Comparison

Tab vs HailTo

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

HailTo

Facilitates direct sharing of official content between managers and talent. It ensures only approved, up-to-date assets are distributed, while empowering talent to create and upload genuine content efficiently.

Highlights
  • Targeted content requests
  • Direct line to talent
  • Latest approved assets
  • Talent content creation
  • Efficient asset distribution
  • Eliminates confusion
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Providing a direct line to talent, HailTo allows managers to push targeted requests to share official content in seconds. With the latest approved images, GIFs and videos always at talent's fingertips, gone are the days of poor quality, unofficial or expired assets being shared on social media. HailTo also empowers talent to create and upload high-value, genuine and personal content with a single request - no longer requiring excessive amounts of time, people and coordination. Say goodbye to lengthy email chains, out-of-date download links and confusion about when, where and how assets need to be shared. Say hello to HailTo.

Screenshots

Tab4 screens
HailTo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tab at 1.2K against HailTo's 8. Tab also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Tab holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tab has 1.2K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, HailTo every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tab versus HailTo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabHailTo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.2K ratings) — better4.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbring10, LLCStoryteller Software Limited

Customer experience

Tab

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

HailTo

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

HailTo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tab

No in-app purchases

None

HailTo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tab free?
Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HailTo free?
HailTo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tab or HailTo?
Tab is rated higher. Tab averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while HailTo averages 4.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Tab or HailTo have ads?
Neither Tab nor HailTo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tab or HailTo?
Tab ships an update every 3 weeks, and HailTo every 2 months. Most recently, Tab was updated on October 29, 2026 and HailTo on October 29, 2026.

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