Comparison

Tortol vs Tabby

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

Head to head
About

Tortol

Features
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Keep all your installments organized in one simple app. Whether it's a new phone, appliance, or any monthly payment plan — Tortol helps you track what you owe, what's due, and when to pay. Track Everything in One Place. Create cards for each store, bank, or lender. Add installments with custom amounts, interest rates, and payment periods. See your total dues, total interest, monthly breakdown, and remaining months to pay per installment. Find What You Need Fast. Filter installments by status — ongoing, pending, or done. Search by name to quickly find any installment across your cards. You can even filter which cards have ongoing, pending or done installments. Never Miss a Payment. Set reminders for each card so you always know when a payment is coming up. Get notified before your due date so you can pay on time, every time. Know Your Numbers. View monthly breakdowns with interest calculations. See total amount, total interest, and how many months are left per installment. Fully Offline & Private. No account needed. No cloud. No data collection. Everything stays on your device. Your financial data is yours alone. Simple & Free to Start. Get started with 1 card, 3 installments, and 1 reminder — completely free. Upgrade once to unlock unlimited cards, installments, and reminders. One-time payment, no subscription, no ads — ever.

About

Tabby

Features
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Describe a spend out loud or snap the receipt — Tabby logs it and splits it for you. Multi-currency, real-time, and in your language. The fastest way to split bills with friends, flatmates and trips. Tabby keeps every shared expense, payment and balance straight, so no one does mental math. Dinner out, a road trip in Baku, or rent with three flatmates? Tabby tracks who paid, who owes whom, and the running balance — then shows who pays who in one tap. WHAT TABBY DOES • Split any expense in seconds — equal, exclude, custom or itemised receipts • Scan a receipt and Tabby parses the line items automatically • Describe a spend by text or voice — AI turns it into an expense • See who pays who in one tap (smart debt simplification) • Multi-currency in one event — everyone spends in their own money, balances settle in the base currency • Real-time updates the moment anyone adds an expense or pays • Add ghost members for friends not on Tabby yet • QR + link invites for one-tap joining • Export the whole tally as a paste-able WhatsApp/Telegram message • Daily evening nudges when you have outstanding balances TABBY PRO • AI Monthly — $2.99/month • AI Yearly — $29.99/year (7-day free trial) • Regular Monthly — $0.99/month • Regular Yearly — $9.99/year Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Any unused free-trial portion is forfeited on purchase. Privacy Policy: https://nyplan.github.io/tabby-policy/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://nyplan.github.io/tabby-policy/terms.html PRIVACY: Tabby never charges any card and never moves money. Saved card numbers are display-only. Scanned receipts go to our OCR provider and are discarded right after parsing. Your password is hashed, never stored in plain text. Delete your account any time from Profile.

Screenshots

Tortol4 screens
Tabby4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

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

Both are free to download. Tortol sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tabby sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tortol ships an update every 5 weeks, Tabby every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tortol versus Tabby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTortolTabby
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWarren Ezra Bruce JaudianNurlan Khankishiyev

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tortol

One-time1
  • Tortol Full Access$1.99
4 purchases

Tabby

Subscriptions4
  • Regular Monthly$0.991 Month
  • AI Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Regular Yearly$9.991 Year
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  • AI Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Tortol free?
Tortol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tabby free?
Tabby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tortol or Tabby have ads?
Neither Tortol nor Tabby shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tortol or Tabby?
Tortol ships an update every 5 weeks, and Tabby every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tortol was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tabby on October 12, 2026.

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