Tab vs PopID
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!
PopID
Enroll your biometrics quickly and securely using your device's camera for seamless access to supported services. The app guides you through capturing face or palm data for easy enrollment.
- Fast and secure biometric enrollment
- Seamless access to supported services
- Step-by-step enrollment process
- Uses device camera for capture
- Face and palm biometric options
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Fast, easy, secure. This app lets you quickly and safely enroll your biometrics so you can enjoy seamless access to supported services. Key Features: Step-by-step enrollment: Guided setup using your device’s camera to capture face or palm biometrics.
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Verdict
Tab and PopID both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PopID's written reviews are positive against 66% of Tab's. Tab's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Tab against 4.2 for PopID. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tab has 1.2K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Tab's written reviews are positive against 100% of PopID's.
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, PopID every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tab | PopID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | bring10, LLC | POP-ID INC |
Customer experience
Tab
PopID
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
PopID
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tab
No in-app purchases
PopID
No in-app purchases
