Tab vs PrinterMate
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!
PrinterMate
This portable companion app enables personalized printing of images and text using thermal technology. It requires no toner and offers Bluetooth connectivity for on-the-go use. Simply load official thermal paper and print your desired content.
- Image and text printing
- Thermal printing technology
- No toner required
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Long battery life
- Portable and compact design
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PrinterMate is a portable printer companion app that provides personalized services including image and text printing. Utilizing thermal printing technology, it requires no toner. Simply swap out various styles of official thermal paper and print away to your heart's content. With Bluetooth connectivity and an impressively long battery life, it's small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, making it perfect for on-the-go use without any burden
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tab at 66% against PrinterMate's 0%. Tab also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.9) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 8). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tab holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tab has 1.1K ratings behind it against 8, 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 PrinterMate's.
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, PrinterMate monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tab | PrinterMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.1K ratings) — better | 1.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | bring10, LLC | Shenzhen Aogu Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Tab
PrinterMate
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
PrinterMate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tab
No in-app purchases
PrinterMate
No in-app purchases
