Comparison

Tab vs SnapTip

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

SnapTip

Effortlessly calculate tips using your phone's camera to scan receipts. Choose from various service levels or customize percentages. Easily split the bill with friends for a quick and fair tipping experience.

Highlights
  • Scan receipts with camera
  • Automatic total detection
  • Four tip levels
  • Split the bill functionality
  • Customizable tip percentages
  • Dark interface
Features
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SnapTip makes tipping easy! Simply point your camera at any receipt and instantly see tip calculations for different service levels. FEATURES: • Scan receipts with your camera - automatically detects the total • Four tip levels: Bad, Average, Good, and Amazing service • Split the bill - divide the total among friends • Customize tip percentages in settings • Clean, simple dark interface Perfect for restaurants, cafes, bars, and any service where you want to tip fairly and quickly. Made with love by Soso family in Vancouver, Canada.

Screenshots

Tab4 screens
SnapTip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SnapTip at 5.0 against Tab's 4.2. SnapTip also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Tab's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 1). On price, 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

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

SnapTip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tab has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, 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 SnapTip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, SnapTip every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tab versus SnapTip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabSnapTip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbring10, LLCDaiyong Kim

Customer experience

Tab

All ratings1,043 ratings
Positive79.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral12.0%
Negative21.8%

SnapTip

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

SnapTip

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tab

No in-app purchases

None

SnapTip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tab free?
Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SnapTip free?
SnapTip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tab or SnapTip?
SnapTip is rated higher. Tab averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while SnapTip averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tab or SnapTip have ads?
SnapTip shows ads; Tab does not.
Which is updated more often, Tab or SnapTip?
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, and SnapTip every 2 days. Most recently, Tab was updated on October 13, 2026 and SnapTip on October 2, 2026.

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