Split Clever vs Bill Bud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Split Clever
Easily divide dinner bills and tip percentages among friends and family. This app accurately allocates expenses with just a few taps, removing the stress of manual calculations.
- Divide dinner bills
- Calculate tip percentages
- Allocate expenses fairly
- Seamless group payments
- Eliminate manual calculations
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Split Clever, it's an app to seamlessly divide your dinner bills and tip percentages among friends and family members. With just a few taps, allocate expenses accurately and fairly, eliminating the headache of manual calculations. Let Split Clever handle the math for you! @sweetestent
Bill Bud
Effortlessly split restaurant bills with friends. Scan your receipt, assign items, and instantly calculate totals including tax and tip. Send payment requests directly through Venmo or Cash App.
- Receipt scanning
- Item assignment
- Automatic tax and tip calculation
- Group bill splitting
- Venmo/Cash App payment requests
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Dining out with friends is fun—until the bill arrives. Bill Bud makes splitting the restaurant check a breeze, so you can focus on the good times, not the math. Snap & Scan Take a photo of your receipt, and Bill Bud's smart scanner does the rest. No more squinting at blurry numbers! Add Friends Invite your dining companions to your Bill Bud group. It's like a virtual table, minus the crumbs. Assign Items Tap each item to assign it to its rightful owner. Sushi for Alex, pasta for Jamie—everyone pays for what they ordered. Calculate Instantly Bill Bud crunches the numbers, including tax and tip. No more calculator juggling or mental math mishaps. Request via Venmo/Cash App With one tap, send payment requests to each friend through Venmo or Cash App. Fast, fair, and fuss-free. Perfect For: - Group dinners - Ground restaurant outings - Birthday bashes - Roommate expenses Bill Bud turns receipt anxiety into splitting simplicity. Download now and make every shared meal end on a high note. Eat, enjoy, and let Bill Bud handle the rest! Have any feedback? We'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions! Reach out to us at help@billbud.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bill Bud at none against Split Clever's 1. Bill Bud also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (38 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Split Clever sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bill Bud asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bill Bud holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bill Bud has 38 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Split Clever ships an update every 9 days, Bill Bud every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Split Clever | Bill Bud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 91.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian A. Castro | Glacier Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
Split Clever
Bill Bud
In-app purchases
Split Clever
- Split Clever - No Ads$2.99
Bill Bud
No in-app purchases
