Obe vs BI Bill Split
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Obe
Effortlessly manage shared expenses with this AI-powered receipt scanner and bill splitter. Track group travel costs, roommate bills, or restaurant checks and settle up with friends in seconds. Enjoy an ad-free experience with no transaction limits.
- AI receipt scanner
- Itemized bill splitting
- Group expense tracking
- Fast payment requests
- Receipt history archive
- Ad-free experience
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Stop stressing over shared expenses and chaotic trip planning! Whether you are managing your next trip or vacation, splitting rent with roommates, or dividing a restaurant check, Obe does the hard work for you. Track IOUs, simplify debts, and ditch the mental math forever. Obe is the ultimate Bill Splitter and AI Receipt Scanner—now featuring an integrated Group Calendar to seamlessly align your spending with your plans. Just snap a photo, track balances, and settle up with friends in seconds. WHY CHOOSE OBE? - Instant AI Scanner: Stop manual entry! Our powerful OCR reads every line item on your receipt perfectly. - Itemized Splitting: Assign specific items to specific friends. Split equally/unequally with a single tap. Who got the extra drink? We've got it covered. - Group Expense Tracker: Perfect for roommates or travel. Create a group to manage multiple receipts, log debts, and track shared balances over time. - Settle Up Fast: Send payment requests directly via your favorite messaging apps to simplify debts. No more awkward "you owe me" conversations. - Receipt History & Archive: Access all your past bills and shared expenses in one secure place for easy budgeting. - NEW! Integrated Group Calendar: The perfect add-on to your group expenses. Map out your trip itinerary and scheduled events side-by-side with your budget. Keep everyone on the same page and ditch the spreadsheets entirely! - NEW! Tip Calculator: Calculate your bill's tip in no time. No need to do the math, we will handle it for you. PERFECT FOR: - Group Travel: Track costs for international trips, vacations, and flights across the whole crew, while using the calendar add-on to keep the daily itinerary organized. - Getaways & Events: The ultimate tool for bachelor/bachelorette parties, weekend getaways, and road trips. - Roommates: Track household bills, groceries, and shared rent, while dropping recurring payment due dates right onto the group schedule. - Dining Out: The easiest way to split a complex restaurant check with friends. - Couples: A simple way to manage shared daily spending and sync up on upcoming events. THE OBE DIFFERENCE: - Unlike other expense apps, Obe is built for speed, clarity, and total group alignment. - 100% Ad-Free: No annoying pop-ups or interruptions. - No Transaction Limits: Split as many bills and schedule as many events as you want for free. - Clean Design: A beautiful, intuitive UI that supports Dark Mode. Stop flipping between spreadsheets, calendars, and calculators. Download Obe today to put your group trips, events, and budgets on autopilot!
BI Bill Split
Effortlessly split restaurant bills with friends and family. Scan receipts, assign items, and calculate individual shares, including tax and tip. Features live syncing for real-time collaboration and birthday mode to cover the guest's share.
- Scan receipts with OCR
- Assign items to individuals
- Proportional tax and tip calculation
- Live bill syncing over local network
- Birthday mode for guest's share
- Save people as contact groups
- Export itemized PDF receipts
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New in 1.3: AI-powered Browse Menu lets you pull up the restaurant's menu and add items instantly. No more typing every dish by hand. BI Splitter is the fastest way to split a restaurant bill fairly — scan the receipt, assign items to each person, and everyone knows exactly what they owe. SCAN & BUILD YOUR BILL • Scan a printed receipt with your camera — on-device OCR reads item names and prices automatically • Attach a photo from your camera or gallery to keep a record of the receipt • Add items manually and assign them to one or more people with a tap • Items shared by multiple people are split equally FAIR SPLITS, EVERY TIME • Tax and tip are distributed proportionally based on each person's items • Toggle between pre-tax or post-tax tip calculation • Add a restaurant address and tap the map icon to open it in Apple Maps • Search for any restaurant by name to find and fill its address automatically BIRTHDAY MODE • Flag one or more people as the birthday guest — their share becomes $0 • Their items are automatically redistributed to everyone else • Birthday indicators appear in the bill preview and on the exported PDF • Because the birthday person should never have to ask "who's covering my share?" LIVE SYNC — EVERYONE EDITS TOGETHER • Tap the antenna icon to start a live session over local WiFi or Bluetooth • Nearby iPhones with BI Splitter can join your bill in seconds — no internet required • Any change (new items, people, tip adjustments) syncs to all connected phones within moments • Stop syncing anytime — your bill stays on your device PEOPLE & GROUPS • Add people manually, import from Contacts, or load a saved Contact Group • Duplicate names are skipped automatically when importing a group • Save the current bill's people as a new Contact Group for next time with one tap GET PAID FASTER • Request payment via Apple Pay, Zelle, or a pre-written iMessage — all in one tap • Export a beautiful two-page PDF receipt with every person's itemised breakdown • Share the full bill via a deep link to another device running BI Splitter HISTORY & ANALYTICS • Every saved bill shows the total amount and who was there • Filter your saved bills by any person's name to see their share across every visit • The Analytics tab ranks your top spenders with total spend, number of bills, and average per visit PRIVACY FIRST • All your data is stored locally on your device — nothing is uploaded to any server • Live Sync travels only over your local network between your own devices • Contacts access is completely optional
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BI Bill Split at every 3 days against Obe's every 3 weeks. Obe's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. 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 Obe against 5.0 for BI Bill Split. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obe has 53 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Obe ships an update every 3 weeks, BI Bill Split every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Obe | BI Bill Split |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aldoc LLC | Ricardo Fong |
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Obe
BI Bill Split
In-app purchases
Obe
No in-app purchases
BI Bill Split
No in-app purchases









