Comparison

Control vs DivvyUp

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

Head to head
About

Control

Effortlessly manage your money with an intuitive budgeting app. Track expenses, monitor investments, and gain financial insights with AI. Features include receipt scanning, bill splitting, and customizable reports.

Highlights
  • Apple Pay & bank notification import
  • Voice transaction entry
  • Bill splitting
  • Receipt scanning
  • AI-powered financial insights
  • Investment and net worth tracking
  • Customizable budgets and reports
Features
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Control is an elegant budgeting app designed for clarity without complexity. Its beautifully crafted interface makes managing finances feel magical. • Apple Pay transaction import • Bank notification transaction import • Add transactions by voice • Split bills when adding a transaction • Groceries list with Live Activity • Travel Mode for trip expense tracking • Work page to track hours, shifts, and pay across multiple jobs • Net worth and portfolio tracking, with prices you update yourself • Live Activities and Dynamic Island support • Ask AI - instant financial insights powered by AI • Apple Watch • Business page • Credit cards • Debt tracker • Past trips page • Wishlist shopping page • Quit Tracker for breaking habits • Interest rate for your bank deposits • Receipt scanning with camera • Add transactions by sharing a receipt, email, or webpage • Monthly/weekly/yearly and category budgets with visual progress • Investments transactions • Beautiful reports and spending insights • Wrapped - your year in review summary • Recurring payments and installment tracking • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Multiple currency support with conversion • Tags for organizing transactions • Siri Shortcuts • Custom budget start day • Rollover budget • Photos for transactions • Custom budget start day • Variable recurring payments amount • Appearance customization with themes and gradients • iCloud backup • Face ID • No ads, no tracking, no data collection Take control of your finances today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DivvyUp

Effortlessly divide expenses with friends using AI receipt scanning. The app itemizes bills, calculates individual shares including tax and tip, and facilitates easy payments through integrated popular services.

Highlights
  • AI receipt scanning
  • Automatic itemization
  • Proportional tax and tip calculation
  • Individual item splitting
  • Integrated payment options (Venmo, Zelle, CashApp, PayPal)
  • Friend connection for easy splitting
Features
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DivvyUp lets users split bills seamlessly. By using on-device AI models, the app scans a user's receipt and itemizes it for them to split up with friends. Tax and tip, as well as splitting of actual items, are calculated proportionally, so everyone pays for what they ate. Using in-app Venmo, Zelle, CashApp, and PayPal handles, users can pay each other the correct amount with the tap of a button. Connect with friends and split easily using DivvyUp.

Screenshots

Control4 screens
DivvyUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DivvyUp at 5.0 against Control's 4.2. DivvyUp also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Control's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and iOS requirement 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. Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. DivvyUp asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DivvyUp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Control has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Control's written reviews are positive against 100% of DivvyUp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Control ships an update every 3 days, DivvyUp fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Control versus DivvyUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlDivvyUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanJacob Brown

Customer experience

Control

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive96.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.6%

DivvyUp

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Control

Subscriptions1
  • Control Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime payment$17.99
None

DivvyUp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DivvyUp free?
DivvyUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Control or DivvyUp?
DivvyUp is rated higher. Control averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while DivvyUp averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Control or DivvyUp have ads?
Neither Control nor DivvyUp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control or DivvyUp?
Control ships an update every 3 days, and DivvyUp fortnightly. Most recently, Control was updated on October 31, 2026 and DivvyUp on October 9, 2026.

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