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

Features
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Split expenses with friends, roommates, and group trips Splitwell is the simplest way to split expenses with the people in your life. Whether it's rent with roommates, a group trip, or lunch with friends, Splitwell keeps track of who owes what so you don't have to. Splitwell is completely free. Every feature. No premium tier. No ads. No catch. SPLITWELL IS GREAT FOR • Roommates 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 together 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 GROUPS AND EXPENSES • Multiple payers on a single expense • Itemized splitting, including tax and tip • Split by exact shares, not just equally • Debt simplification so the group settles up with the fewest payments possible • Comments on any expense • Full edit and activity history for every expense • Group activity feed so you always know what changed • Filter expenses by category • Spending charts to see where your money goes • Edit guest member names anytime 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 EVERYTHING ELSE • Import your data straight from Splitwise with CSV import • Full dark theme • Support for multiple currencies • Built by a small independent team that actually uses the app WHY SPLITWELL • Completely free, always. Every feature, no exceptions. • No premium tier. Nothing is locked behind a paywall. • No ads, no data selling. • Clean, fast, and simple to use. 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.

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—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB33 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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