Comparison

billy vs tab

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Scan restaurant receipts
  • OCR receipt analysis
  • Assign items to people
  • Color-coded item assignment
  • Calculate individual totals
Features
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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.

About

tab

Features
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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.

Screenshots

billy4 screens
tab4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
billy versus tab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterbillytab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid BerlinSabina Cervantes

In-app purchases

None

billy

No in-app purchases

None

tab

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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