Comparison

Tallyo Budget vs Splitwell

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

Head to head
About

Tallyo Budget

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Tallyo is a budget tracker built for couples and families who want to manage spending together. Create a budget, set spending categories, and log expenses as they happen — across every device, in real time. SHARED BUDGETS, ZERO FRICTION Share your budget with a partner using a simple invite code. Both of you see the same numbers, the same categories, the same balance. No more "did you check our spending?" conversations. CATEGORIES THAT MAKE SENSE Set up spending categories the way you actually think about money — Groceries, Eating Out, Petrol, whatever fits your life. Move money between categories when you need to. Watch each category's balance update as you spend. ARCHIVE OLD BUDGETS Done with April? Hide it from your dashboard. Need it back later? Restore it in one tap. Your data is always preserved. NO CLUTTER No ads. No upsells. No complex reports you'll never use. Just a clear picture of where your money is going, today. PRIVACY YOU CAN READ Your budget data is yours. We don't sell it, share it with advertisers, or use it for anything besides running Tallyo. Read our full privacy policy at tallyo.org/privacy. QUESTIONS? Email support@tallyo.org — a real human reads every message.

About

Splitwell

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Splitwell is the free expense tracker that helps you split bills and track IOUs with the people in your life. Whether it's rent with flatmates, expenses on a group trip, or lunch with friends, Splitwell keeps track of who owes what so you don't have to. Settle up with UPI in a few taps and share a clear summary on WhatsApp. Splitwell is completely free. Every feature. No premium tier. No ads. SPLITWELL IS GREAT FOR • Flatmates splitting rent and household bills • Group trips with friends or family • Splitting a shared vacation stay • Couples tracking shared costs • Friends who eat out or hang out often • Any group that needs to keep expenses fair and simple SIMPLE TO USE • Create groups for any splitting situation • Add expenses in seconds and split them your way • Everyone in the group sees live, accurate balances • Settle up whenever you're ready SETTLE UP AND SHARE • Pay with UPI when you settle up (India) • Debt simplification, so the group settles with the fewest payments possible • Share a clear group summary on WhatsApp, with spend by category and who owes whom • Mark payments as received, with undo GROUPS AND EXPENSES • Multiple payers on a single expense • Itemized splitting, including tax and tip • Split by exact shares, not just equally • Comments on any expense • Full edit and activity history for every expense • Group activity feed so you always know what changed • Live balances that refresh when someone adds an expense • Filter expenses by category • Summary with category charts, member share, paid amounts and day wise spend • Tap any chart to see the expenses behind it • Edit guest member names anytime KEEP GROUPS TIDY • Join a group by scanning a QR code • Favorites, sections and Archive for groups you are done with • Search across all your groups FRIENDS AND PAYMENTS • A dedicated friends section to track balances with anyone, across every group and one on one • Direct person to person expenses, outside of groups • Push notifications when new expenses are added SWITCHING FROM SPLITWISE? • Import all your groups from Splitwise • Your members, expenses, payers and balances come with you • Pick up where you left off EVERYTHING ELSE • Export all your groups to Excel at once • Support for multiple currencies • Light and dark theme • Option to hide the Dashboard tab and start on Groups WHY SPLITWELL • Completely free, always. Every feature, no exceptions. • No premium tier. Nothing is locked behind a paywall. • No ads • Clean, fast, and simple to use. • Built independently by people who use the app. Splitwell is new and growing, and we're building it based on what real users actually need. If there's a feature you're missing, we want to hear about it. Email: contact@arthlabs.co

Screenshots

Tallyo Budget4 screens
Splitwell4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tallyo Budget and Splitwell are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tallyo Budget versus Splitwell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTallyo BudgetSplitwell
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB49 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJames KilleenNavneet Singh Tomar

In-app purchases

None

Tallyo Budget

No in-app purchases

None

Splitwell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tallyo Budget free?
Tallyo Budget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Splitwell free?
Splitwell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tallyo Budget or Splitwell have ads?
Neither Tallyo Budget nor Splitwell shows ads.

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