Control vs Splitap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Control
An elegant budgeting app designed for clarity and control over your finances. It offers features like voice transaction entry, bill splitting, and AI-powered financial insights. Track expenses, manage multiple jobs, and monitor investments with beautiful reports.
- Apple Pay transaction import
- Voice transaction entry
- Split bills
- AI-powered financial insights
- Investment tracking
- Shared budgets
- Receipt scanning
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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 • Shared Budgets via iCloud • 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/
Splitap
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Splitap makes it easy to track shared expenses with friends, roommates, couples, and travel groups. Create groups, add expenses in seconds, and automatically calculate who owes what. Whether you’re traveling, sharing rent, planning events, or managing daily expenses, Splitap keeps everything organized and transparent. Features • Split expenses with friends and groups • Real-time balance tracking • Smart debt and settlement calculations • Receipt scanning and expense attachments • Multiple split methods (equal, percentage, custom amounts) • Travel-friendly group expense management • AI agent integrations for intelligent expense assistance and automation • Clean activity history and payment tracking • Fast, modern, and simple interface Splitap helps groups spend less time calculating and more time enjoying the moment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Control at every 3 days against Splitap's monthly. Splitap's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Splitap sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Control ships an update every 3 days, Splitap monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Control | Splitap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Patrick Palacean | Taulant Mehmeti |
In-app purchases
Control
- Control Club$3.991 Month
- Lifetime payment$11.99
Splitap
- Create 1 Group$0.99
- 30 Scan Credits$0.99
- Group Slot + 30 Scans$1.49
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- 60 Scan Credits$1.79
- Group Slot + 60 Scans$2.29
- 100 Scan Credits$2.49
- Group Slot + 100 Scans$2.99





