Comparison

Splitsies vs tab

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

Head to head
About

Splitsies

Features
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Splitsies is a free app for tracking shared expenses with roommates, friends and travel groups. Create a group, add an expense and Splitsies works out who owes what. No ads, no tracking, no paywalls. No spreadsheet to keep up to date. Create groups for every situation Set up a group for your shared apartment, a holiday with friends, or the bills you and your partner pay together. Add the first expense in seconds. Add expenses your way Log an expense with a name, amount, currency and a split. Choose how to split: equal, exact, by percentage, or by shares. Splitsies records who paid and works out what each person owes. Capture Apple Pay payments automatically Set this up once with a Shortcuts automation and every Apple Pay payment drops into a private inbox on your iPhone, ready to turn into a shared expense. Nothing leaves your phone until you decide to split it. There's a step-by-step guide on the Splitsies site. Multi-currency, no paywall Trip in GBP, paid in USD, recorded in EUR? Splitsies handles 160+ currencies with live conversion. No premium tier to unlock it. Always know the balance See a live balance for every group. The home screen shows who owes what and how much you're owed in total. Trip stats See what your trip cost. Totals, daily averages, budgets, spending by category, and a per-currency breakdown. Settle up When it's time to settle, mark a payment between two people and the balances update. Splitsies suggests the smallest number of payments to clear a group. Activity feed Each group has a full history of expenses and settlements, with who added what and when. Sign in with Apple No passwords. Sign in with your Apple ID. You stay in control of your name and email. Private by design No ads. No tracking. Your data is used only to run Splitsies and is never sold or shared with third parties. Splitsies has the polish of a paid bill-splitting app, without the ads, paywalls or tracking. It works the same way for shared rent, a road trip, or the household groceries.

About

tab

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tab-it keeps track of shared expenses on group trips. Add an expense when it happens: who paid, who's in, done. tab-it works out who owes what and shows one simple balance per person. When the trip's over, settle up and you're square. It's free. No ads and no subscription. Everything's included. We made it for our own trips because the alternatives kept charging for basics. WHAT IT DOES β€’ Equal or exact splits. Two people can pay one bill, and someone who skipped dinner can be left out of that one. β€’ Per-currency balances. Spend in euros and pounds on the same trip and they stay separate, with no made-up conversion rates. β€’ Works offline. Add expenses on the plane or up a mountain. They sync when you're back. β€’ Attach receipt photos to expenses. β€’ Add people by email. They see the trip when they sign in. β€’ Push notifications for trip activity, if you want them. β€’ Settling up records who paid who back, so the trip ends square. PRIVACY No ads, no analytics, no selling data. We collect what the app needs to work and nothing else. You can delete your account in the app at any time. tab-it is open source: github.com/rithwikshetty/tab-it Questions? support@tab-it.app

Screenshots

Splitsies4 screens
tab3 screens

Verdict

The call

Splitsies and tab are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Splitsies versus tab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplitsiestab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohannes KahlenbornRithwik Shetty

In-app purchases

None

Splitsies

No in-app purchases

None

tab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Splitsies free?
Splitsies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is tab free?
tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Splitsies or tab have ads?
Neither Splitsies nor tab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Splitsies or tab?
Splitsies ships an update fortnightly, and tab fortnightly. Most recently, Splitsies was updated on September 7, 2026 and tab on August 27, 2026.

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