Billy vs Tabby
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/
Tabby
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Tabby helps you split restaurant bills without the awkward math. Scan a receipt or enter items manually, add friends, assign each item to the right people, include tax and tip, and see clear totals for everyone. If a receipt is crumpled or poorly formatted, you can highlight the parts that matter so Tabby can still help pull out the right items and prices. When the split is ready, Tabby can generate settlement messages with your payment handles so friends know exactly what to send back. Features: - Scan restaurant receipts or add items manually - Highlight messy, crumpled, or poorly formatted receipts - Split individual items across multiple people - Add tax and tip to the final totals - Save friends for faster future splits - Share review links so friends can check their own items - Lock a split and generate settlement messages - Track who has paid you back Privacy: - Receipt scanning is processed on your device - Your saved friends, payment handles, and local split history stay on your device - When you create a review link, the split details needed for friend review are uploaded so friends can open the shared link - Review links are meant for short-term collaboration, not permanent public records - Tabby does not use your receipt data for advertising Tabby is built for dinners, drinks, takeout nights, group meals, and any shared restaurant bill where one person pays and everyone needs to settle up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tabby at none against Billy's 3. Tabby also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Tabby asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Billy | Tabby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | RB Labs LLC | ROOSHI SUDESH PATIDAR |
In-app purchases
Billy
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual$14.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$99.99
Tabby
No in-app purchases









