Comparison

Clero vs BillNip

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

Head to head
About

Clero

Easily send and receive money directly from your bank account with same-day settlement and no transfer fees. Split bills, track group expenses, and manage recurring payments seamlessly. Features include receipt scanning and smart debt simplification.

Highlights
  • Direct bank-to-bank payments
  • Same-day settlement
  • Zero transfer fees
  • Card and subscription splitting
  • Receipt scanning
  • Group expense tracking
  • Recurring payment requests
Features
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Send and receive money from friends straight from your bank account within the same day without wallets or transfer fees. Clero combines bank-to-bank payments, card transaction splitting, receipt scanning, and group expense tracking into one app. DIRECT TO BANK PAYMENTS WITH ZERO FEES • Same-day direct settlement: Money moves straight between bank accounts on the same day. No digital wallet balance to cash out. • Zero transfer fees: Send and receive money without paying 1.75% instant transfer fees. • Phone number claim links: Send money to anyone with a phone number. Recipients without Clero claim funds straight to their bank account through a web link. Expired claims return to your account. RECURRING REQUESTS AND BILLS • Flexible schedules: Create recurring payment requests for rent, utilities, subscriptions, or shared expenses. • Custom intervals: Set schedules by week, month, or year with specific billing days or end dates. • Scheduled tracking: Clero creates new requests on your schedule and notifies participants when bills come due. CARD AND SUBSCRIPTION SPLITTING • Card sync: Link your credit cards and bank accounts through Plaid. Tap any posted charge to split it with friends. • Subscription detection: Clero identifies recurring charges like streaming services, gym memberships, and utility bills for one-tap splitting. RECEIPT SCANNING AND RICH RIDE BREAKDOWNS • Camera and Gmail sync: Snap a photo of a restaurant receipt or link Gmail to pull receipts from DoorDash, Airbnb, and dining spots. • Uber and Lyft ride details: Pull ride breakdowns including pickup and drop-off points, duration, driver details, and table tip adjustments. • Itemized claiming: Tap items to claim dishes or divide shared plates. • Proportional tax and tip: Taxes and tips split based on each person's spend. • Locked shares: When someone pays, their share locks so subsequent edits do not alter settled amounts. BATCH PAY, AND PARTIAL PAYMENTS • Batch pay: Select multiple open requests from the same friend and pay them all at once. • Partial payments: Pay open requests in increments while keeping track of how much you still owe. GROUP TYPES AND DEBT REDUCTION • Monthly groups: Built for roommates. Set a settlement date like the 1st of the month. When the cycle ends, Clero smartly tallies balances, generates payment requests for that month and starts the next month without manual setup. • Trip groups: Pool vacation expenses and generate payment requests automatically when your trip ends. • On-demand groups: Split expenses for social events and settle whenever you choose. • Simplify debts: Clero calculates the shortest route across group members to eliminate redundant back-and-forth transfers. • Splitwise import: Upload a Splitwise CSV file. Clero matches names to your contacts and imports your balances. SECURITY • Face ID and Touch ID confirmation required before money moves. • Bank-grade encryption across all financial rails. --- Support: https://clero.money Privacy Policy: https://clero.money/privacy Terms of Service: https://clero.money/terms

About

BillNip

Easily manage shared expenses and pay bills for others. This app facilitates direct payments to billers without sharing sensitive financial information, tracking every transaction clearly. It's designed for real-life scenarios like splitting bills with a spouse or helping a college student.

Highlights
  • Split bills with spouse
  • Pay college student bills
  • Manage shared expenses
  • Direct payments to billers
  • Secure transaction tracking
  • Peer-to-biller payment network
Features
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Splitting bills with your spouse just got easier. Paying a bill for your college student is simple. Managing shared expenses like family cell phone plans is finally built for real life. BillNip is the first peer-to-biller payment network designed to make it easy to pay anyone’s bill. BillNip routes payments directly to billers, so funds go exactly where they are intended. No sensitive financial information needs to be shared between users, and every transaction is clearly tracked inside the app. Whether you are helping someone stay current or managing shared expenses, BillNip provides a more direct way to handle bill payments.

Screenshots

Clero4 screens
BillNip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BillNip at none against Clero's 2. BillNip also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Clero's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (21 vs 5). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Clero sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. BillNip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BillNip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Clero's written reviews are positive against 100% of BillNip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clero ships an update every 2 days, BillNip every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Clero versus BillNip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCleroBillNip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (21 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB46 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperOryn Technologies Inc.BillNip Corporation

Customer experience

Clero

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%

BillNip

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Clero

Subscriptions2
  • Clero+ Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Clero+ Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

BillNip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clero free?
Clero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BillNip free?
BillNip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clero or BillNip?
BillNip is rated higher. Clero averages 4.6 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while BillNip averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Clero or BillNip have ads?
Neither Clero nor BillNip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clero or BillNip?
Clero ships an update every 2 days, and BillNip every 2 weeks. Most recently, Clero was updated on October 12, 2026 and BillNip on September 26, 2026.

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