Tab - The simple bill splitter
What is Tab?
Splits a bill among friends by scanning a receipt, letting each person claim their items, and dividing tax and tip.
Tab is a bill splitting app that reads an itemized receipt from a photo and detects the items and prices. Each person on the bill selects the items they ordered, and changes sync in real time between phones running Tab. Tax and tip are divided proportionally, and past bill summaries can be viewed and shared.
Pricing. Tab is free, with no in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Splitting a restaurant bill among friends
- Groups where several people shared the same dish
- Covering a friend's birthday by splitting their share among others
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Why this app is in A tier
A tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Tab scores 82 out of 100: rating 76, rating count 71, App Store search rank 98, update recency 85. The four parts are averaged and A tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
Tab is the simple way to split a bill amongst friends. Snap a pic of the receipt and tap your items to claim them. Tax and tip are calculated for you. No more back-of-the-napkin algebra or typing in prices by hand!
Here’s how it works:
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- Take a picture of your itemized receipt. Tab automatically detects all the items and prices.
- Select which items each person ordered. Everyone that has Tab on their phone can join onto the bill and select their own items - the app keeps everything synced in real-time.
- Multiple people can select the same item if they shared it.
- Tax and tip are automatically divided proportionally.
- If it's someone's birthday, you can split their total evenly among everyone else.
- View and share detailed summaries of your past bills
Tab has been featured on the Today show, "apps of the year" lists from Buzzfeed, Complex and others, Product Hunt, CNN, and more!
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Questions about Tab
Do other people need the app to join a bill?
The listing says everyone who has Tab on their phone can join the bill and select their own items. It does not state whether people without the app can take part.
How are tax and tip handled?
The listing says tax and tip are calculated automatically and divided proportionally among the people on the bill.
Does the app cost anything?
The app is listed as free to download.
Is Tab free?
Yes. Tab is free on the App Store, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tab right for me?
Tab is built for splitting a restaurant bill among friends, groups where several people shared the same dish, covering a friend's birthday by splitting their share among others. It sits in the bill splitting list on AppTierList.
Is Tab worth it?
Tab is A tier, ranked #6 of 17 bill splitting apps with a score of 82 out of 100, from a 4.2 App Store rating across 1,232 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 5 apps rank above it.
How does Tab compare to SplitSnap?
Tab is A tier at 82; SplitSnap is A tier at 84. SplitSnap ranks higher. Tab is free, with no in-app purchases, SplitSnap is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Tab updated?
Tab was last updated on 2026-06-10, 157 days ago.
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All the facts
Ranking
- List
- Bill Splitting (A tier, #6)
- Tier
- A (Excellent)
- Score
- 82 / 100
- Rank in list
- #6 of 17
- Ranking certainty
- settled
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.2 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 1,232
App
- Price
- Free download
- App Store category
- Utilities
- Current version
- (157 days ago)
- Size
- 49 MB
- Requires
- iOS 12.0 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 2
- Runs on
- iPhone
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
App Store data read · ranking