Comparison

Splitara vs iCost记账

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

Head to head
About

Splitara

Effortlessly track and settle shared expenses across different currencies for group trips, shared living, or meals. This app simplifies complex billing scenarios with automatic conversion and clear settlement calculations.

Highlights
  • Multi-ledger support for different activities
  • Multi-person tracking for payers and consumers
  • Multi-currency support with auto-conversion
  • Smart settlement for automatic debt calculation
  • Fund management for collecting and paying expenses
  • Professional statistics on spending and payments
  • Home screen widgets for quick access
Features
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Several friends traveling abroad together—this time you covered lunch in dollars, next time they'll cover shopping in Hong Kong dollars. When you get back home, it's impossible to remember who owes what in different currencies. Colleagues sharing work lunches regularly, with different people paying each time. By month's end, no one can track who's participated or who owes whom. Friends sharing an apartment—who paid utilities this month, who paid property fees next month, and by year's end everyone forgets how much they paid. If any of this sounds familiar, Splitara is exactly what you need. ========================================== Splitara — Because Focus Means Professional Splitara is a specialized expense-splitting app designed for group activities, like travel, shared housing, and everyday meals. It supports multiple ledgers, participants, and currencies, handling even the most complex AA billing scenarios. Each activity becomes its own expense category, with comprehensive tracking and settlement built in. Key Features: • Multi-Ledger Support — Create and manage separate ledgers for different activities • Multi-Person Tracking — Record multiple payers and consumers per transaction • Multi-Currency Support — Supports various currencies with automatic exchange rate conversion • Smart Settlement — Automatically calculates who owes whom • Fund Management — Collect funds and pay activity expenses with clear tracking • Custom Group Icons — Personalize members or groups with custom icons • Professional Statistics — Track individual spending and payments by member • Cloud Sharing — Generate a share link or QR code for a ledger, with richer ledger details on the shared web page • Home Screen Widgets — Add ledgers, statistics, and funds to your home screen • Data Backup — iCloud backup, WiFi transfer, import/export capabilities We'd love to hear your feedback: http://aabill.itubu.com/ | itubu.com@gmail.com Terms of Use: Using Apple Standard Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

iCost记账

This lightweight billing app simplifies daily bookkeeping for improved financial efficiency. It offers detailed consumption and income classification, asset management, and insightful chart analysis. Enjoy automatic iCloud backups, data export options, and support for multiple currencies and accounts.

Highlights
  • Minimalist operation process
  • Detailed consumption/income classification
  • Asset management
  • Chart analysis
  • Automatic iCloud cloud backup
  • Export accounting data
  • Support for multiple currencies and accounts
Features
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** Recommended by AppStore "Editor's Choice" column ** Thank you for your likes. If you agree with our direction or recognize our efforts, please help us to promote iCost. Grateful. If there are any problems during use, you can send an email to feedback@quji.tech for feedback, and every suggestion of yours will be carefully considered. 【Introduction】 iCost is a simple, lightweight billing app. It aims to improve the efficiency of people's daily bookkeeping. We promise not to use your data. 【Features】 - Minimalist operation process, quickly complete each note operation; - Detailed classification of consumption/income, clear at a glance; - asset Management; - Chart analysis, all kinds of trends are well known; - Fully automatic iCloud cloud backup, no fear of data loss; - Support exporting accounting data for easy editing in Excel; - Support importing old bills for easy migration; - Support unlimited classification, sorting and data migration; - Support iOS 13 dark mode; - Support monthly and yearly classified budget functions; - Support privacy protection; - Support instant open mode. - Support Siri shortcut commands for automatic accounting; - Support template quick bookkeeping; - Support consumer bill refund association; - Support custom reimbursement bills; - Support multiple accounts; - Support adding pictures to bills; - Support multiple currencies; - Support periodic account entry; - Support consumption installments; - Support asset trend analysis; - Support asset reconciliation; - Support money saving function. 【Others】 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://help.icostapp.com/guide/law/privacy.html

Screenshots

Splitara4 screens
iCost记账4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Splitara at free against iCost记账's free with in-app purchases. iCost记账's advantage is ratings volume (942 vs 32) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, 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. Splitara sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and iCost记账 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iCost记账 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCost记账 has 942 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splitara ships an update every 6 weeks, iCost记账 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Splitara versus iCost记账: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplitaraiCost记账
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (32 ratings)4.9 (942 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings32942 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer馨杭 虞Guangzhou Quji Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Splitara

All ratings32 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

iCost记账

All ratings942 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.1%

Bugs and requests

Splitara

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

iCost记账

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Incorrect currency conversion
  • Disappearing transaction history
  • Inability to delete/edit accounts
  • Syncing issues across devices
  • Unreliable backup and restore

Requested features

5 requests
  • Recurring expense/income tracking
  • Budgeting and spending limit alerts
  • Automatic bank/credit card sync
  • Detailed category-based analytics
  • Multi-user/family account support

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Splitara

Subscriptions2
  • Splitara Pro$0.991 Month
  • Splitara Pro$7.991 Year
5 purchases

iCost记账

Subscriptions3
  • VIP Membership(1 month)$0.991 Month
  • VIP Membership(1 year)$3.991 Year
  • VIP Membership(1 year)$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • Permanent VIP Membership2 variants$8.99
  • Subscription Upgrade$8.99

Questions

Is Splitara free?
Splitara is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iCost记账 free?
iCost记账 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Splitara or iCost记账?
iCost记账 is rated higher. Splitara averages 4.7 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while iCost记账 averages 4.9 from 942 ratings.
Do Splitara or iCost记账 have ads?
Neither Splitara nor iCost记账 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Splitara or iCost记账?
Splitara ships an update every 6 weeks, and iCost记账 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Splitara was updated on August 24, 2026 and iCost记账 on September 22, 2026.

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