Split bills with friends. Skip the awkward math.

Scan a receipt and AI splits it line by line — who owes who, settled in a tap. Just tracking your own? That's here too, and it never leaves your device.

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Free to start  ·  No sign-up required  ·  iPhone, iPad & Mac
Perfect for Roommates Couples Group trips Solo budgeting
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AI itemizes the receipt for you Split down to each item's quantity Personal budgets + group splitting in one
No subscription required — pay once, yours for life

Free plan: up to 15 personal expenses a month, no ads. Go PRO for unlimited.

See it in action

The whole flow, start to finish.

Scan a receipt, split it line by line, settle up — watch it happen.

Flexible bill split screen
Group splitting

Split any bill, exactly how you want.

Equal, by percentage, or exact amounts — or scan the receipt and tap who had what. Smart settle-up nets everyone out to the fewest payments possible.

  • No sign-up for friends — add anyone to a bill, even without the app
  • Exclude anyone who wasn't part of the bill
  • Settle up in a tap — no awkward reminders
  • Real-time sync — everyone sees new expenses instantly
  • Check group balances at a glance from a Home Screen widget
Pick & Pay — assigning receipt items to each person
AI receipt scanning

Snap the receipt. AI does the rest.

Point your camera at a receipt and AI reads every line item — then you just tap who had what.

  • AI itemizes every line — no manual entry
  • Assign each item to whoever ordered it — guests welcome, no app needed
  • Share the breakdown via iMessage, QR, or AirDrop
AI receipt scanning screen
Down to the last item

You had one beer. Don't pay for five.

When the table orders a round, most apps split it evenly or leave you doing the math. Node Expense lets you assign exact quantities — John had three, you had one — so everyone pays for exactly what they had.

  • Assign quantities per person — not just who touched the item
  • Tax and tip follow each person's real share, to the penny
  • The total always adds up — no missing or double-counted items
Assigning a round of beers by quantity — three to John, one each to Mark and Edward
Group balances and expense list, with a comment badge on the Drinks expense
Group comments

Talk it out — right on the expense.

“Wait, what was this charge?” Most split apps send that conversation off to a separate group chat. Node Expense puts a comment thread on every shared expense, so you can ask, explain, and agree right where the money is.

  • A comment thread on every group expense
  • Push alerts the moment someone replies
  • See which expenses have a conversation at a glance
Comment thread on a group expense — John, you, and Cathy discussing the bill
On your own

Not splitting? Just track it solo.

Node Expense isn't only for groups. Log your own spending in seconds — scan a receipt or tap it in — sorted into your own categories, with budgets and insights working quietly in the background. No account, and your personal data never leaves your device.

  • Scan to auto-fill the merchant, total, date, and category
  • Your own categories, with emoji and budgets
  • Add an expense in one tap — straight from a Control Center widget
  • A monthly overview card shows your total spend and how it compares to last month
  • A budget pace ring shows how much of your monthly budget is left, at a glance
Personal expense list — solo spending sorted by category
Insights & budgets

Know where your money goes.

Set category budgets with live progress, and let smart insight cards surface what you'd otherwise miss — so you can plan ahead instead of reacting.

  • Live budget progress and limit alerts
  • Catches creeping subscriptions and duplicate charges, and forecasts your month-end spend
  • Multi-currency tracking for travel
  • Export your full history — CSV, PDF, or JSON. No lock-in. (PRO)
Spending insights and budget screen
Calendar & recurring bills

See what's coming, on your calendar.

Recurring bills and subscriptions are managed automatically, and your spending timeline syncs straight to your iOS Calendar.

  • Recurring expenses tracked for you
  • Spending timelines right in Calendar
  • Push alerts for group activity and upcoming bills
Calendar and recurring bills screen
Business travel

One tap to a reimbursement-ready report.

Export a professional PDF from any group trip — every receipt on its own page, foreign currencies converted to your home currency at the official rate, with a clear total to claim.

  • Itemized expenses, summarized by category
  • Auto currency conversion with the official rate date
  • Every receipt attached, cleanly formatted (PRO)
Expense report PDF — category summary and itemized expenses
Made for
Solo budgeting Roommates Couples Group trips Dinners out Business travel
How it compares

Split smarter — and keep it private.

The things people actually switch for, side by side.

Node Expense Splitwise Tricount Settle Up
Scan a receipt and split it line by line
Import a saved photo, not just the live cameraCamera only
Split a single item by quantity (one beer, not the round)
Your receipts are never used to train AI models 1May train
Settle up via Venmo, Cash App & PayPalVenmo/PayPal
Smart debt simplification
Record a refund on any expenseWeb only
Personal spending tracker — solo, on-device
No phone, email, or sign-up required
Pay once for life — no subscriptionFree
  1. Per Splitwise's privacy policy, a third-party OCR vendor “may … train an algorithm on receipts you provide.” Node's personal scans stay on-device; group scans use Google's paid Gemini API, which is not used to train Google's models.
  2. Comparison based on each app's publicly available App Store description and privacy policy as of July 5, 2026; features may change over time.
  3. Node Expense is an iPhone, iPad & Mac app. Splitwise, Tricount, and Settle Up are trademarks of their respective owners and are not affiliated with or endorsers of Node Expense.

Private by design.

Solo budgeting stays strictly on your device — no account, no sign-up, and we never link to your bank or sell your data. Group trips and shared bills sync securely so everyone stays in sync, and your backups are encrypted with a key stored securely in your iCloud Keychain.

No sign-up required No bank logins Personal data on-device Secure group sync Encrypted backups

Ready to skip the awkward math?

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