Comparison

QuickSplit vs Chara

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

Head to head
About

QuickSplit

Effortlessly divide restaurant bills among friends and family. Assign specific items to individuals, and let the app automatically calculate tax and tip for a stress-free payment experience.

Highlights
  • Assign items to individuals
  • Automatic tax and tip calculation
  • Flexible splitting among multiple people
  • Simple and easy-to-use design
  • Fast bill calculations
Features
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QuickSplit makes splitting the restaurant bill simple and stress-free. Perfect for dinners with friends or family, it's the easy way to sort out who owes what. Features: - Assign Items: Tap to assign dishes or drinks to anyone in the group. - Automatic Tax & Tip: The app adds tax and tip without any headache. - Flexible Splitting: You can split items among multiple people - Simple Design: Easy-to-use and get started - Quick Calculations: Get the totals fast, so you can get back to chatting. Download QuickSplit now – the laid-back way to deal with the bill!

About

Chara

Features
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Split expenses with roommates, partners, and friends without the awkward math. Chara is a private, open-source bill splitter that's free forever. No ads, no subscriptions, no paywalled features. Add an expense, pick who's in, and Chara handles the math. See who owes who at a glance. Settle up when you're ready. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Create groups for roommates, trips, couples, or one-off events • Split equally, unequally, by percentage, or by shares • Snap a receipt and pull out the line items automatically • Track balances per currency, with no sketchy auto-conversion • Settle up with a tap and keep a clean history • Get notified when someone adds an expense or pays you back PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No trackers. No ad SDKs. No third-party analytics. Your group's expenses are visible to your group, and nobody else. SELF-HOST IT Chara is open source. Run it on your own server if you want. The app talks to your server the same way it talks to ours. Keep accounts on multiple servers at once and see everything in one place. FREE, FOREVER The core app is free. No subscription. No paywalled features. Chara is what bill-splitting should have been all along.

Screenshots

QuickSplit2 screens
Chara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: QuickSplit at daily against Chara's every 4 days. QuickSplit also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickSplit ships an update daily, Chara every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
QuickSplit versus Chara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickSplitChara
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB59 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJohn Robert HerrickLucas Dow

In-app purchases

None

QuickSplit

No in-app purchases

None

Chara

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QuickSplit free?
QuickSplit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chara free?
Chara is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QuickSplit or Chara have ads?
Neither QuickSplit nor Chara shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuickSplit or Chara?
QuickSplit ships an update daily, and Chara every 4 days. Most recently, QuickSplit was updated on October 24, 2026 and Chara on October 28, 2026.

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