billy vs tab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
billy
Effortlessly split restaurant bills by scanning receipts. The app uses OCR to analyze items and allows easy assignment to individuals with color coding, calculating each person's total.
- Scan restaurant receipts
- OCR receipt analysis
- Assign items to people
- Color-coded item assignment
- Calculate individual totals
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Use billy to scan your restaurant receipts and split the bill easily! Just center the receipt in your screen around the items grid, and snap a picture. billy will scan the receipt and analyze it using OCR technology. Then, assign the items to different people using color coding, and get the total for each person. You can snap a live picture or load an existing image from your gallery.
tab
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Tab is a simple, private, and intuitive way to track money owed between friends, family, and groups—without spreadsheets, awkward reminders, or cloud lock-in. Designed for real life, Tab helps you log debts the moment they happen and keep everything organized locally on your device. Key Features • Track IOUs, shared expenses, and balances • Voice input for fast, hands-free entries • Clear summaries of who owes what • No accounts required • Data stored locally on your device • Clean, distraction-free design Whether you’re splitting dinner, lending cash, or keeping tabs on shared expenses, Tab gives you clarity without friction. No ads. No accounts. No unnecessary complexity. Just a smarter way to keep track.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: billy at 7.0 against tab's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | billy | tab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Berlin | Sabina Cervantes |
In-app purchases
billy
No in-app purchases
tab
No in-app purchases









