Simple Splitter vs Billy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Splitter
Effortlessly manage group expenses with this intuitive bill-splitting tool. Easily add participants, track individual costs, and distribute taxes and fees fairly. Generate shareable summaries to ensure everyone pays their exact share.
- People management with color coding
- Line item tracking and assignment
- Proportional distribution of additional fees
- Real-time bill calculations
- Shareable text-based summaries
- Customizable participant names
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The fastest, most beautiful way to split the bill. Dinner's done — don't ruin it with math. Simple Splitter gets everyone's share right in seconds, tip, tax, and all. QUICK SPLIT Enter the bill, tap a tip (15, 18, 20, 25% or custom), add tax, and set the group size. Everyone's share appears instantly, animated as you go. WHO HAD WHAT Someone ordered the short rib and someone stuck to a salad? Add each dish, tap the people who shared it, and Simple Splitter does the fair math — tax and tip are split proportionally, so nobody subsidizes the steak. SHARE IT Send a clean breakdown to the group over Messages, AirDrop, or anything else. Everyone sees exactly what they owe and why. HISTORY Every split you share is saved automatically, so you can pull up last week's dinner in two taps. MADE TO FEEL GOOD A warm, premium design with satisfying animations and haptics. Gorgeous in both light and dark mode. No account, no ads, no tracking — it just splits bills, beautifully. Free. Fast. Fair. Get the check, not the headache.
Billy
Effortlessly split bills by scanning receipts with AI. Assign items, calculate individual shares including taxes and tips, and share summaries instantly. Upgrade for advanced features like trip tracking and saved groups.
- AI-powered receipt scanning
- Drag & drop item assignment
- Split shared items
- Accurate tax and tip calculations
- Quickly add people
- Easy sharing of summaries
- Trip expense tracking (Premium)
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Billy lets you snap a picture of your bill and drag items around to automatically calculate what each person owes. Features: • AI-powered receipt scanning: Billy will identify items, prices, taxes, fees, and discounts. • Drag & Drop Items: Assign items to different people by dragging and dropping them into each person's bubble. • Split Shared Items: Split any item between certain people, or between the entire group. Billy handles the math for evenly distributing the price. • Accurate Calculations: Billy automatically calculates each person's share, including their portion of taxes or tips. • Add People Quickly: Add friends from your contacts or enter their names manually. • Easy Sharing: Generate itemized summaries for each person or the entire bill. Share via text, email, or any messaging app so everyone knows what they owe. • Venmo Request: Open a request in Venmo with the owed amount, along with the bill breakdown in the notes. Upgrade to Billy Premium for more features like: • Trips: Calculate owed totals across multiple bills by adding multiple bills to a trip. • Saved Groups: Create and save groups of people you frequently split bills with (e.g., roommates, friends, family). • Unlimited Scans: Enjoy unlimited receipt scanning without monthly restrictions. • Bill History: Access and manage all your past bills and splits. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Splitter at none against Billy's 3. Simple Splitter also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Billy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). On price, ads, device support 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. Billy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Simple Splitter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Splitter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Billy has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Simple Splitter's written reviews are positive against 70% of Billy's.
Simple Splitter ships an update every 22 months, Billy weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Splitter | Billy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sameer Bhutani | RB Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Simple Splitter
Billy
In-app purchases
Simple Splitter
No in-app purchases
Billy
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual$14.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$99.99









