Comparison

PaySplit vs Fairtabs

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

Head to head
About

PaySplit

Easily track shared expenses like rent and trip costs with friends and roommates. This app offers a private way to settle debts, with no accounts or ads required. It helps you see clear balances and suggests the most efficient way to settle up.

Highlights
  • Track group expenses
  • Clear balance visibility
  • Smart settlement suggestions
  • Multi-currency support
  • iCloud group sharing
  • Voice entry (Pro)
Features
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Split shared bills without the awkward math. PaySplit shows who paid, who owes, and the fewest payments to settle up. No accounts. No ads. Private iCloud sharing. MADE FOR SHARED LIFE Rent, utilities, groceries, dinners, trips: if more than one person paid or benefited, PaySplit keeps it clear. • See exactly who owes what, at a glance. • Add an expense in seconds and choose who shares it. • Settle with fewer payments, not a web of IOUs. • Tap any balance to see how it was built: which expenses, which shares, which payments. • Share a group through iCloud. Your people do not need to create an account. • Keep groups in different currencies, with a running total in yours. NEW IN 2.1 • Receipt inbox: share a receipt from Photos, Mail or Messages and it waits for you to turn it into an expense. • Widgets and controls: balances on your Home and Lock Screen, and Add Expense from Control Center. • Spotlight: find any expense or payment from anywhere on your iPhone. • Siri that asks first: Add Expense and Record Payment confirm the details before saving. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a group for your home, trip, or night out. 2. Add expenses as they happen. 3. Check balances and settle when you are ready. PAYSPLIT FREE & PRO Start free with your first 50 lifetime expenses, then 10 new expenses each month. PaySplit Pro adds: • Unlimited expenses • Recurring bills for rent, internet and other regular costs • Voice entry: say "Pizza, $42, split with Alex and Sam." • Line-by-line receipt splitting • Search across your history • Spending insights • CSV and PDF export $2.99/month or $14.99/year. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS PaySplit stores group data in your iCloud account using Apple's CloudKit infrastructure. We have no servers and collect no data. Read the full policy at https://getpaysplit.app/privacy. QUESTIONS? Email support@getpaysplit.app. Every message reaches the developer directly. Subscription terms: PaySplit Pro auto-renews monthly or annually until cancelled. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Fairtabs

Easily split expenses with friends and roommates. Snap receipts for automatic itemization, track balances, and settle up seamlessly through your preferred payment apps. Manage recurring bills and gain insights into your spending.

Highlights
  • Receipt OCR for automatic data entry
  • One-tap settlement via trusted payment apps
  • Trip expense recaps
  • Running balance per friendship
  • Recurring expense management
  • Spending insights by category and friend
Features
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Split the bill. Keep the friends. Fairtabs is a modern bill-splitting app for trips, roommates, restaurants, and recurring household costs. Snap a receipt, split it cleanly, and settle in one tap with the wallet your friends already use. WHY FAIRTABS — Receipt OCR. Take a photo of any receipt, and we auto-fill the merchant, total, and (when itemised) the line items. Faded thermal paper, foreign-currency menus, hand-written tabs — we read what we can and let you tap to fix anything we missed. — Wallet handoffs that actually work. When it's time to settle up, tap once to open Venmo, PayPal, or Zelle with the exact amount and recipient pre-filled. Fairtabs never sees, holds, or moves your money — the payment happens entirely inside the wallet app you already trust. — Trip Stories. Every trip becomes a clean recap: who paid the most, who's settled, the timeline of the trip in expenses. The kind of thing you actually want to look back at. — Friend ledgers. One running balance per friendship — across direct expenses and shared groups. No more "wait, what about that thing from Paris three months ago?" — Recurring expenses. Rent, utilities, the streaming bundle. Set them once and let them auto-post each month. — Insights. See where the money goes — by category, by friend, by month. Built-in. Not a paywall. GENEROUS FREE TIER 100 expenses and 5 receipt scans every month, all split types (equal, %, shares, itemized), and one running balance with every friend. For most people, that's more than enough — we'll never paywall the basics of splitting a bill. Free includes the occasional in-app ad to keep the lights on. PLUS, AVAILABLE BY SUBSCRIPTION Fairtabs Plus is an optional auto-renewing subscription. Lifts the 100/month expense cap, unlocks unlimited receipt scans, adds expense search across all your tabs and a 6-month spending trend chart, and removes ads. $1.99/month or $17.99/year. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. PRIVACY YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ We collect what we need to run the app and nothing else. No cross-app tracking. No selling data. Receipt OCR uses Anthropic's Claude API — images are sent for the single inference and not used for training. Full privacy policy: fairtabs.com/privacy. WHO IT'S FOR — Roommates splitting rent, utilities, and groceries — Friends on a trip splitting hotels, dinners, and rideshares — Couples sharing recurring household costs — Anyone who's tired of "you got me back, right?" We built Fairtabs because the existing options got worse, not better. We answer real emails at hello@fairtabs.com. Split the bill. Keep the friends. SUBSCRIPTION Fairtabs Plus — auto-renewing subscription. Available as Monthly ($1.99/month) or Yearly ($17.99/year). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings → Subscriptions → Fairtabs Plus. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fairtabs.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

PaySplit4 screens
Fairtabs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fairtabs at every 5 days against PaySplit's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. PaySplit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Fairtabs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PaySplit against 5.0 for Fairtabs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaySplit ships an update every 3 weeks, Fairtabs every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
PaySplit versus Fairtabs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaySplitFairtabs
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRicardo CarvalhoFairtabs

Customer experience

PaySplit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Fairtabs

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PaySplit

Subscriptions2
  • PaySplit Pro Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • PaySplit Pro Yearly1 Year trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Group Pass$4.99
2 purchases

Fairtabs

Subscriptions2
  • Plus (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Plus (Yearly)$17.991 Year

Questions

Is PaySplit free?
PaySplit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fairtabs free?
Fairtabs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PaySplit or Fairtabs?
PaySplit and Fairtabs are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do PaySplit or Fairtabs have ads?
Neither PaySplit nor Fairtabs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PaySplit or Fairtabs?
PaySplit ships an update every 3 weeks, and Fairtabs every 5 days. Most recently, PaySplit was updated on October 24, 2026 and Fairtabs on October 24, 2026.

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