Billy vs Cost Share
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Billy
Effortlessly divide expenses from receipts by snapping a photo. The app automatically scans items, allows easy assignment to friends, and calculates exact amounts owed, including tip and tax. Share clear summaries instantly without needing to log in.
- Scan receipts with a photo
- Automatic line item extraction
- Assign items to individuals
- Calculate tip and tax
- Instant total calculation
- Shareable expense summaries
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Split bills from a receipt in seconds. Snap a photo and Billy scans your receipt, pulls out each line item, and lets you quickly assign items to friends. Add tip and tax, and Billy instantly calculates who owes what. Then share a clean summary in one tap. No logins. No spreadsheets. Just fast, fair bill splitting. Perfect for dinners, takeout, coffee runs, roommates, and group trips. How it works: - Snap a photo of your receipt - Review scanned items - Assign items to each person - Add tip/tax if needed - See totals instantly - Share a ready-to-send summary
Cost Share
Easily divide expenses among friends, roommates, or travel companions. Scan receipts with AI for quick entry, track balances, and record settlements to ensure fairness and clarity in shared spending.
- AI receipt scanning with itemization
- Group expense splitting
- Real-time balance tracking
- Settlement recording
- Multi-currency support
- Data export
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Cost Share makes splitting expenses simple for friends, roommates, couples, and travel groups. Create groups, add expenses, and instantly see who owes what. Track balances across personal and group spending, record settlements, and keep a full activity history so everyone stays on the same page. Features: - Fast expense splitting for groups and friends - AI receipt scanning for quicker expense entry with itemization - Simple settle-up flow to clear balances - Shared activity feed with search - Multi-currency support - Data export tools Whether you're sharing rent and utilities, planning a trip, or managing everyday costs, Cost Share helps keep everything fair, clear, and organized. Terms of Use: https://cost-share.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://cost-share.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Billy at free against Cost Share's freemium. Cost Share's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Billy sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Cost Share sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Billy against 5.0 for Cost Share. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Billy ships an update every 11 days, Cost Share every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Billy | Cost Share |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sungtae Kim | Kotipalli Vigna Pavan |
Customer experience
Billy
Cost Share
In-app purchases
Billy
- 5 Credits$1.99
- 10 Credits$2.99
- 20 Credits$3.99
Cost Share
- Premium Monthly2 Months trial$2.491 Month
- Premium Yearly2 Months trial$24.491 Year









