Comparison

Split vs Fairtabs

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

Head to head
About

Split

Easily divide expenses with friends and track shared costs. This app simplifies group payments for everything from rent to vacations, allowing guests to pay via various methods even without the app. It automates reminders and provides transparent totals for stress-free financial management.

Highlights
  • Split bills with friends
  • Track shared expenses
  • Collect payments instantly
  • Fractional, itemized, and even splits
  • Guest payments via Google Pay, card, Apple Pay
  • Built-in receipt scanning
  • Automatic payment reminders
Features
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Split Mobile - The Modern Way to Split Anything Tired of chasing friends for payments or figuring out who owes what? Split Mobile is the easiest way to split bills, track shared expenses, and collect payments instantly. Whether you’re splitting rent, dinner, drinks, groceries, concert tickets, or a weekend getaway, Split Mobile turns any group payment into a clear, automated split. Use fractional splits, itemized totals, or quick even splits. Guests can pay with Google Pay, card, or Apple Pay, even if they don’t have the app. With built-in receipt scanning, transparent totals, and automatic reminders, you’ll never deal with awkward “I’ll get you next time” moments again. Split Mobile is the smarter way to manage group payments, shared tabs, and real-life costs fast, accurate, and stress-free.

About

Fairtabs

Easily split expenses with friends and roommates. Snap receipts for automatic itemization, track balances, and settle up seamlessly through your preferred payment apps. Manage recurring bills and gain insights into your spending.

Highlights
  • Receipt OCR for automatic data entry
  • One-tap settlement via trusted payment apps
  • Trip expense recaps
  • Running balance per friendship
  • Recurring expense management
  • Spending insights by category and friend
Features
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Split the bill. Keep the friends. Fairtabs is a modern bill-splitting app for trips, roommates, restaurants, and recurring household costs. Snap a receipt, split it cleanly, and settle in one tap with the wallet your friends already use. WHY FAIRTABS — Receipt OCR. Take a photo of any receipt, and we auto-fill the merchant, total, and (when itemised) the line items. Faded thermal paper, foreign-currency menus, hand-written tabs — we read what we can and let you tap to fix anything we missed. — Wallet handoffs that actually work. When it's time to settle up, tap once to open Venmo, PayPal, or Zelle with the exact amount and recipient pre-filled. Fairtabs never sees, holds, or moves your money — the payment happens entirely inside the wallet app you already trust. — Trip Stories. Every trip becomes a clean recap: who paid the most, who's settled, the timeline of the trip in expenses. The kind of thing you actually want to look back at. — Friend ledgers. One running balance per friendship — across direct expenses and shared groups. No more "wait, what about that thing from Paris three months ago?" — Recurring expenses. Rent, utilities, the streaming bundle. Set them once and let them auto-post each month. — Insights. See where the money goes — by category, by friend, by month. Built-in. Not a paywall. GENEROUS FREE TIER 100 expenses and 5 receipt scans every month, all split types (equal, %, shares, itemized), and one running balance with every friend. For most people, that's more than enough — we'll never paywall the basics of splitting a bill. Free includes the occasional in-app ad to keep the lights on. PLUS, AVAILABLE BY SUBSCRIPTION Fairtabs Plus is an optional auto-renewing subscription. Lifts the 100/month expense cap, unlocks unlimited receipt scans, adds expense search across all your tabs and a 6-month spending trend chart, and removes ads. $1.99/month or $17.99/year. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. PRIVACY YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ We collect what we need to run the app and nothing else. No cross-app tracking. No selling data. Receipt OCR uses Anthropic's Claude API — images are sent for the single inference and not used for training. Full privacy policy: fairtabs.com/privacy. WHO IT'S FOR — Roommates splitting rent, utilities, and groceries — Friends on a trip splitting hotels, dinners, and rideshares — Couples sharing recurring household costs — Anyone who's tired of "you got me back, right?" We built Fairtabs because the existing options got worse, not better. We answer real emails at hello@fairtabs.com. Split the bill. Keep the friends. SUBSCRIPTION Fairtabs Plus — auto-renewing subscription. Available as Monthly ($1.99/month) or Yearly ($17.99/year). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings → Subscriptions → Fairtabs Plus. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fairtabs.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Split4 screens
Fairtabs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Split at none against Fairtabs's 2. Split also leads on ratings volume (754 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Fairtabs's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fairtabs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Split asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fairtabs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Split has 754 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Split ships an update every 10 days, Fairtabs every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Split versus Fairtabs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplitFairtabs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (754 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings754 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSplit Mobile Inc.Fairtabs

Customer experience

Split

All ratings754 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral1.9%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral9.2%
Negative22.4%

Fairtabs

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Split

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Fairtabs

Subscriptions2
  • Plus (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Plus (Yearly)$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Split free?
Split is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fairtabs free?
Fairtabs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Split or Fairtabs?
Fairtabs is rated higher. Split averages 4.7 out of 5 from 754 ratings, while Fairtabs averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Split or Fairtabs have ads?
Neither Split nor Fairtabs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Split or Fairtabs?
Split ships an update every 10 days, and Fairtabs every 3 days. Most recently, Split was updated on October 12, 2026 and Fairtabs on October 7, 2026.

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