Comparison

Tab vs Yapsody YapScan

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

Yapsody YapScan

This app allows presenters to efficiently check in event attendees by scanning e-ticket QR codes or manually searching. It synchronizes data in real-time across devices and offers robust control over scanning permissions for staff.

Highlights
  • Scan e-ticket QR codes
  • Manual attendee lookup
  • Real-time data synchronization
  • Customizable staff permissions
  • Offline scanning capability
  • Support for third-party hardware scanners
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*** For Yapsody Presenters Only *** Yapsody Presenters -- Check in event attendees at your event site with Yapsody YapScan app for iOS devices by scanning e-ticket QR Codes or manually by entering a name, entering an e-ticket number, or using gestures to scroll through your attendee list. All data is synched real-time between your mobile devices and Yapsody servers to prevent the same ticket from being used at multiple entry points and to ensure that last minute sales will validate regardless of time or place purchased. Features: - Validate attendees by scanning e-ticket QR codes using your mobile device's camera, manually entering attendees' names, manually entering e-ticket numbers, or scrolling through the attendee list on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. - Automatic synching between mobile devices and Yapsody servers ensures that each mobile device is being constantly updated with the latest ticket status. - View attendance stats on your Apple device. - Set scan permissions for your staff online on a person-by-person basis. (Each staff member has separate login credentials.) - Separate permissions for "unscanning" tickets so, for example, you can elect to reserve the "unscanning" function for specific management staff. - Restrict scanning access to specific events on a person-by-person basis. - For events allowing multiple entries per ticket, set the precise number of scans/check-ins allowed online - Set alerts for specific ticket types online. For example, set alerts for Student tickets so that mobile devices alert your entry staff to check for student IDs. - Restrict the time at which your staff can begin scanning tickets. - All ticket data is downloaded to the mobile device, so continue to scan even if you lose Internet connection. YapScan will automatically. Synchronise with the Yapsody servers as soon as connection is restored. - Use third party hardware laser scanners from Infinea Linea Series, Socket Scanner Series and Honeywell Captuvo Series for faster ticket scanning experience. Set up your event at Yapsody.com and begin using YapScan today.

Screenshots

Tab4 screens
Yapsody YapScan2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Yapsody YapScan at 4.8 against Tab's 4.2. Tab's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 114). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yapsody YapScan holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tab has 1.2K ratings behind it against 114, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Tab's written reviews are positive against 63% of Yapsody YapScan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, Yapsody YapScan every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tab versus Yapsody YapScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabYapsody YapScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.2K ratings)4.8 (114 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.4% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better114
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbring10, LLCYapsody

Customer experience

Tab

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

Yapsody YapScan

All ratings98 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%

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

Yapsody YapScan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tab

No in-app purchases

None

Yapsody YapScan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tab free?
Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yapsody YapScan free?
Yapsody YapScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tab or Yapsody YapScan?
Yapsody YapScan is rated higher. Tab averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Yapsody YapScan averages 4.8 from 114 ratings.
Do Tab or Yapsody YapScan have ads?
Neither Tab nor Yapsody YapScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tab or Yapsody YapScan?
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, and Yapsody YapScan every 3 months. Most recently, Tab was updated on November 6, 2026 and Yapsody YapScan on November 1, 2026.

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