Bill Bud vs Happiest Hours NYC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Happiest Hours NYC
Discover New York City's top happy hour deals instantly. This app highlights active deals, allows filtering by time and day, and shows nearby options. Save money and time finding the best drink and food specials.
- Find active happy hour deals
- Filter by time and day
- Discover nearby specials
- Consolidated deal information
- Frequent deal updates
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Find New York City's best happy hour deals in seconds. Happiest Hours shows you which deals are active right now, lets you filter by time and day, and highlights happy hours near you. No more scrolling through TikTok or forgetting great spots you found last week. We've consolidated hundreds of happy hour deals into one aesthetic, user-experience focused platform that updates deal info frequently, so you can easily discover where to go and what you'll save.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bill Bud at every 2 weeks against Happiest Hours NYC's every 3 months. Bill Bud also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Happiest Hours NYC's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 92%) and ratings volume (201 vs 66). 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 — 4.9 for Bill Bud against 4.9 for Happiest Hours NYC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 201 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Bill Bud's written reviews are positive against 100% of Happiest Hours NYC's.
Bill Bud ships an update every 2 weeks, Happiest Hours NYC every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Bill Bud | Happiest Hours NYC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (66 ratings) | 4.9 (201 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 | 201 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Glacier Labs, Inc. | NISH Development Studios |
Customer experience
Bill Bud
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In-app purchases
Bill Bud
No in-app purchases
Happiest Hours NYC
No in-app purchases
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