Tab vs Split Your Bills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Receipt scanning
- Automatic item and price detection
- Real-time item claiming
- Proportional tax and tip calculation
- Shared item splitting
- Birthday bill splitting
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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!
Split Your Bills
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Are you tired of splitting the bill at restaurants and cafes with your friends or family? Do you dread the end of the meal when everyone has to figure out how much they owe? Look no further than Split Your Bills, the app that makes splitting the bill simple and stress-free, and now with an added feature to capture and include images of your bills directly into a PDF. With Split Your Bills, you can easily enter the number of payers and add each item ordered. The app even allows you to select which payers purchased each item, making it easy to split the bill fairly. No more headaches from trying to remember who ordered what, or how much each person owes. Split Your Bills introduces a unique feature that allows you to take pictures of your bills and receipts. These images are directly incorporated into the PDF export of the bill. This means you have a visual record accompanying the detailed breakdown, offering additional validation and proof of purchase. The app also automatically calculates the total cost of the bill, including service, tax, and tip percentages. This means you don't have to worry about adding up the extra costs or calculating the tip amount yourself. The app takes care of it all for you, making splitting the bill a breeze. The user interface is simple and easy to navigate, so you can quickly and efficiently input all of the necessary information, take a snapshot of your bill, and generate the comprehensive PDF. The app provides a clear and concise summary of each user's order, so you can see exactly what each person ordered and how much they owe. Split Your Bills is perfect for group meals, whether you're out with friends or family. It eliminates the awkwardness and confusion that often comes with splitting the bill, so you can enjoy your meal without any added stress. With the app's ability to split the bill with tax, service, and tip percentages included, take snapshots of the bills, and export the detailed breakdown, along with the images, into a PDF, you can rest easy knowing that everything has been taken care of. So why wait? Download Split Your Bills today and take the first step towards a more stress-free dining experience. Say goodbye to bill-splitting headaches, and hello to a more enjoyable mealtime with Split Your Bills.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tab at Free against Split Your Bills's $0.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Tab is free to download; Split Your Bills costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tab | Split Your Bills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | bring10, LLC | Hosni ElShahawi |
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
Split Your Bills
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tab
No in-app purchases
Split Your Bills
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tab free?
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