Lovely Split vs Pooled Cash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lovely Split
Effortlessly manage shared expenses and payments with friends, family, or roommates. Track who owes what for rent, trips, or meals, and settle up with integrated secure payments. Set up recurring payments and ROSCAs to simplify ongoing financial arrangements.
- Split expenses with friends and family
- Manage group payments
- Integrated secure payment system
- Create pay events
- Setup recurring payments
- Setup ROSCA
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Lovely Split makes splitting expenses and managing payments with friends, family, or roommates effortless. Whether you’re covering rent, planning a group trip, or simply sharing a meal, Lovely Split ensures that everyone’s share is clear, fair, and settled with ease. With fast and secure payments integrated directly into the app, you can instantly send or request money, create a pay event and setup recurring payments and setup ROSCA. Keep track of expenses, balances, and reimbursements without the hassle of manual calculations. Lovely Split ensures that no one forgets who owes what, helping you avoid awkward conversations about money.
Pooled Cash
Simplify group payments and eliminate awkward conversations about money. This app allows you to create shared pools, invite participants, and track contributions effortlessly, replacing manual tracking and payment requests.
- Create shared payment pools
- Invite group members
- Track contributions
- Eliminate manual tracking
- Reduce awkward payment requests
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Stop being the debt collector in your friend group. Pooled makes it simple to collect money for trips, events, gifts, and shared purchases - without the awkward texts, spreadsheets, or wondering who actually paid. **How it works:** 1. Create a pool in under a minute. Name it, set the goal, and decide the rules upfront. 2. Share the link with your group. Everyone pays their share with a card and sees it happen in real time. 3. Relax. If you hit the goal, funds are released to the organizer's verified bank account. Fall short? Everyone gets refunded automatically. **Why Pooled is different:** - Complete transparency: Everyone sees who's in and who's paid. No guessing, no black boxes. - Clear rules from the start: Know what happens if you fall short or overfund—before the first dollar comes in. - Fair outcomes: Overfunded? The extra gets split back. Underfunded? Automatic refunds for everyone. - Pay by card: Contribute with any major debit or credit card. Payments are processed by Coinflow, a PCI-compliant provider—your card details never touch Pooled's servers. - Withdraw to your bank: Organizers link a bank account via Plaid and receive funds directly. Identity is verified to keep the platform safe. **Perfect for:** - Group trips: Bachelor parties, ski weekends, beach houses. One person books, everyone pays their share upfront. - Tickets and events: Concerts, games, group dinners. Buy the tickets when they go on sale, collect money without the spreadsheet. - Group gifts: Weddings, baby showers, retirements. Pool together for something meaningful. - Shared purchases: Anything your group needs to fund together. **Key features:** - Create pools with custom funding goals and deadlines - Invite friends via shareable links - Track contributions in real time - Card payments powered by Coinflow - Bank linking and withdrawals powered by Plaid - Identity verification for organizers who receive funds - Built-in overfunding and underfunding refund rules - Private pools for invite-only groups - Secure phone number authentication We handle the money so you can focus on the experience. No more fronting thousands and hoping you get paid back. No more spreadsheets. No more awkward "did you send it yet?" texts. Set it up once. Share the link. Get back to planning the fun stuff. Download Pooled today and stop chasing. Start pooling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lovely Split at every 5 weeks against Pooled Cash's every 4 months. Lovely Split also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lovely Split against 5.0 for Pooled Cash. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lovely Split has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Lovely Split ships an update every 5 weeks, Pooled Cash every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lovely Split | Pooled Cash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lovely Split, Inc. | Joe Burke |
Customer experience
Lovely Split
Pooled Cash
In-app purchases
Lovely Split
No in-app purchases
Pooled Cash
No in-app purchases








