CheckMate vs bill.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CheckMate
Effortlessly divide bills among friends after dining out. This application ensures everyone pays their exact share, accounting for tax and tip, to avoid overpaying. Easily share personalized totals for quick repayment.
- Split bills evenly
- Calculate tax and tip
- Share personalized totals
- Organize expenses
- Fast and easy to use
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Always paying when you go out with friends? Split the bill evenly with CheckMate! Based in NYC, CheckMate is an app designed to make splitting the bill fast and easy. Everyone pays their fair share so you don't have to fork over an extra 10, 20, or even 30 dollars just because they didn't pay for tax and tip. Keep everything organized with the features that let you share everybody's personalized total so they can pay you back.
bill.
Effortlessly split bills with friends after meals or group events. Select specific items from a receipt to ensure everyone pays their fair share. Send and receive payments directly within the app, making group expenses simple and transparent.
- Itemized bill splitting
- Add friends directly
- Send and receive payments
- Fair and transparent calculations
- Receipt scanning/uploading
- Group event expense tracking
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Tired of the awkward math after a meal out with friends? Bill makes splitting checks effortless, fair, and fast, all for free. With Bill, you can: Add Friends Easily – Connect with your friends directly in the app. Pay and Get Paid – Send and receive payments without hassle. Itemized Splitting – Select the exact dishes, drinks, or items you ordered from a receipt. Fair and Transparent – Everyone pays their fair share, down to the last cent. Perfect for dinners, trips, group events, and shared expenses—Bill takes the stress out of splitting. How It Works: Capture or upload an image of a bill. Verify the bill and set a tip. Confirm the bill. Add friends to the bill. Select your items. Send or request money from friends, or pay the host. Stop arguing over who owes what. Download Bill today and make splitting simple. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/8621ab6b-876c-4d36-877e-58d1b92468ba
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CheckMate at none against bill.'s 2. CheckMate also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). bill.'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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. bill. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. CheckMate asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CheckMate against 5.0 for bill.. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 8 respectively.
CheckMate ships an update every 3 days, bill. every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CheckMate | bill. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nickolaos Kontonicolaou-Dits | Imran Mohiuddin |
Customer experience
CheckMate
bill.
In-app purchases
CheckMate
No in-app purchases
bill.
- bill+14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- bill+14 Days trial$19.991 Year
