Comparison

Cost Split vs Splid

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

Head to head
About

Cost Split

Easily manage shared expenses with friends and family. Track group costs, split bills unevenly, and get clear payback plans. Supports online and offline use with cloud sync and email reports.

Highlights
  • Cloud sync for group expenses
  • Offline support
  • Uneven expense splitting
  • Payback calculations
  • Email expense reports
  • Multiple currency support
  • Attach photos to expenses
Features
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Cost Split helps you share costs within a group of people where each person can add expenses from their own devices thanks to the cloud sync. 5.0 average rating in US, UK and Sweden Top 10 in the Finance category in Sweden, India, Denmark, Poland, Slovenia, Finland, Norway, Turkey, Chile, Argentina, Czech Republic, Philippines, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Venezuela, Iceland, Latvia and Norway. It is perfect on vacations, road trips, a night on the town or in a household where you share the costs. Just define a group of people, add expenses as you go and when you are ready to settle the debts, you can e-mail a report with a list of all expenses and who should pay what to whom. You can choose to store the data online, so all your friends can view and add costs themselves. Thanks to the currency and offline support, it works perfect when you are on a trip abroad with limited internet access. If you want to see it in action, look at the movie on the homepage. FEATURES - NO NEED FOR REGISTRATION - Fast and easy to use - Online and offline support - Attach photos to expenses and sync them as well - iCloud support - Online data is shared between your devices and as backup - Push Notifications when someone updates your groups - Split expenses unevenly (either by amount or coefficient) - Transfer support (money transactions like loans and paybacks) - Payback calculations (who should pay what to whom?) - Intelligent payback algorithm - minimize number of transactions by entering an amount you don't care about - E-mail reports (list of expenses, person summary, payback plan and currency information) - Multiple currencies - download currency rates, intelligent localized currency support LINKS Homepage: www.CostSplitApp.com Facebook: facebook.com/CostSplitApp Twitter: twitter.com/CostSplitApp

About

Splid

Easily track and settle group expenses for holidays, housemates, or relationships. Enter all costs and see who owes what, even with complex or multi-currency transactions. Works online and offline with no sign-up required.

Highlights
  • Track group expenses
  • Settle up easily
  • Online and offline functionality
  • Multi-currency support
  • PDF/Excel export
  • Handles complex transactions
Features
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Perfect for holidays, housemates or your relationship, Splid helps you to stay on top of your expenses and settle up in an easy, relaxed way. No more fiddling about with change, lost receipts, or disagreements about the balance. Simply enter all your expenses and Splid shows you who owes how much to whom. And the best thing: Splid works on and offline. Create an offline group and get settling up under control within seconds. Or, activate the sync to enter expenses together. It's simple, and there's no sign-up required. Even complicated bills can dealt with quickly and easily with Splid: – Emma paid the supermarket bill but Leo contributed $10? No problem. – Your expenses are in dollars but you want to settle up in euros? Done.  – Hannah had two more drinks than everyone else? Easy-peasy.  All features at a glance: (+) Clean interface that's super easy to use. (+) Share groups online (no sign-up needed). (+) Also works perfectly offline. (+) Download summaries as PDF or Excel* files that are easy to understand. (+) Choose from more than 150 currencies and let Splid automatically convert the amount. (+) Handles even complicated transactions (for example, adding multiple payees or splitting bills unequally). (+) You'll handle as few payments as possible because Splid always finds the easiest way to settle up.  (+) Find out how much your group has spent in total. *Excel export available via in-app purchase.

Screenshots

Cost Split4 screens
Splid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Splid at 4.9 against Cost Split's 4.6. Splid also leads on ratings volume (4K vs 129) and review sentiment (98% vs 86%). Cost Split's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cost Split sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Splid sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Splid holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splid has 4K ratings behind it against 129, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Cost Split's written reviews are positive against 98% of Splid's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cost Split ships an update every 6 weeks, Splid every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cost Split versus Splid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCost SplitSplid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (129 ratings)4.9 (4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews98.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1294K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacob IvstamNicolas Jersch

Customer experience

Cost Split

All ratings129 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral7.8%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral6.2%
Negative8.1%

Splid

All ratings3,991 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.3%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews2,361 reviews
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.1%

User reviews

Cost Split

From 129 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 💰 Inexpensive premium version
  • 🌍 Supports multiple currencies
  • 📝 Detailed expense tracking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Currency rates not downloading
  • 🔒 Difficult to cancel premium subscription
  • 🔍 Limited to 5 free transactions
  • 📤 Email report formatting issues
  • 🔍 Lack of search/filtering options

Splid

From 4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Intuitive interface
  • 💰 Free with optional paid features
  • 💳 Supports multiple currencies
  • 🤝 Facilitates group expense sharing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs or glitches
  • ⚠️ Limited customization options
  • 🔢 Confusing settlement calculations
  • 🗓️ Lack of date/time sorting for expenses

Bugs and requests

Cost Split

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Incorrect expense calculation/payback amounts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to group/categorize expenses
  • Implement Android app version
  • Allow more than one person to pay an expense
  • Add option to print/export expense reports
  • Include receipt image attachments in email reports

Splid

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Incorrect expense split calculations
  • Inability to delete or edit past expenses

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to attach receipts/photos
  • Implement recurring expense tracking
  • Improve currency conversion handling
  • Allow custom expense categorization
  • Provide more detailed expense reporting

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cost Split

One-time2
  • Unlock$0.99
  • Premium$0.99
2 purchases

Splid

One-time2
  • 2 Groups$2.99
  • Splid Plus$3.99

Questions

Is Cost Split free?
Cost Split is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Splid free?
Splid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cost Split or Splid?
Splid is rated higher. Cost Split averages 4.6 out of 5 from 129 ratings, while Splid averages 4.9 from 4K ratings.
Do Cost Split or Splid have ads?
Neither Cost Split nor Splid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cost Split or Splid?
Cost Split ships an update every 6 weeks, and Splid every 3 months. Most recently, Cost Split was updated on October 8, 2026 and Splid on October 9, 2026.

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