Comparison

Tabster vs Dibs

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Dibs

Effortlessly divide restaurant bills by item, ensuring fair splits for everyone. Simply photograph your receipt, tag who ate what, and let the app calculate individual totals, including proportional tax and tip. Settle up easily through Venmo or a simple message.

Highlights
  • On-device receipt scanning
  • Manual item entry and correction
  • Assign items to diners
  • Proportional tax and tip calculation
  • Venmo payment integration
  • Local split history
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Dibs splits a restaurant bill the way you actually ate it — by item, not by an awkward even quarter that leaves someone subsidizing everyone else's drinks. Photograph the receipt and Dibs reads it on device. Review the parsed items (the scan is best-effort, so you always get the final say), tag who had what, and Dibs computes who owes what — distributing tax and tip PROPORTIONALLY to each person's subtotal, reconciled to the exact penny. When it's time to settle, Dibs hands off to Venmo with a pre-filled request, or shares a plain-text "pay me" message for anything else. Dibs never moves money and never holds it. FEATURES • On-device receipt scanning — offline, free, nothing uploaded • Manual entry and correction — you review every item • Assign items to diners; shared and unassigned items split evenly • Proportional tax and tip, with penny-exact totals • Pay hand-off via Venmo deep link, or a share-sheet message • Local history of past splits, revisitable • Remembers people you split with for quick re-picking PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No backend. No cloud. No tracking. Every split stays on your device. If Dibs saves you the after-dinner math, there's an optional tip jar — entirely your call, and it unlocks nothing. Dibs works fully without it.

Screenshots

Tabster4 screens
Dibs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tabster at none against Dibs's 3. Tabster also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (14 vs 4). Dibs's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Dibs sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Tabster asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tabster against 5.0 for Dibs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabster ships an update fortnightly, Dibs every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tabster versus Dibs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabsterDibs
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (14 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMcKinley LovettCHICO RAMOS MALTO

Customer experience

Tabster

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dibs

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tabster

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Dibs

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Tabster free?
Tabster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dibs free?
Dibs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tabster or Dibs?
Tabster and Dibs are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 14 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Tabster or Dibs have ads?
Tabster shows ads; Dibs does not.
Which is updated more often, Tabster or Dibs?
Tabster ships an update fortnightly, and Dibs every 10 days. Most recently, Tabster was updated on September 30, 2026 and Dibs on October 6, 2026.

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