Comparison

Tab vs Poll

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Receipt scanning
  • Automatic item and price detection
  • Real-time item claiming
  • Proportional tax and tip calculation
  • Shared item splitting
  • Birthday bill splitting
Features
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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!

About

Poll

Easily gather group opinions and make decisions with friends. Create polls for anything from scheduling meetups to choosing a restaurant, and let everyone vote. Participants can even suggest options, making group planning simple and fun.

Highlights
  • Create multiple choice polls
  • Participants can add options
  • Allow changing votes
  • Send reminders
  • Approval voting
  • Simple scheduling
Features
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Need to decide as a group? Choose a time? Pick a place? Send a poll to a group of friends and get their votes. Participants in the conversation can answer the questions in the survey, and everyone can easily follow-up on the results. Planning and deciding as a group has never been this easy and fun. IN THE PRESS: "One of the first iMessage apps you should download" - wired.com "In the top 10 of best apps for Apple's new iMessage" - telegraph.co.uk "Poll is your best bet when it comes to surveying your family and friends about their preferences and opinions." - appsadv.com WHAT OUR USERS SAY: "By far the best poll app for iMessage. Easy scheduling." - Nathalie "Plan and survey your friends and family." - RonJ1 "Easy to use, just works. Using it with my family weekly." - Sandra WHY POLL? - Very easy to use, decide as a group - Multiple choice polls - Poll history templates - Participants can add options - Allow changing of votes later - Direct send - Preview in the iMessage conversation - Send reminders - Message summary - Approval voting - Quick link to last selected poll - Send surveys to friends - Simple scheduling - Quick input, emoji support - Schedule a time and place - More updates to come - Dark mode supported PRICING? - Voting is free - Viewing results is free - You can create a poll for free to test - One time purchase to unlock unlimited poll creations QUICKLY DECIDE: - What should we eat today? - When/where should we meet? - Plan a party next week: place, theme, invites? - What to wear tomorrow? - Who is joining? - Who will win the game on Friday? - ... FEEDBACK? Thank you for using Poll. Comments or questions? We want to hear from you! DELETE APP Poll is an iMessage app, so you must use iMessage to uninstall the app. Instructions can be found here: www.bit.do/del-app The instructions: 1. Open a conversation in iMessage 2. Tap the App Store icon to open the apps list 3. Swipe right to the end and press the "..." button 4. Find the app you want to delete 5. Swipe left on the app row and tap delete

Screenshots

Tab4 screens
Poll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tab at 66% against Poll's 5%. Tab also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Poll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tab asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tab holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tab has 1.2K ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Tab's written reviews are positive against 5% of Poll's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tab versus Poll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabPoll
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.2K ratings) — better2.0 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews — better5.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better48
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbring10, LLCFanatic Development

Customer experience

Tab

All ratings1,043 ratings
Positive79.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral12.0%
Negative21.8%

Poll

All ratings47 ratings
Positive23.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative74.5%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive5.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative91.5%

User reviews

Tab

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What 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

Poll

From 48 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 One-time purchase
  • 💡 Approval voting feature
  • 👍 Simple and unique ideas

Room to improve

  • 💸 Pay to buy unlimited polls
  • 💸 Only one free poll
  • 💸 Forced download for others
  • 💸 Worthless unless others buy
  • 💸 Misleading free trial

Bugs and requests

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

Poll

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • Cannot delete the app
  • App not showing up on home screen
  • App opens text message when clicked
  • No one can vote on polls
  • Polls disappear after every vote
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  • Votes not recorded properly
  • Last vote becomes 100% of results
  • Polls don't display options
  • Polls don't get received
  • Templates reappear after deletion
  • Cannot create polls
  • App updates even after deletion
  • App pins directly to messenger
  • App requires updates like a standard app
  • Polls don't work for others
  • App stops working after first poll
  • First poll didn't work
  • Cannot vote on polls
  • Polls are blank
  • No one saw the poll
  • Polls don't get recorded
  • App doesn't work after purchase
  • App doesn't work at all
  • App is clunky and buggy
  • App requires purchase to create polls
  • App requires purchase to vote
  • App doesn't work unless others buy it
  • App doesn't work for anyone who didn't buy it

Requested features

7 requests
  • Expand support to all platforms
  • Allow deleting previous polls
  • Show who specifically voted
  • Truly free poll app
  • Free for unlimited polls with paid stickers/emojis
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  • Fix purchase restoration issues
  • Make voting free for all users

In-app purchases

None

Tab

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Poll

One-time1
  • Unlimited poll creation pack$0.99

Questions

Is Tab free?
Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poll free?
Poll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tab or Poll?
Tab is rated higher. Tab averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Poll averages 2.0 from 48 ratings.
Do Tab or Poll have ads?
Neither Tab nor Poll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tab or Poll?
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, and Poll every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tab was updated on November 1, 2026 and Poll on November 2, 2026.

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