Comparison

Olive Split vs SplitTheMeal

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

Head to head
About

Olive Split

Effortlessly divide restaurant bills by scanning receipts. The app identifies items and prices, allowing users to assign what each person consumed. It then calculates individual shares, including tax and tip, and facilitates payments via Venmo, Cash App, or a shareable link.

Highlights
  • Scan restaurant receipts
  • Itemize and price detection
  • Assign items to individuals
  • Proportional tax and tip splitting
  • Payment requests via Venmo/Cash App
  • Shareable receipt links
  • QR code payment option
Features
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Split restaurant bills in seconds. Scan any receipt and Olive Split lists every item with its price. Tap what each person had and Olive Split calculates each share with tax and tip split proportionally. Three ways to send the payment: • Pay or request via Venmo or Cash App with the amount pre-filled • Share a receipt link so friends pick their own items and pay you directly • Display a QR code at the table — friends scan with their camera and pay in Venmo with the amount pre-filled Have multiple receipts to split? Scan them all at once, tap items from any of the receipts, and send one combined payment request. No calculators, no "who had the wine?", no math. First scan is free. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SplitTheMeal

Features
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Tired of awkward math after dining out? SplitTheMeal lets you scan your receipt and instantly divide the bill with your group. Features • Automatically reads restaurant receipts • Detects items, quantities, and prices • Assign items to friends in seconds • Split evenly or custom per item NOTE: This app utilises Apple Intelligence, if you are using an iPhone 15 Pro or below you won't have access to the receipt scanning features but can still input the menu items into the app.

Screenshots

SplitTheMeal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Olive Split at none against SplitTheMeal's shown. Olive Split also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Olive Split sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and SplitTheMeal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Olive Split ships an update every 5 days, SplitTheMeal every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Olive Split versus SplitTheMeal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOlive SplitSplitTheMeal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOstiraOurBudget

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Olive Split

Subscriptions4
  • Olive Premium$2.991 Month
  • Olive Split (Monthly)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Olive Split (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Olive Premium$49.991 Year
1 purchases

SplitTheMeal

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Olive Split free?
Olive Split is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SplitTheMeal free?
SplitTheMeal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Olive Split or SplitTheMeal have ads?
SplitTheMeal shows ads; Olive Split does not.
Which is updated more often, Olive Split or SplitTheMeal?
Olive Split ships an update every 5 days, and SplitTheMeal every 5 weeks. Most recently, Olive Split was updated on October 15, 2026 and SplitTheMeal on October 2, 2026.

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