Tab - The simple bill splitter Reviews

by Ialexryan

For years, this app has saved bills locally once you’re done with them. I rely on that to do the math while I’m still at the table, then have people send me money later.

The developers have CHANGED the behavior, with no notice. Bills are now DELETED once you leave Tab , unless you sign up for a totally unnecessary account with them. Tab still has the technical ability to save bills locally of course, and iCloud can sync and backup app data, but they have to find some leverage to get us to give them our email addresses so they can sell them or monetize us somehow.

I’m at least accustomed to that kind of selling-out by app developers at this point. But what I cannot abide is lacking the common decency to TELL your users what you’re doing. I relied on behavior that’s been consistent for years to save ten minutes of unpleasant manual entry work, and you tossed it in the trash with no warning, for no other reason than to strongarm me into signing up for another account I don’t need. Shame on you.

by JaeBee981

I was so excited to be able to use Tab, but unfortunately, I still had to bust out the old pen and paper. One problem that I encountered was with the splitting of items. My friend ordered 2 of one item ($5/item) and I ordered 1 of that same item. All three items were included on the same line and combined into 1 price ($15); however there was no way to assign 2 of an item to 1 person, so we had to create another nickname to assign to her to account for it. In addition, I had difficulty with being able to add the tax—-try as I might to click on the tax line to manually enter the number. In the end I just evenly split the amount amongst our party (even though that’s not accurate). One thing that I thought would be really helpful was if there was a tutorial (that wasn’t real time) or FAQ section—-unfortunately, the only way you can try Tab out/learn how to use it is when you actually have a bill to use.

by Hugo_Molina

When adding names they show up on the bottom which works if you have an iPhone with a home button. But for newer iPhones with FaceID and no home button apps tend to avoid having actionable buttons in lower area where the white bar the represents home is at. In Tab when you have multiple names on bottom and have to swipe left/right it sometimes causes swiping between apps because that area within iOS is design that way. A solution would be to move the names a little higher and make them a little bigger too. This is frustrating and I sometimes end up just not using Tab at all when it occurs.

by JoSchmo007

The image processing is the main attraction. The accuracy of extracting itemized items is decent. Could be better, although I realize that's not an easy task. Tab may mistakes items with the word 'tips' in it (e.g. S-tips/steak tips) as included tips and so it will not appear in the list of items. Deleting the included tips should automatically add this misinterpreted item to the list, but it doesn't. It has to be entered manually.
I'd like to see the tax displayed as a percentage as well. Because I know the tax in my area is 7%, I'd quickly know if the list of items is wrong. I also would like to see a pre/post tax option to for tip calculations.

by Pinochle Lady

I love Tab . It helped me split the check fairly between 11 people. It was easy to use. But I do have a few suggestions. I usually have a meal with a big group(10-20) and everyone wants a separate check. When the restaurant will not do that I will pay the check and then tell everyone what they owe. Most of the group is technically challenged (seniors) so have no clue how to use an app or do not want to so I get stuck with figuring out the check. It would be helpful if;

1. I could identify the group before I get the check,

2. Be able to see a snapshot of the details for one person at a time after I identify what they had as part of the totals so I could show them and

3. Allow cents when entering a tip (sometimes when using a credit card we add a tip amount that would round the total)

4. For me the most important one would be to be able somehow to show all the details of the bill when emailing it or texting it or printing it. It only shows the “All Up” $ and a list of the items assigned to each person but not the detail prices, taxes, tip, etc. for each person.

by Ktw1995

I absolutely love the ease that this app provides in splitting the bill with friends. Many of my favorite restaurants don’t offer split checks, which used to cause a lot of confusion and frustration when paying the bill, but now I immediately pull up the this app app. My friends that are unfamiliar with Tab are amazed and download it right away.

The only thing I have trouble with is the Venmo sync feature. I have successfully connected my Venmo account, but can’t seem to request payment from my friends using Venmo via the this app app. I get a message that the phone’s owner must make the request and am not able to proceed. Tab easily warrants a 5 star review with this feature corrected!

by Pdk_spamela

I recently used Tab for the first time and was able to split a bill between seven people fairly easily and give them their total. I had a question come up later but could not get back to the details to verify that we had split the bill correctly, adding some audit trail would be really useful in this situation. Additionally, another great feature would be to be able to send out, via text or email, an itemized receipt to each of the bill participants. The people I regularly split large bills with have a wide range of comfort with technology, it would be nice to be able to send them something more detailed than just their totals but show them the items selected and their portion of taxes and tip. Asking them to join the bill from their device is way beyond what they would be willing to do. With these two enhancements, this would be the perfect app for my needs.

by CarolPants

Tab has changed everything. Gone are the days of getting stuck tipping way more than you owe because your friends were ordering top shelf cocktails and you were drinking water and at the end you just split tip and tax. It's so fast, so easy, and takes all the awkwardness out of telling everyone what they owe at the end of a meal. Being able to split things, to break up items that servers group together.. it's like Tab developers have thought of everything.

The ONLY qualm I have with this app is that the bills disappear after a bit. Would really help the morning after a night out to be able to review receipts from the night before. Other than that, WOW. Amazing.

by Jessicaaxleah

Ever since my friends have shown me the this app app, it’s made large group outings at restaurants so much easier. I have used it multiple times now and until last night, have not had any problems. Unfortunately after scanning my receipt, Tab did not pick up on the tax amount listed on the receipt, and instead listed it as $0. I understand that sometimes the text may be hard to recognize on receipts, but please add a manual edit option to the tax/tip screen in case any of the amounts need to be modified.

Other than that, overall amazing and helpful app!

by TheDeathly

I'm really hoping the developers read this! Just installed it today and used it for grocery shopping, not the most intended thing but it worked out well! Then I ran it through say ordering take out from delivery or uber eats and that's where it falls short just barely. It would be fantastic to have a flat fee option near the end that gets split equally among everyone for things like service fees or delivery fees. This fee shouldn't be taxed or influence it. I think once that gets added Tab will be perfect to use In restaurants and for delivery services with friends. Seems like a perfect fit for this cpvid influenced world.

by Pnyc12

The functionality and user experience in Tab is unparalleled. I’ve been looking for a good bill splitting app for a long time and this one is perfect. Snap a quick pic of the bill, it recognizes each line item and lets you assign a recipient to each plate. It then let’s you go even further and not only identify items that were shared - but also items that were shared unevenly. Meaning you can charge different percentages of the shared plate to different people. It takes all the complication out of splitting the bill and allows easy sharing the split bill calculations/breakdowns with friends. I will be using Tab constantly. GAME CHANGER!

by Bige2035r

My friends make fun of me because any chance I get, I pitch this app to everyone who will listen. I used to have so much anxiety before going out to dinner with friends because I dread the uncertainty of how to split the bill. Now with this app, I’m the first person to offer to this app it and perfectly split the bill fairly every time. Thank you so much, developers, for making this great app and seriously improving a pain point I’ve had for so long! If you live in a place that refuses to split your checks, get this app and seriously never worry about it again.

by Shealewwy

I had this idea tonight while I was with friends. As a designer and product developer, I couldn’t do this better myself. Good work guys!! Grandma everything so well and makes life way easier.

Only tip for design would be to separate the section where it says the person that already claimed item. This should be a different color or more bold so it’s easier to tell what’s already been claimed on the this app! But other than that, you have a fan! Now I don’t have to stress about splitting the bill anymore. Good work guys!

by Clumsylikebambi

This solves every pain point associated with going to dinner with a group of folks. Servers will love you because you don’t have to hand over seven cards with amounts to charge on the back. Your dining companions will love you because nobody has to pull out a pen and calculate what everyone owes (and then end up guessing on tax+tip), AND it solves the “I just had salad and she had two cocktails I don’t want to split this evenly” problem. I cannot speak highly enough off Tab: it’s intuitive, beautiful, and unobtrusive. It’s PHENOMENAL.

by KDubbou

It takes into account the individual dishes, cost of those dishes, taxes, tips, and allow you to add names to one or multiple dishes (if you’re sharing). Then after all of that it divides taxes and tips based on your subtotal!!! There’s also an option to split the birthday boy/ girl’s meal, how great is Tab! I always use it at group meals, it’s so hard to go without it once you’re use to it. If you need something like this, get it right now!!! I don’t normally write app reviews but Tab really deserves a 5 star review!

by Iram Zetineb

New: Their response team has been absolutely wonderful and super communicative, we figured it out and I’m super happy with Tab again. Went from 3 stars back to 5 stars, super impressed that they reached and wanted to figure this out together. thank you guys soooooo much!!

Old:
The last two times ive used this, the was completely inaccurate, the subtotal was nearly double the bill but the split was somewhat evened up - it was off by $4-5 which doesnt sound like alot but it is when you are the one paying the difference after everyone had already paid and its happened more than once. Please fix!🙏🙏🙏

by SIMBA25

This application is amazing! I recommend it to everyone I can. They are just always shocked. Some updates are needed to Tab though. The layout doesn’t fit on my iPhones screen and buttons are cut off.

Also having trouble uploading receipts from my library for splitting. Says check my data. But I tried over both wifi and celular and still same issue. No problem when uploading directly from the camera lens.

I’m still gonna give Tab a 5 because it’s amazing. Hope you have the time to fix some of these bugs :)

by BC Sis :)

I really love Tab and think everyone should download it! It’s definitely user friendly and really simplifies group meals (which I’ve often avoided in the past because of splitting the bill lol). I do have one qualm tho! I was the one to put down my card and noticed that the total bill amount did not equal the bill amount on the actual receipt. Later when I got home, I realized that this app based the tip on the subtotal BEFORE tax whereas the restaurant based the tip on the subtotal WITH tax (which is a much higher amount). If there’s a way to change that so the user has the option to change which total is taxed, that would be great! :)

by 059248

Love Tab and think it's the best thing to make splitting checks painless and fair. It even let's you split a single line item across multiple people - which I just figured out. I wish they'd consider a more intuitive UX for this - like clicking on the item for it to pop-up with a list of everyone on the bill and selecting all those that it applied to. That said, it ROCKS and getting the ability to send the results of everything over text without anyone having to download Tab gets rid of any concerns about if you split the bill correctly. Great job - would love to see this sold as a feature to a payment company like Venmo!

by Kinnaird213

First time user! Love Tab already, made life so much easier for me and my family when dining together. Only have two suggestions/questions:
1. I tried signing up a couple of times and each email that I got with the link would not take me anywhere once I clicked on it. Just sent me to my google chrome but nothing would happen.
2. I would suggest a feature to put the tip percentage including the tax as a percentage of the tip. My family and friends usually always tip of the total (subtotal plus tax) rather than just the subtotal.

Thank you and I love Tab so far!