Comparison

Tab vs splitty

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

splitty

Effortlessly split restaurant bills by scanning receipts. Assign items, distribute tax and tip fairly, and send payment requests instantly via popular payment apps. Get your share settled in seconds.

Highlights
  • Scan receipts with high accuracy
  • Automatically assign items and modifiers
  • Fairly distribute tax and tip
  • Send payment requests via Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, etc.
  • No account required for users
  • No ads or data selling
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$247. Seven people. Three shared appetizers. One person had water. The receipt already knows who ordered what. Now your phone does too. splitty reads any receipt in seconds—every item, every modifier, every tax line. Tap to assign who got what. Send Venmo requests before the waiter comes back. 30 seconds. Done. HOW IT WORKS Snap a photo of the receipt. splitty reads every line item automatically—dishes, drinks, modifiers ("add bacon +$2"), tax, and tip. No typing. Items start split equally. Tap to tweak who got what. Shared the truffle fries? Mark it split between the people who actually ate them. Tax and tip distribute proportionally—the salad person pays salad-level tax, not ribeye-level. When you're done, send payment requests directly. Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Monzo, Revolut—one tap each. Pre-filled amounts. Pre-filled notes. No "I'll get you next time." WHAT SPLITTY DOES Reads receipts with 99%+ accuracy. Splits items fairly (not just equally). Sends payment requests in one tap. Works with 10+ payment methods. No account required. WHAT SPLITTY DOESN'T DO Track ongoing expenses (use Splitwise for roommates). Manage multi-day trips (use Splid for vacations). Convert currencies. Different tools for different problems. splitty does one thing: split tonight's dinner, right now, as fast as possible. THE DETAILS 4.7 stars on the App Store. 3 free splits, then $9.99/year or $24.99 lifetime. Your friends don't need the app—they just get a Venmo request. No ads. No daily limits. No data sold. Everyone pays what they ordered. Nobody has to bring it up. Privacy Policy: https://www.splittyapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.splittyapp.com/terms

Screenshots

Tab4 screens
splitty4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tab at none against splitty's 3. Tab also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 76) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). splitty's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (80% vs 66%). 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. splitty sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Tab asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

splitty holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tab has 1.1K ratings behind it against 76, 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 80% of splitty's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, splitty fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tab versus splitty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabsplitty
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.1K ratings)4.7 (76 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better76
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbring10, LLCsplitty, inc.

Customer experience

Tab

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

splitty

All ratings76 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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
Show 2 more
  • Improved Venmo integration
  • Offline bill saving functionality

splitty

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tab

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

splitty

Subscriptions1
  • splitty PRO (Annual)$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • splitty PRO$4.99
  • splitty PRO (Lifetime)$24.99

Questions

Is Tab free?
Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is splitty free?
splitty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tab or splitty?
splitty is rated higher. Tab averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while splitty averages 4.7 from 76 ratings.
Do Tab or splitty have ads?
Neither Tab nor splitty shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tab or splitty?
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, and splitty fortnightly. Most recently, Tab was updated on October 15, 2026 and splitty on October 16, 2026.

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