Comparison

Group Spending vs SplitEx

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

Head to head
About

Group Spending

Features
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Trips? Dinner? Rent? Sorted. GroupSpending prevents awkward conversations and handles the math for you. KEY FEATURES: Travel Ready: Spend in JPY, EUR, or GBP, view balance in your home currency (HKD/USD). 100% Offline: Zero signal? No problem. Log expenses anywhere, sync when online. Super Fast: Add an expense in seconds. Snap, split, done. Smart Share: Generate instant text receipts for WhatsApp group chats. Settle Up: One tap shows exactly who owes who.

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SplitEx

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SPLIT EXPENSES OFFLINE, NO ACCOUNT, NO CLOUD SplitEx is an expense splitter that works without an account and without an internet connection. Add expenses on a plane, abroad, or anywhere with bad signal, it just works. Your groups, friends, expenses, and balances stay on your phone, not on someone else's server. Split bills, track group expenses, and settle up for trips, roommates, couples, rent, and any shared cost. WHY SPLITEX? • Works fully offline, perfect for travel and trips abroad • No account, no signup, no login, just open the app and start • Your data stays on your device, nothing is uploaded to a cloud • No ads, no tracking, no chat, no social feed • Every feature is free, pay once only if you want more than 10 groups • One-time purchase for unlimited groups, no recurring subscription SPLIT BILLS AND GROUP EXPENSES Create groups for trips, roommates, couples, family spending, events, rent, groceries, dining, and utilities. Add an expense, choose who paid, decide who shares the cost, and SplitEx works out the balances. Flexible splitting for real life: • Equal splits for quick shared bills • Unequal splits by exact amount, percentage, ratio, or adjustment • Multi-payer expenses when more than one person paid • Itemized receipts: split drinks among drinkers only, exclude someone from an item, or discount one person • Categories to organize spending • Group balances so you can see who owes whom • Full and partial settlements, with complete settlement history SHARE BALANCES IN A TAP No need to nag anyone in person. Share a clean breakdown of an expense, a friend's balance, or a whole group as plain text, then send it to WhatsApp, Messages, Telegram, Signal, email, or any app on your phone. The other person sees exactly what they owe, no SplitEx account needed. SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES Insights turn your expenses into a quick picture of your spending: totals for this month, last month, or all time, a last-6-months trend, and a breakdown by category. It is all calculated on your phone, so even your spending habits never leave the device. BUILT FOR TRAVEL • Multi-currency support with a base currency per group • Enter exchange rates yourself, no rate lookup, so it works offline • Original and converted amounts on every expense • Export a trip group to CSV and share the final tally PRIVATE BY DESIGN Most group expense apps are built around accounts and cloud sync. SplitEx is built the opposite way. Everything you create is stored locally on your device. You never sign up and never hand over your financial data just to split a bill. The app has no analytics, no ads, and no tracking. It only goes online when you buy or restore Premium, or tap a link yourself. A clear in-app screen explains how your data is handled. MORE FEATURES • Dashboard with balances across all your groups • Recurring expenses for rent, utilities, and subscriptions • Reminders for upcoming recurring expenses and a weekly balance digest • Attach a receipt photo to any expense • Jot notes per group for plans, checklists, and reminders • Global search across expenses, friends, and groups • Activity log for expenses, groups, friends, and settlements • Archive groups when you are done • Encrypted backup and restore, protected by your passphrase PERFECT FOR • Travelers tracking trip expenses offline, even abroad • Roommates splitting rent, bills, groceries, and utilities • Friends splitting restaurant bills, trips, gifts, and events • Couples tracking shared expenses • Families managing household spending • Anyone who wants a simple, private bill splitter that works offline PRICING SplitEx is free for up to 10 groups, with every feature included: multi-currency, itemized splitting, recurring expenses, backups, and sharing are all free. Need more than 10 groups? Unlock unlimited groups with a single one-time purchase. There is no recurring subscription. Split group expenses privately. Track shared costs offline. Settle up with clarity.

Screenshots

Group Spending3 screens
SplitEx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SplitEx at 13.0 against Group Spending's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Group Spending sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SplitEx sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Group Spending ships an update fortnightly, SplitEx every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Group Spending versus SplitEx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup SpendingSplitEx
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHo Lun LeungPradipta Das

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Group Spending

One-time1
  • Sponsor to Group Spending$4.99
1 purchases

SplitEx

One-time1
  • Premium Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Group Spending free?
Group Spending is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SplitEx free?
SplitEx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Group Spending or SplitEx have ads?
Neither Group Spending nor SplitEx shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Group Spending or SplitEx?
Group Spending ships an update fortnightly, and SplitEx every 2 weeks. Most recently, Group Spending was updated on October 7, 2026 and SplitEx on October 12, 2026.

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