Comparison

Aequo vs Dutched

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

Head to head
About

Aequo

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Aequo: Master Your Money & Split Bills Take control of your finances with Aequo, a privacy-first app built for both personal spending and shared expenses. Whether you’re tracking everyday purchases or splitting a weekend trip with friends, Aequo keeps everything simple, reliable, and easy to manage. 1. Personal Expense Tracking Manage your money with clarity and confidence. - Track Every Cent: Quickly log daily expenses and see where your money goes. - Recurring Expenses: Set up subscriptions, rent, or utility bills once and manage them effortlessly. - Insightful Analytics: Visualize spending patterns to make smarter financial decisions. 2. Seamless Group Expenses Split bills — not relationships. - Works for Everyone: Ideal for roommates, couples, travel groups, and friends. - Smart Splitting: Split expenses by percentage, shares, or exact amounts. Aequo handles the math. - Efficient Settlements: Smart Settlement minimizes the number of transactions needed to settle balances. - Multi-Currency Support: Add expenses in different currencies and view them clearly in one place. Why Choose Aequo? - Designed for Real-Life Spending: Add expenses anytime, even with limited connectivity. Your data stays organized and updates when available. - No Ads, No Clutter: A clean, focused interface designed for financial clarity. Privacy-First: Your data stays yours. Make spending fair. Make money clear. Make it Aequo.

About

Dutched

Easily track and settle shared expenses with friends, roommates, and travel companions. The app allows for various splitting methods and on-device receipt scanning, with no need for others to install the application. It prioritizes privacy with no ads or data selling.

Highlights
  • Split expenses with anyone, even without the app
  • On-device receipt scanning
  • Multiple splitting methods (equal, exact, percentage, shares)
  • Smart settle-up suggestions
  • Offline functionality with sync
  • Import from Splitwise
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Dutched is the easiest way to split expenses with friends, roommates, and travel companions. Track who owes whom, settle up, and move on. And the best part: the people you split with do not even need the app. WHY DUTCHED Your friends do not need to download anything. Add anyone to a group or a one on one. They can claim their expenses with a simple code whenever they decide to join, or just open a view only link to see the group in any browser. One person installs, and the whole table is covered. Free, with no limits. Unlimited expenses, unlimited groups, every way to split, and support for multiple currencies. No ads. No daily caps. No paywall on the things you use every day. Your receipts never leave your phone. Point your camera at a receipt and Dutched reads it right on your device. The photo is never uploaded, to us or to anyone else. Every cent accounted for. Balances always add up to the penny, in any currency, and your history is never quietly rewritten. FEATURES - Groups for trips, roommates, dinners, and anything in between - One on one splits with a single friend - Equal, exact, percentage, shares, and plus/minus adjustment splitting - On device receipt scanning - Import your groups and history from Splitwise (CSV export) - Multiple currencies - Smart settle up suggestions so debts clear in the fewest payments - Settle with one tap through Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App - Comments and payment reminders, so the follow-up lives with the expense - Recurring expenses for rent, subscriptions, and bills - Works offline; changes sync when you are back - Every expense shows its history: who added or edited it, and when - View only share links for people without the app - Private by design: no ads, no data selling, Sign in with Apple Dutched only tracks who owes whom. Money never moves through the app, so you settle up however you already pay each other. Split the bill, not the friendship. Get Dutched.

Screenshots

Aequo4 screens
Dutched4 screens

Verdict

The call

Aequo and Dutched are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aequo ships an update every 2 weeks, Dutched every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Aequo versus Dutched: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAequoDutched
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAjay KumarSrimaan Sri Edara

In-app purchases

None

Aequo

No in-app purchases

None

Dutched

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aequo free?
Aequo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dutched free?
Dutched is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aequo or Dutched have ads?
Neither Aequo nor Dutched shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aequo or Dutched?
Aequo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dutched every 10 days. Most recently, Aequo was updated on October 30, 2026 and Dutched on October 31, 2026.

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