Comparison

Control vs Split Bro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Apple Pay transaction import
  • Voice transaction entry
  • Split bills
  • AI-powered financial insights
  • Investment tracking
  • Shared budgets
  • Receipt scanning
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

Split Bro

Features
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Split Bro makes shared spending simple. Track group expenses, see who owes whom at a glance, and settle up without the awkward maths. Create a group for a trip, a flat share or a dinner out. Add an expense, pick who it is split between, and Split Bro keeps a running balance for everyone involved. When it is time to settle, the app works out the payments that clear the debts. FEATURES Group expenses Create as many groups as you need and add expenses in seconds. Split evenly or choose exactly who is included. See who owes whom Balances update as soon as an expense is added, so nobody has to work it out on paper. Works offline Add expenses with no signal. They are saved on your device and sync automatically the moment you are back online. Notifications Get notified when someone in your group adds an expense, even when the app is closed. Attach the bill Photograph a receipt and attach it to any expense so there is no argument later. PDF summaries Export a full summary of any group, including every expense and who owes what, and share it however you like. Works in your currency Over 160 currencies supported, detected automatically from your region. Split Bro is a tracking tool. It records who paid what and who owes whom. It does not process payments.

Screenshots

Control4 screens
Split Bro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Split Bro at none against Control's 2. Split Bro also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Split Bro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Control ships an update every 3 days, Split Bro every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Control versus Split Bro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlSplit Bro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanShubhank Agrey

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Control

Subscriptions1
  • Control Club$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime payment$11.99
None

Split Bro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Split Bro free?
Split Bro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Control or Split Bro have ads?
Neither Control nor Split Bro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control or Split Bro?
Control ships an update every 3 days, and Split Bro every 6 days. Most recently, Control was updated on October 10, 2026 and Split Bro on October 4, 2026.

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