Comparison

Tab vs Engage SSF

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

Engage SSF

Report issues, ask questions, or share feedback with your city government directly from your smartphone. Utilize GPS for location tagging and attach photos to your submissions. Receive notifications on the status of your reported actions.

Highlights
  • Submit questions and complaints
  • Provide positive feedback
  • Use GPS for location tagging
  • Attach photos to reports
  • Receive action notifications
  • Follow and comment on submissions
Features
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Engage SSF lets you contact the City using your smart phone or tablet. You can send us a question, post a complaint about something we are not doing right, or give us kudos for a job well done. Using your device’s GPS, you can upload a specific location (if required) and with the use of its camera, you can attach a picture, as well. Once submitted, report will be routed to the appropriate department within the City and you will be notified when action is taken. Community members can also follow and comment on your submission. Engage SSF makes it easier than ever to reach out to the City!

Screenshots

Tab4 screens
Engage SSF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Engage SSF at 4.6 against Tab's 4.2. Tab's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 72). On price, review sentiment, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Engage SSF holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tab has 1.2K ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Tab's written reviews are positive against 71% of Engage SSF's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, Engage SSF every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tab versus Engage SSF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabEngage SSF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.2K ratings)4.6 (72 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.4% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better72
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB144 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerbring10, LLCCity of South San Francisco

Customer experience

Tab

All ratings1,043 ratings
Positive79.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews237 reviews
Positive65.4%
Neutral12.2%
Negative22.4%

Engage SSF

All ratings67 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral7.5%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

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

Engage SSF

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tab

No in-app purchases

None

Engage SSF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tab free?
Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Engage SSF free?
Engage SSF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tab or Engage SSF?
Engage SSF is rated higher. Tab averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Engage SSF averages 4.6 from 72 ratings.
Do Tab or Engage SSF have ads?
Neither Tab nor Engage SSF shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tab or Engage SSF?
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, and Engage SSF every 3 months. Most recently, Tab was updated on November 6, 2026 and Engage SSF on November 1, 2026.

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