Group Check vs Tabster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Group Check
Easily manage shared expenses and track who owes whom within groups. Set custom percentages for bill splitting and sync data across devices via iCloud for seamless group settlements.
- Record and settle shared expenses
- Set custom bill splitting percentages
- iCloud sharing and automatic syncing
- Cross-device data synchronization
- Privacy-focused data storage
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Simple app for managing splitting bills and borrowing/lending within families or groups. Features: * Record and settle shared expenses within a group. Settlements can be done collectively. * Set percentages for splitting bills. * iCloud sharing. With an iCloud account, you can share and automatically sync data with others in a group. * iCloud sync. Data can be automatically synced across multiple Apple devices. * Privacy. Even this app developers cannot access data stored in iCloud. Use cases: * Ideal for couples who often split bills or borrow/lend but feel individual settlements cumbersome, and don't want to use a shared household budget app. * Suitable for close-knit groups engaged in frequent bill splitting or borrowing/lending, where settling accounts every time becomes a hassle.
Tabster
Effortlessly split bills with friends by snapping a photo or pasting a receipt link. This AI-powered app creates an interactive list where everyone can claim their items and pay instantly. It accurately calculates tax and tip, preventing double payments and simplifying group expenses for any occasion.
- AI-generated interactive receipts
- Photo or link receipt upload
- Automatic tax and tip calculation
- Tap to claim or swipe to split items
- Real-time item claiming and locking
- Group expense tracking
- Social feed for group events
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The easiest way to split bills. Made for dinners and trips. 100% free. Tabster turns any receipt into an interactive list everyone can tap to claim their items & pay from. Tax and tip split fairly. Auto-links to Venmo, Cash App, and Zelle via phone number. Built for the person who put their card down. Tabster ends the "hey, how much do I owe you?" chase. Everyone taps what they owe and pays instantly. No more chasing down handles, no spreadsheets, no math. SCAN ONCE, SPLIT IN SECONDS - Snap a photo or screenshot, paste a link, or forward an email to submit a receipt - Manual entry available for when you don't have any of the above - Tax and tip calculated fairly, proportional to each person's order - Works to pay in seconds right at the table, or anytime later EASY, INTERACTIVE & DIGITAL - Tap items to claim them - Swipe to split shared items any number of ways - Items lock once claimed: no double-pays, no confusion - Live updates so everyone sees changes in real time EASILY SHARE WITH THE GROUP - Send receipts and trips via group chat, QR code, or link - Friends without the app join through the browser. No download required - Built-in friend functionality for social features like commenting - Create a curated feed of your good times with friends to look back on 100% FREE - No paywalls, no ads. We want to make it easier for people to spend quality time together - No wasted time doing mental math at the table BEYOND THE DINNER TABLE - If there's a receipt, Tabster can split it - Group trips, roommate utilities, and more - Bulk upload several receipt photos to a trip simultaneously YOUR RECEIPT DASHBOARD - Every receipt or trip you've created or been added to, all in one place - Track payment progress & next steps - Revisit the details of any trip or dinner, months later ...... The days of post-dinner math and bachelorette-weekend spreadsheets are over. Let’s have some fun! Questions or feature ideas? We'd love to hear them! DM us on Instagram @tabster.ai or email us at support@tabster.ai
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tabster at none against Group Check's 1. Tabster also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). Group Check's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Group Check sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tabster asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Group Check against 5.0 for Tabster. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabster has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Group Check's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tabster's.
Group Check ships an update weekly, Tabster fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Group Check | Tabster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yohei Tamura | McKinley Lovett |
Customer experience
Group Check
Tabster
In-app purchases
Group Check
- Premium$2.99
Tabster
No in-app purchases









