Comparison

Tab vs The Timekeeper

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

The Timekeeper

This app assists with timing speeches and presentations for various organizations. It uses visual cues like colored lights and optional bell sounds to indicate time limits, and can be controlled remotely via an Apple Watch. It records final times automatically.

Highlights
  • Visual timing lights (green, orange, red)
  • Automatic time recording
  • Apple Watch remote control
  • Optional bell sound for visually impaired
  • Contestant name entry
  • Adjustable time scale
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Whether you do Toastmasters, Lions Club, Agora Speakers, debates, or other presentations, The Timekeeper is a speech timekeeper’s delight! No longer do you have to stare at a stopwatch in order to flick the timing lights and record times - this app does it all. Simply enter the names of the contestants, set your time scale, then sit back and enjoy the speeches. (You'll still have to start and stop the timer, of course) Even better, you can even control the start and stop the timer using your Apple Watch! We think it's intuitive (all info you need are on the screen) but if you still need instructions, just tape on the ⓘ info at the top centre of the app. The Timekeeper screen displays a large green light up to the first time limit to signify the speaker is safely within the allotted time. At the second time limit, the light automatically turns orange to warn the speaker that time is running out. At the third time limit, the light turns red to signify that time has expired, all whilst recording the final times. The lights are easily visible to a speaker up to a distance of 5 meters. Without the Apple Watch, the start / stop button is easy to find without having to look at the screen. The screen can therefore be visible to the speaker at all times - very crucial in a contest as every second counts! For the visually impaired speakers, The Timekeeper even includes the option of a bell sound!

Screenshots

Tab4 screens
The Timekeeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tab at 65% against The Timekeeper's 0%. Tab also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.2 vs 1.0). The Timekeeper's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On 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

Tab is free to download; The Timekeeper costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tab holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tab has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Tab's written reviews are positive against 0% of The Timekeeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, The Timekeeper every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Tab versus The Timekeeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabThe Timekeeper
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.2 (1.2K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews65.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbring10, LLCBevan TING

Customer experience

Tab

All ratings1,043 ratings
Positive79.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews237 reviews
Positive65.4%
Neutral12.2%
Negative22.4%

The Timekeeper

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

The Timekeeper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tab

No in-app purchases

None

The Timekeeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tab free?
Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Timekeeper free?
The Timekeeper costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tab or The Timekeeper?
Tab is rated higher. Tab averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while The Timekeeper averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tab or The Timekeeper have ads?
Neither Tab nor The Timekeeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tab or The Timekeeper?
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, and The Timekeeper every 15 months. Most recently, Tab was updated on November 6, 2026 and The Timekeeper on November 2, 2026.

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