Comparison

Billy vs Billy

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

Head to head
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/

About

Billy

Effortlessly divide expenses with this tool. Scan receipts or manually input items, then assign them to individuals. It calculates each person's share of costs, including tax and tip, providing clear, transparent breakdowns.

Highlights
  • Scan receipt photos
  • Manually enter line items
  • Assign items to individuals
  • Calculate tax and tip share
  • Generate per-person totals
  • Create shareable PDF breakdowns
Features
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Billy makes it super easy to split bills fairly by generating individualized breakdowns of what each person ordered or shared and is responsible for. Simply scan a photo of your receipt or manually enter each line item as well as any tax and tip. Next, assign each item to the person who ordered it or the people who shared it. Billy will then generate individualized breakdowns for each person showing exactly which items they’re responsible for, their share of tax and tip, and their individual total. Billy can even generate a PDF of the entire per-person breakdown that can be easily shared, making it easy to communicate who owes what with full transparency. With Billy, payback’s a breeze.

Screenshots

Billy3 screens
Billy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Billy at none against Billy's 3. Billy also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Billy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (23 vs 3). 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. Billy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Billy 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Billy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Billy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Billy ships an update weekly, Billy every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Billy versus Billy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBillyBilly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRB Labs LLCJonathan Sahoo

Customer experience

Billy

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

Billy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Billy

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$99.99
None

Billy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Billy free?
Billy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Billy free?
Billy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Billy or Billy?
Billy is rated higher. Billy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Billy averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Billy or Billy have ads?
Neither Billy nor Billy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Billy or Billy?
Billy ships an update weekly, and Billy every 6 weeks. Most recently, Billy was updated on September 15, 2026 and Billy on September 8, 2026.

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