Billy vs Elapsed
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/
Elapsed
Track the days since important events or habits with a simple, visually appealing counter. Customize each counter with unique designs and view them directly on your home screen. Get optional reminders and view historical data to understand your patterns.
- Customizable day counters
- Home screen widgets
- Optional reminders
- Historical tracking and stats
- Simple, clutter-free interface
- One-time purchase for full features
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How long has it been? Since you last called your dad, changed the air filter, took a real day off, or had a drink. These are the things you do when you remember, not on a schedule, so the days quietly pile up. Elapsed is a day counter for exactly that: it shows the days since each one as a single big number, so a glance tells you how long it's been. No menus, no clutter, just the number. Pick a Design You Love Give each counter its own look, from clean and minimal to bold and graphic. That look follows it everywhere, on its card in the app and its widget on your home screen, so the whole thing ends up feeling like yours. Right on Your Home Screen You see "Call dad, 14 days" while you're checking the weather. Done? One tap on the widget and the count starts over. Most days you never open the app. A Counter for Anything Open one for whatever you lose track of, and watch the days since add up: - The people you mean to call, see, or write to - The things at home: the filter, the sheets, the deep clean - The habits you're leaving behind: no alcohol, no coffee, no cigarettes - The appointments you put off: the dentist, the haircut, the check-up - The good things you want more of: a real day off, time outside, a proper meal Never Forget Again Add an optional reminder and it reschedules itself every time you log, so it only nudges you when it has genuinely been a while. Anything overdue gets a quiet dot, so what's slipped stands out even without a notification. See How Often It Really Happens Feels like you saw your friends just last week. The counter keeps the honest record: every log, an optional note to remember the details, and the stats that show your real pattern, like your average gap and your longest stretch. Simple by Design No account, no setup. Add a counter and you're set in seconds. Your counters stay on your device, and nothing is ever sold or shared. Free to Use, Yours to Keep Elapsed is free. When you want the full design library and the background tones, Elapsed Plus is a single purchase: pay once, own it forever, and every future addition is included. No subscription, ever. No streaks to keep up. No guilt for letting something slide. Just a calm, honest count of the days that have passed. How long has it been? Open Elapsed and find out.
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Verdict
Billy and Elapsed both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Elapsed's written reviews are positive against 70% of Billy's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 and Elapsed sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Billy against 4.8 for Elapsed. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 19 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Billy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Elapsed's.
Billy ships an update weekly, Elapsed every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Billy | Elapsed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RB Labs LLC | Jonathan Maurice |
Customer experience
Billy
Elapsed
In-app purchases
Billy
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual$14.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$99.99
Elapsed
- Elapsed Plus$7.99









