Comparison

Tab vs Check Splitter

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

Check Splitter

Effortlessly divide bills and receipts among friends. This app simplifies the process of splitting costs, including taxes, tips, and discounts, with just a few steps. It offers currency selection and efficient item assignment for quick calculations.

Highlights
  • Scan receipts to add item prices
  • Manually add or edit item prices
  • Assign items to multiple payers
  • Calculate individual payment amounts
  • Supports various currencies
  • Multi-select items and payers
  • Open source on GitHub
Features
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Easily split checks among friends, especially when taxes, tips, service charges, fees, coupons, and discounts are not included each item's price. Only three simple steps needed: 1. Scan the photo of a receipt to add the total cost and the subtotal prices of each item (you can also add/edit them manually) 2. Assign the items to payers 3. Voilà! The app will now calculate how much each payer should pay. Design features - You can choose the currency used to display the amounts (the app will remember your choice so you don't have to choose every time!) - You can multi-select items and payers during assignment to save time - You can drag item names to prices recognized from the scan, to create items quickly This lightweight app is written with Swift/SwiftUI and is completely open source on GitHub: https://github.com/Vince14Genius/Check-Splitter-SwiftUI

Screenshots

Tab4 screens
Check Splitter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Check Splitter at 5.0 against Tab's 4.2. Check Splitter also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%). Tab's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). 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

Check Splitter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tab has 1.2K ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Check Splitter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, Check Splitter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tab versus Check Splitter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabCheck Splitter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.2K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbring10, LLCVincent Cai

Customer experience

Tab

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

Check Splitter

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Check Splitter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tab

No in-app purchases

None

Check Splitter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tab free?
Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Check Splitter free?
Check Splitter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tab or Check Splitter?
Check Splitter is rated higher. Tab averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Check Splitter averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Tab or Check Splitter have ads?
Neither Tab nor Check Splitter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tab or Check Splitter?
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, and Check Splitter every 3 months. Most recently, Tab was updated on October 22, 2026 and Check Splitter on October 20, 2026.

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