Comparison

CheckSplit vs Straddled

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

Head to head
About

CheckSplit

Effortlessly split bills with friends after dining out. Simply photograph your receipt, and the app automatically itemizes costs, assigns dishes, and calculates taxes and tips for easy settlement.

Highlights
  • Receipt scanning with OCR
  • Automatic itemization
  • Dish assignment
  • Shared item handling
  • Proportional tax and tip calculation
  • One-tap payment sharing
Features
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Dinner with friends shouldn't end with a math problem. CheckSplit takes out the friction of group dining. Whether it’s a quick coffee or a multi-course dinner, just snap a photo of the receipt and get back to the conversation. How it works: Scan: Use high-speed OCR to instantly itemize your receipt. Assign: Tap a dish to claim it, or send a link to your friends to claim it. CheckSplit handles shared appetizers and drinks with ease. Settle: Proportional tax and tip are calculated automatically. One tap to share the summary and get paid. No accounts, no clutter. Just a smarter way to split :)

About

Straddled

This app helps track the financial outcomes of home poker games. It logs buy-ins, re-buys, and cash-outs, automatically calculating settlements and awarding fun superlatives to players. Generate shareable receipts and track group leaderboards to see who's winning over time.

Highlights
  • Live session tracking
  • One-tap settlement calculation
  • Automatic player superlatives
  • Shareable session receipts
  • Group and personal leaderboards
  • Friend head-to-head records
Features
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Straddled is the home-poker tracker your friend group needs. Log buy-ins and re-buys during the night. When the chips come down, enter cash-outs once — Straddled handles every settlement, every superlative, and a receipt designed to land in your group chat before anyone leaves the table. WHAT YOU GET — Live session tracking Add players (group members or guests), log buy-ins, log re-buys. Anyone can self-report a rebuy mid-hand. Nothing to interrupt the game. — One-tap settlement At cash-out, Straddled runs the math and tells everyone exactly who owes who. No more "I think Mike owes Jake $40, or was it $45?" Net-balance minimization means fewer payments to send. — Superlatives that earn themselves The Shark (biggest winner). The ATM (most re-buys). The Rock (longest stretch on one stack). The Phoenix (came back from the dead). The Iceman (broke even like a sociopath). Awarded automatically from the data — no voting, no arguments. — A receipt your group will actually share Every closed session generates a clean graphic with the winners, the superlatives, and the settlement. Built for screenshots and group-chat brag rights. — Group leaderboards Track who's up across every session. Monthly, yearly, or all-time. Reset whenever the new season starts. — Personal stats Your net across all groups. Win rate. Heat index when you're running good. Charts that show whether you're actually as good as you tell yourself. — Friends Add friends across groups. Check head-to-head records. See whose night you ruined this month. WHAT STRADDLED IS NOT Straddled does not move money. We don't process payments. We don't take a cut. Settlements are IOUs — you Venmo, Zelle, or hand over cash like you always have. Straddled just makes sure the number is right. Built for home games, friend groups, and the kind of night you'll talk about for a week.

Screenshots

CheckSplit4 screens
Straddled4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Straddled at every 2 days against CheckSplit's every 11 days. Straddled also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). CheckSplit's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CheckSplit against 5.0 for Straddled. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CheckSplit ships an update every 11 days, Straddled every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
CheckSplit versus Straddled: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckSplitStraddled
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAarush InamdarAllen Lai

In-app purchases

None

CheckSplit

No in-app purchases

None

Straddled

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CheckSplit free?
CheckSplit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Straddled free?
Straddled is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CheckSplit or Straddled?
CheckSplit and Straddled are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do CheckSplit or Straddled have ads?
Neither CheckSplit nor Straddled shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CheckSplit or Straddled?
CheckSplit ships an update every 11 days, and Straddled every 2 days. Most recently, CheckSplit was updated on October 31, 2026 and Straddled on November 5, 2026.

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