Comparison

SplitIt vs BuddyPay

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

Head to head
About

SplitIt

Easily split bills and track shared expenses with friends. Upload receipts, assign items, and settle balances seamlessly. Keep a record of shared outings and manage payments or requests within your group.

Highlights
  • Split bills from receipts
  • Assign items to individuals
  • Track expenses and balances
  • Pay or request money from friends
  • Record shared outings
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SPLIT THE BILL, SHARE PHOTOS, & PAY / REQUEST FRIENDS Split and share any expense — no more headaches from calculating totals and asking who got what. • Upload a receipt to begin splitting items with friends • Select who's on the receipt, update and claim items • Easily pay or request payment from friends TRACK EXPENSES & BALANCES • Effortlessly track expenses, split bills, and settle balances with your group • Keep a record of everywhere you’ve been to with friends Questions or ideas? We would love to know what you think and any suggestions you may have! Contact us at hello@splitit.pro

About

BuddyPay

Effortlessly track and split shared expenses with friends, roommates, and groups. This app simplifies managing bills for trips, dinners, and household costs, ensuring everyone's balances are clear and fair. It helps minimize payments and provides a transparent record of who owes whom.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited expense tracking rooms
  • Flexible split options (equal, percentage, exact amount)
  • Attach receipts and photos to expenses
  • Simplified debt calculations and balance tracking
  • Record external payments for settlement
  • Collaborative group features with real-time updates
  • Multi-currency and multi-language support
Features
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Split bills with friends, roommates and travel buddies, without the awkward money talk. BuddyPay keeps track of who paid, who owes whom and how much. Add an expense in seconds or simply scan the receipt. When it's time to settle up, pay each other however you like (cash, bank transfer or any payment app) and record it in BuddyPay, so everyone stays on the same page. BuddyPay doesn't send or hold money. It's the shared record your group can trust. SCAN A RECEIPT, GET EVERY ITEM Take a photo of the bill and BuddyPay reads it for you: every dish, every price, the total and the date. Tap faces to assign items, and shared plates split themselves. Works with photos, screenshots and PDFs. SPLIT IT ANY WAY YOU LIKE - Equally, by exact amounts, by percentage or by shares - Item by item, so everyone pays only for what they ordered - Pick who paid and who's in, for every expense A ROOM FOR EVERY CREW - Trips, roommates, dinner clubs, parties: create as many rooms as you need - Each room has its own members, currency and balance - Invite friends with a link or by email - Add people who don't use the app as virtual friends MADE FOR TRAVEL - 70+ currencies - Pay in the local currency and BuddyPay converts it to your room's currency - See the original amount and the converted one side by side CLEAR BALANCES, FEWER PAYMENTS - See at a glance who owes you and whom you owe, across all your rooms - Simplify debts to settle up with the fewest possible payments - Record payments with the method and date, and keep a full history - An activity feed and notifications keep everyone in the loop PRIVATE AND PERSONAL - Optional Face ID lock - Light and dark mode - Available in 13 languages PERFECT FOR Roommates sharing rent and bills, friends on a trip, couples, dinner clubs, parties and team lunches. BUDDYPAY PLUS BuddyPay is free to use, with unlimited rooms and expenses. Plus adds: - Receipt scanning - Photos and documents attached to expenses - Spending analytics and PDF reports - Unlimited virtual friends BuddyPay Plus is an auto-renewable subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Questions or ideas? Write to us at support@buddypay.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://buddypay.app/privacy

Screenshots

SplitIt4 screens
BuddyPay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BuddyPay at 100% against SplitIt's 88%. On price, update cadence, 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. SplitIt sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and BuddyPay sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SplitIt ships an update every 6 days, BuddyPay weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SplitIt versus BuddyPay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplitItBuddyPay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (823 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings823 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFeast Labs LLCMykhailo Kolosov

Customer experience

SplitIt

All ratings792 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.1%

BuddyPay

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SplitIt

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Restaurant search feature experiencing bugs
  • Domain expired - unable to log in or access support
  • App requires internet connection despite having local OCR capability
  • Newly split items moved to bottom of list causing confusion

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add Zelle and Apple Cash payment integration
  • Support multiple receipt photo uploads
  • Display total receipt amount on final summary page
  • Customizable Venmo message templates
  • In-app payment requests instead of Venmo redirect
Show 5 more
  • Collaborative editing notifications
  • Skip receipt scanning option for manual entry
  • Quick divide options (e.g., swipe to divide by 4)
  • Birthday tracking feature
  • Web-based view for shared splits without app download

BuddyPay

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

SplitIt

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited$39.991 Year
One-time8
  • Developer Tip$0.29
  • Developer Tip$0.49
  • Developer Tip$0.99
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  • Developer Tip$1.09
  • Developer Tip$1.59
  • Developer Tip$1.99
  • Developer Tip$2.69
  • Developer Tip$4.99
2 purchases

BuddyPay

Subscriptions2
  • BuddyPay Plus Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • BuddyPay Plus Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is SplitIt free?
SplitIt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BuddyPay free?
BuddyPay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SplitIt or BuddyPay have ads?
Neither SplitIt nor BuddyPay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SplitIt or BuddyPay?
SplitIt ships an update every 6 days, and BuddyPay weekly. Most recently, SplitIt was updated on November 4, 2026 and BuddyPay on October 31, 2026.

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