Comparison

Tab vs Native Scanning App

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

Native Scanning App

This app helps event organizers manage ticket sales and entry efficiently. It allows for quick scanning of tickets or searching names, real-time syncing across devices, and offline access to ticket data. Organizers can also view attendance analytics and sell tickets directly through a built-in box office.

Highlights
  • Scan tickets or search names for entry
  • Real-time syncing across multiple devices
  • Offline mode for ticket access
  • Attendance analytics
  • Built-in box office for in-person sales
  • Secure unlimited account users
Features
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The native scanning app is the perfect tool for event organisers using native for ticket sales to manage their entry. Take a look at the app's features that organisers will automatically have available as part of their existing account. - Quickly and easily allow entry by scanning tickets or directly searching names. - Automatically sync your ticket sales in realtime and across multiple devices. - Use offline mode to download tickets to your device for when you don't have internet, and have it synced back the moment you do. - View analytics on attendance information, clearly showing who has been admitted and who hasn’t. - Sell tickets in person using the box office built into the app, keeping your ticket allocations in one place. It's simple and quick to use and tickets are emailed directly to your customers, just as if the tickets were booked online. - Support unlimited account users securely. Provide access to your scanning account but restrict access only to the events they need to see. Please report any feedback to team@native.fm

Screenshots

Tab4 screens
Native Scanning App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tab at 66% against Native Scanning App's 0%. Tab also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. 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 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, 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 0% of Native Scanning App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, Native Scanning App every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tab versus Native Scanning App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabNative Scanning App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.1K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbring10, LLCRadar Leisure Tech ltd

Customer experience

Tab

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

Native Scanning App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 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

Native Scanning App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tab

No in-app purchases

None

Native Scanning App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tab free?
Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Native Scanning App free?
Native Scanning App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tab or Native Scanning App?
Tab is rated higher. Tab averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Native Scanning App averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tab or Native Scanning App have ads?
Neither Tab nor Native Scanning App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tab or Native Scanning App?
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, and Native Scanning App every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tab was updated on October 19, 2026 and Native Scanning App on October 5, 2026.

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