Tabster vs Split with Tabby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Split with Tabby
Effortlessly divide restaurant bills by item. Scan your receipt, share a link, and let friends select their ordered items. It handles tax and tip proportionally and facilitates easy repayment through popular payment apps.
- Scan receipts to read items and prices
- Share a link for friends to select orders
- Split shared dishes among participants
- Proportional tax and tip calculation
- Integrates with Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, etc.
- Track payments and get notifications
- Save past tabs for easy reference
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Dinner's over and the check just landed. Tabby splits it by what each person actually ordered. HOW IT WORKS • Scan the receipt. Tabby reads every item and price for you. • Send one link to the table. Friends open it in any phone browser, no app or account needed. They just add a name and email. • Everyone taps what they had. Shared dishes split between the people who shared them. • Tax and tip are split in proportion to what each person ordered. • Friends pay you back with Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle or Apple Cash. STAY ON TOP OF IT • See who's joined and how much has been paid back. • Get a notification when a friend pays. • Every past tab is saved, so nothing slips through. Tabby never holds or moves your money. Payments go straight from your friends to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Split with Tabby at none against Tabster's shown. Split with Tabby also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Tabster's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 Tabster against 5.0 for Split with Tabby. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabster has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Tabster | Split with Tabby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McKinley Lovett | TechSpeed LLC |
In-app purchases
Tabster
No in-app purchases
Split with Tabby
No in-app purchases









