Is there a good app for split a bill among friends?
Too Expensive: 7 apps already serve this, and 7 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to split a bill among friends, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| easier expense splitting with others | missing-feature | 1 | Solo le falta una forma más sencilla de dividir los gastos con otras personas |
| split transaction across accounts | missing-feature | 1 | I can't see an easy way to split a transaction between more than one account |
| split-allocation between bank and card | missing-feature | 1 | choose how much you can send to your bank account, and how much you can leave on your Venmo card |
| no split-payment across categories on one bill | missing-feature | 1 | needs a split payment option for different category purchases on the same bill |
| split advance to double fees | price | 1 | instead of them allowing you to withdraw the full amount they breakdown the amount. So they can charge you 2 different times for fees |
| partial transfer / split amounts | bug | 1 | it doesn't even transfer all of the money, it will do $200 of it then the $38 thats left over doesn't go through till THE NEXT DAY |
| transaction splitting | missing-feature | 1 | It just needs the ability to split transactions |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share-a-bill | 4.4 | 23 | $3.99 |
| Split – Pay Together | 4.8 | 235 | Free |
| Splitter Pro | 4.9 | 15 | Free |
| Splitwise | 3.9 | 26,307 | Free |
| Split Pay: Rent, Mortgage, Car | 4.8 | 11,257 | Free |
| DivvyTrip | 5.0 | 1 | $2.99 |
| Distributor: Income Split | 5.0 | 3 | $0.99 |
Should you build it?
The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier. Opportunity here scores 19 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
8 attempts, 6 dead and none above 4 stars — a saturated graveyard of toy apps with no traction whatsoever.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flutter-Queen/Bill-Split-App | stale | 4 | Dart |
| herr-biber/billsplit | stale | 3 | Python |
| HuzaifaInshal/bill-splitter | active | 3 | TypeScript |
| lpbonomi/Upfront-Alchemy-University | stale | 3 | TypeScript |
| sachin801/Friends-Split-Bills | stale | 3 | Java |
| AryaBhatt05/Splitzer | active | 2 | Java |
| ManikLakhanpal/WeSplit-iOS-Application | stale | 2 | Swift |
| Thavarshan/amongfriends | abandoned | 2 | PHP |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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