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Scan, then check
Choose your people and photograph a receipt or upload a screenshot. Review the extracted items, prices, discounts and fees. Correct anything the scan missed, or enter the items yourself.
Splitwise alternative · iOS & Android · No sign-up
A Splitwise alternative that reads the bill.
Most splitting apps ask you for a total and a set of shares. This one starts from the receipt itself, works out each line, and gives you numbers you did not have to estimate.
- 01Scan, then check
- 02Give each item an owner
- 03Send everyone their share
- No account to switch
- Itemised, not estimated
- Free to start
How it works
One bill. Everyone’s share.
02
Give each item an owner
Assign each item to the people who shared it. Split a shared dish across just those diners; distribute tax, tip and service fees proportionally.
03
Send everyone their share
Share an itemized breakdown through WhatsApp, Messages or another app. Friends can read it without installing SPLIIT Pro. Pay each other using your usual method.
Built for shared expenses
Handle the bill. Keep the plans.
For the friend doing the maths, the house sharing groceries, and the group booking a weekend away.
1.3.11.3.1 is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Choose your situation
Restaurant tableYou had a salad. They shared the steak.
Assign the salad to you and the steak to the people who ate it. Share the appetizer only with those who joined in.
Enter who covered the check, then share the suggested repayments. The app calculates; it does not move money.
See how it fitsWhat you can do with SPLIIT Pro
Groups
Keep a trip, a home or a night out in its own expense history. Groups are private to your account, with shareable breakdowns.
Debts and repayments
See eligible unpaid shares and record partial repayments. Group settlements stay in the group.
Finish later with Pro
Save a draft from item review, assignment or payer entry and resume from Home.
The free tier allows 7 saved contacts plus you and 3 groups. Scans refill over time. Pro removes ads and adds unlimited scans, contacts and groups, plus drafts. Past transactions remain readable for everyone.
The difference in practice
Five at brunch, and why percentages get it wrong
Share-based splitting asks what fraction each person owes, which means guessing. Item-based splitting reads the line and assigns it. Same bill, and the gap between the two is real money.
The brunch bill
- Coffee round, 5 (shared)$20.00
- Full breakfast (Dev)$18.00
- Eggs benedict (Ana)$16.00
- Avocado toast (Cara)$15.00
- Pancakes (Ben)$14.00
- Granola bowl (Eli)$12.00
- Orange juice, 2 (Ana, Dev)$9.00
- Tax and tip$27.04
Total$131.04
By item, not by percentage
- Dev $33.39 Full breakfast, a juice, and a fifth of the coffee round.
- Ana $30.87 Benedict and the other juice.
- Cara $23.94 Avocado toast and coffee.
- Ben $22.68 Pancakes and coffee.
- Eli $20.16 Granola bowl. An even split would have charged him $26.21.
Splitting five ways gives everyone $26.21. Eli pays $6.05 more than he ordered, and Dev pays $7.18 less. The itemised shares add back to $131.04.
What changes
Where the two approaches part company
The bill is the input
Photograph the receipt instead of typing a total and dividing it. The lines come from the paper.
Nobody signs up
The people you split with do not create accounts or join a group. They get a text with their number.
Tax and tip follow the order
They spread in proportion to what each person had, rather than being divided by head on top of uneven food.
One-off groups
For a table that will never eat together again, a permanent shared ledger is more setup than the problem needs.
Explore the app for this task
Agree the rule first, then enter the calculated amounts and actual payer in SPLIIT Pro. Assign each amount to the relevant people and review the total before sharing the breakdown. The private expense group keeps related bills and recorded partial repayments together. Friends can read shared breakdowns without installing the app; they do not edit your group. Transfer money through another method and record repayment only after it arrives.
These are illustrative units, not current prices. Use the actual bill, currency and agreement; the calculation is explained here, not promised as an automatic feature. Scanning needs a connection and review. The app is free to start with usage limits; Pro adds capacity and removes ads.
Worked example
Switching
What people ask before they move
Can I import my existing Splitwise history?
No, and that is a genuine limitation. Balances do not transfer. The practical approach is to settle up where you are, then start new splits here. Groups with a long running ledger are the hardest case for switching.
Do the people I split with have to switch too?
No. They receive an itemised message showing what they owe and why, in whatever chat you already use. They never install anything or create an account, which is usually the part that stalls a group move.
What does splitting by item actually change on a normal bill?
On a bill where everyone ordered roughly the same thing, very little. The difference shows up when one person has three drinks and another has soup, which is when an even split quietly overcharges the lighter order.
Does it track a running balance between two people over time?
Keep related bills in a private expense group, record who paid, and review suggested repayments for each currency. Record partial settlements after the money arrives. Friends can read shared breakdowns; they do not edit your group. Bill history stays on your device.
Is there a limit on group size?
In 1.3.1, the free tier allows 7 saved contacts plus you and 3 groups. Scans refill over time. Pro removes ads and adds unlimited scans, contacts and groups, plus drafts. Past transactions remain readable for everyone.
Try it on the next bill before moving anything
Free to start, no account, and nothing to migrate to find out whether it suits your group.
Available on iOS and Android.