Comparison

Split Pay vs Split A Tab

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

Head to head
About

Split Pay

Effortlessly split bills and track reimbursements by scanning receipts or manually entering items. Assign costs, calculate taxes and tips, and generate payment details for popular apps. Enjoy private, local-first bill splitting without account creation or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Receipt scanning with item assignment
  • Manual bill splitting
  • Fair split of shared dishes
  • Proportional tax, tip, and discount application
  • Generate payment details for Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle
  • Instant total sharing
Features
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Split Pay: Get Paid Back helps you scan a receipt, assign every item, and send reimbursement details fast without doing the math yourself. Full receipt scanning requires iOS 26.0 or later and a compatible Apple Intelligence iPhone, including iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPhone 16 models or later. On other supported devices, you can still split bills manually. Use Split Pay to: - Scan a receipt and pull in line items - Add people and assign items in a tap - Split shared dishes fairly - Apply tax, tip, extra charges, and discounts proportionally - Generate share-ready payment details for Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, and Zelle - Copy or share each person’s total instantly Why people use Split Pay: - No account creation required - No subscription or in-app purchase required - Private, local-first bill splitting - Fast manual fallback when scanning is unavailable - Built for real group dinners, takeout, trips, and any

About

Split A Tab

Effortlessly divide restaurant bills among friends. Scan receipts, assign items, calculate tips, and track payments all in one place. Settle up easily with integrated payment app options.

Highlights
  • Scan receipt photos or PDFs
  • Calculate and adjust tips
  • Assign items to individuals
  • Split shared dishes
  • Share tabs via link or QR code
  • Integrate with payment apps
  • Track payment status
Features
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Split A Tab helps groups split restaurant receipts, calculate tips, and settle up without passing the check around or doing the math by hand. Take a photo of a receipt, upload a receipt PDF, or scan a Split A Tab QR code. The app turns the receipt into an editable tab where you can review items, add or adjust tip, and share the tab with friends. Everyone taps the items they ordered, shared items can be split evenly, and the summary shows each person’s total with tax, tip, and fees included. Split A Tab is built for real group meals: - Scan receipt photos or upload receipt PDFs - Calculate tip from the receipt total - Add or adjust tip before sharing - Review and edit parsed items before sharing - Share a tab by link or QR code - Let each person claim their own items - Split shared dishes across multiple people - Track each person’s subtotal, tax, tip, and total - Open Venmo, Cash App, or PayPal when it is time to pay - Mark people paid or unpaid - View your tab history after signing in Whether you are splitting dinner, drinks, takeout, or a group celebration, Split A Tab keeps the receipt, tip, claims, and payment status in one place.

Screenshots

Split Pay4 screens
Split A Tab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Split A Tab at 7 against Split Pay's 1. Split A Tab also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Split Pay against 5.0 for Split A Tab. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Split A Tab has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Split Pay versus Split A Tab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplit PaySplit A Tab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian KimCameron Givler

Customer experience

Split Pay

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

Split A Tab

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Split Pay

No in-app purchases

None

Split A Tab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Split Pay free?
Split Pay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Split A Tab free?
Split A Tab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Split Pay or Split A Tab?
Split Pay and Split A Tab are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Split Pay or Split A Tab have ads?
Neither Split Pay nor Split A Tab shows ads.

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