Comparison

Simple Splitter vs Billy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Simple Splitter4 screens
Billy3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Splitter ships an update every 22 months, Billy weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Simple Splitter versus Billy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple SplitterBilly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings123 — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSameer BhutaniRB Labs LLC

Customer experience

Simple Splitter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Billy

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Simple Splitter

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Billy

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Simple Splitter free?
Simple Splitter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Billy free?
Billy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Splitter or Billy?
Simple Splitter is rated higher. Simple Splitter averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Billy averages 4.7 from 23 ratings.
Do Simple Splitter or Billy have ads?
Neither Simple Splitter nor Billy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Splitter or Billy?
Simple Splitter ships an update every 22 months, and Billy weekly. Most recently, Simple Splitter was updated on September 7, 2026 and Billy on September 15, 2026.

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