Comparison

Tab vs Split The Bill Receipt Scanner

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

Split The Bill Receipt Scanner

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Your meal. Your share. Turn an itemised receipt into a clear bill for everyone. Take a photo, choose receipt images or add items manually, then check the details and pick who had what. SCAN, THEN CHECK Use the native receipt camera or choose photos. Crop and rotate images, compare recognised items with the original receipt, and correct names, quantities, prices and charges before accepting the scan. Long receipts can use up to eight photos, with possible overlaps shown for review. SPLIT THE WAY YOU ATE Assign individual units to a person or group. Share an item equally or use custom proportions. Add service, discounts and tips with flexible allocation, and see each payer’s itemised amount as you go. Shared pennies are allocated exactly. SHARE A CLEAR STATEMENT Send an itemised image, copy the bill text, save an image to Photos, or use Print / PDF. Statements show what each payer owes. The app does not transfer money or confirm payment. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Use native camera, photo, file and sharing controls, with layouts for iPhone and iPad. Follow your system appearance or choose light or dark, with support for larger text and accessibility appearance settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Receipt recognition and calculations run on your device. No account, advertising or receipt upload is needed. Your current bill is saved locally; there is no cross-device sync or receipt history. Export anything you want to keep. Choose GBP, EUR, USD, AUD or CAD. Currency conversion is not provided. Recognition works best with clear English-language receipts. Always check the item counts, prices, charges and final total before splitting; a matching total alone does not prove a scan is correct. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

Tab4 screens
Split The Bill Receipt Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tab at 12.0 against Split The Bill Receipt Scanner's 26.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, Split The Bill Receipt Scanner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tab versus Split The Bill Receipt Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabSplit The Bill Receipt Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerbring10, LLCDavid Gowans

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 The Bill Receipt Scanner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tab

No in-app purchases

None

Split The Bill Receipt Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tab free?
Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Split The Bill Receipt Scanner free?
Split The Bill Receipt Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tab or Split The Bill Receipt Scanner have ads?
Neither Tab nor Split The Bill Receipt Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tab or Split The Bill Receipt Scanner?
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, and Split The Bill Receipt Scanner every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tab was updated on October 22, 2026 and Split The Bill Receipt Scanner on October 17, 2026.

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