Comparison

Expense vs Tabby

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Expense

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Share group expenses directly in iMessage. Add all your expenses and send the report straight to the conversation so "Jake gets paid back for buying everyone's ticket" and "Dimitrije can figure out how much he owes Bimal because he forgot his credit card". - Add all your transactions to a single report - Divide expenses evenly or by weight/percentage - Review the breakdown and totals - Send the report to the conversation - Open the report to view transactions and add additional expenses

About

Tabby

Features
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Describe a spend out loud or snap the receipt โ€” Tabby logs it and splits it for you. Multi-currency, real-time, and in your language. The fastest way to split bills with friends, flatmates and trips. Tabby keeps every shared expense, payment and balance straight, so no one does mental math. Dinner out, a road trip in Baku, or rent with three flatmates? Tabby tracks who paid, who owes whom, and the running balance โ€” then shows who pays who in one tap. WHAT TABBY DOES โ€ข Split any expense in seconds โ€” equal, exclude, custom or itemised receipts โ€ข Scan a receipt and Tabby parses the line items automatically โ€ข Describe a spend by text or voice โ€” AI turns it into an expense โ€ข See who pays who in one tap (smart debt simplification) โ€ข Multi-currency in one event โ€” everyone spends in their own money, balances settle in the base currency โ€ข Real-time updates the moment anyone adds an expense or pays โ€ข Add ghost members for friends not on Tabby yet โ€ข QR + link invites for one-tap joining โ€ข Export the whole tally as a paste-able WhatsApp/Telegram message โ€ข Daily evening nudges when you have outstanding balances TABBY PRO โ€ข AI Monthly โ€” $2.99/month โ€ข AI Yearly โ€” $29.99/year (7-day free trial) โ€ข Regular Monthly โ€” $0.99/month โ€ข Regular Yearly โ€” $9.99/year Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Any unused free-trial portion is forfeited on purchase. Privacy Policy: https://nyplan.github.io/tabby-policy/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://nyplan.github.io/tabby-policy/terms.html PRIVACY: Tabby never charges any card and never moves money. Saved card numbers are display-only. Scanned receipts go to our OCR provider and are discarded right after parsing. Your password is hashed, never stored in plain text. Delete your account any time from Profile.

Screenshots

Expense4 screens
Tabby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Expense at none against Tabby's 4. Expense also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Tabby sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Expense asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Expense ships an update daily, Tabby every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Expense versus Tabby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpenseTabby
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.5 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBIMAL BHAGRATHNurlan Khankishiyev

In-app purchases

None

Expense

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Tabby

Subscriptions4
  • Regular Monthly$0.991 Month
  • AI Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Regular Yearly$9.991 Year
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  • AI Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Expense free?
Expense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tabby free?
Tabby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Expense or Tabby have ads?
Neither Expense nor Tabby shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Expense or Tabby?
Expense ships an update daily, and Tabby every 3 weeks. Most recently, Expense was updated on September 23, 2026 and Tabby on September 9, 2026.

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