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 🚀 Convenient bill splitting
- 🚀 Accurate receipt scanning
- 👍 Helpful for group dining
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent receipt recognition
- 🐛 Inaccurate tax and tip calculations
- 🐛 Buggy Venmo connectivity
- 🐛 Limited editing capabilities
- 🐛 Disappearing bill history
Bugs and requests
Make It Big
Reported bugs
2 issues- Text input box is too small for editing
- Font size decreases with more text
Requested features
7 requests- Option to resize/adjust text input box
- Ability to save and recall frequently used messages
- Mirror/reverse text option
- Support for right-to-left scripts and cursive languages
- Text-to-speech functionality
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- Option to justify text left/right
- More font and color customization options
Tab
Reported bugs
5 issues- Incorrect item pricing and totals
- Tax calculation issues
- Venmo authorization problems
- Inability to edit bill names
- Crashing on older devices
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to manually edit tax and tip
- Option to split items unevenly
- Detailed receipt breakdown sharing
- Support for multiple currencies
- Saved group/friend profiles
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- Improved Venmo integration
- Offline bill saving functionality
In-app purchases
Make It Big
No in-app purchases
Tab
No in-app purchases
