Billy vs Long Shout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Long Shout
Display large text messages on your screen for silent communication. Features a flash mode and sign mode for rapid message display. Ideal for discreet and impactful messaging.
- Large text display
- Silent communication
- Flash mode
- Sign mode
- Fast message display
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Display the largest possible text on your screen. Alternatively, turn your phone on its side for flash mode or sign mode, showing your message as fast as possible. Happy silent (and long) shouting! – Greg
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Long Shout at none against Billy's 3. Long Shout also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 70%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Billy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Long Shout asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Billy against 4.6 for Long Shout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 21 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Billy's written reviews are positive against 94% of Long Shout's.
Billy ships an update weekly, Long Shout every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Billy | Long Shout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better | 4.6 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RB Labs LLC | aeiowu |
Customer experience
Billy
Long Shout
In-app purchases
Billy
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual$14.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$99.99
Long Shout
No in-app purchases








