Tab vs NeedlePointer
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!
NeedlePointer
This utility app helps users track and manage needle points. It offers a simple interface for recording and organizing point data, with options for advanced editing. Ideal for users who need precise point management.
- Needle point tracking
- Point data recording
- Point organization
- Advanced editing options
- Simple interface
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NeedlePointer helps needlepoint and embroidery stitchers organize projects, thread stash, canvases, progress, shopping lists, and patterns in one place. Track active and finished projects, save photos and notes, manage thread inventory by brand/color number/color name, mark canvases as kitted, create shopping lists, and use pattern editor tools. Optional purchases: - Remove Ads: one-time purchase - Premium Monthly: auto-renewable monthly subscription, $1.99/month in the US, unlocks premium editor tools and removes ads - Support the Creator: optional repeatable $1.99 support purchase Privacy Policy: https://samcarrara415.github.io/needletracker-privacy/PRIVACY_POLICY.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://samcarrara415.github.io/needletracker-privacy/TERMS_OF_USE.html Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tab at none against NeedlePointer's 2. Tab also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). NeedlePointer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. NeedlePointer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tab asks for nothing beyond the download.
NeedlePointer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. 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 100% of NeedlePointer's.
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, NeedlePointer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tab | NeedlePointer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.1K ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | bring10, LLC | Samuel Carrara |
Customer experience
Tab
NeedlePointer
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
NeedlePointer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tab
No in-app purchases
NeedlePointer
- Premium Editor Monthly$1.991 Month
- Remove Ads$1.99
