Splitwise

Sam “Bear” Eaton-Rosen

1 year ago

Splitwise was a convenient way to keep track of expenses with various groups. Several features were behind the paid version. The core functionality is simple but functional. The app has now moved to a largely unusable paid-only model which limits free users to tiny amounts. I would be willing to pay for better functionality or the service, but the monthly subscription model is expensive for the features. I will be looking for an alternative.

Dexter Simmons

1 year ago

I have used this app for a long time and it was great, until the developer's greed kicked in. Now, there is a daily entry limit and ads kick in wanting you to upgrade to Pro, that you cannot skip for 10 seconds. Their asking price is much too expensive for this type of app. I understand wanting to cash in on hard work, but $0.99/mo, $9.99/yr, or maybe a one time $29.99 fee would be much more reasonable and likely would've been an instant upgrade for me. But now, I'll be looking for a new app.

Katie Fillingim

11 months ago

This app was really fantastic, but It is no longer meant for a group of friends to use on an annual vacation. The transactions per day limitation in the free version is restrictive to the point of not being useful and every single screen has an ad. I'm not sure who their target audiences is at $40 a year, but that's incredibly expensive for our personal needs.

Rajat S.

1 year ago

I've been using this for a number of years and I just noticed that with the limits, the free tier is basically unusable. The pricing is also ridiculous, I have to convince a group of 5 people now to each pay 5 bucks a month to enter more than 3 expenses a day? The math is easy to setup in a google sheet so not sure what they think they're doing with putting an essential feature behind a paywall

John Magnus-Sharpe

11 months ago

App is good and I used to really enjoy using it. They've completely gutted it to add the premium functionality, though. Disappointing that a transaction history app would make you wait 10 seconds to add each transaction (with a daily limit!). Ridiculous. 2 stars because it still works as advertised otherwise

John Forell

11 months ago

This used to be one of the best travel apps! I recently downloaded it again to log some expenses for a trip and discovered that there's a daily cap of 3 expenses (with a required advertisement viewing). Beyond that you must pay a monthly or yearly subscription fee. I cannot recommend this app anymore.

Nikki Hale

1 year ago

Couldn't change monthly bills like electric (which change amts every month) the ads are a pain. I understand they are necessary but have a bottom or top banner ads to avoid having users irritated. I also wasn't even on the app for a full minute before it tried to get me to upgrade to pro. It takes me at least a half hour for me to find out if I even like the app enough... Give me some time before asking me. It just isn't very user friendly.

Wendy Pullano

11 months ago

Loved splitwise so much, been using it for years. But the recent updates to limit the number of purchases you can enter is infuriating. It makes it essentially useless on trips where there are a lot of expenses per day. I will be looking into just using a Google spreadsheet for tracking going forward

Meri Stratton

11 months ago

Was really great, have used it a few years for tons of stuff (and still do for 2 person living expenses, grocery, etc). But now it doesn't even remotely calculate things right for 3 people if any purchase isn't an exact 3 way split =( Huge problem as we use it for group trips where some purchases aren't even or don't include everybody!

Danny

11 months ago

Long time user of this app and noticing it consistently gets worse, bogged down by ads, wait times to enter data, linkage issues to Venmo and promotion of their own Splitwise Pay, etc. I've had a couple of issues recording cash payment and it not posting, causing confusion. Liked the app for many years, but at this rate, if Venmo figures out a better shared payments system, I may switch away. This app is getting quite annoying.

Hayley Sharpe

1 year ago

It was a great app, but now it wants you to pay a monthly charge to log more than a certain amount of expenses per day and will have a 10 sec delay during most logging (unpaid version). When traveling, it's very difficult to keep up with shared expenses and this apps whole purpose was to aid in that process. Hoping they restore the apps functionality soon.

J H

11 months ago

Splitwise was an excellent app for splitting costs between parties. I logged in today to find it's that's trying to figure out how to monetize itself. Splitwise is hiding functionality behind a paywall, timers and artificial time limits that didn't exist a year ago. I hope the devs reconsider and put it a $5 premium option or go for something more reasonable. I'm switching to excel spreadsheets, this is not worth the self inflicted inconveniences the devs have added.

Sasha

1 year ago

Update: Splitwise has changed their policies to enforce a 3 transaction per day limit on their free account. I'm not inclined to pay $5 a month just to use this app, but unfortunately they do not offer at one time fee, which I would do. Taking off one star, but still a great app. Original: Awesome app for keeping track of who owes who, especially on group trips! Does everything you would want it to do in an easy and straightforward interface. Kudos!

Chuck McKnight

1 year ago

Used to be great, but now they're making it impossible to use on the free tier. First they started making us waiting ten seconds between entries. Now I'm being told I have to wait a full day before I can finish entering my expenses. Absolutely ridiculous. I have no problem with the app being supported by ads, and I have no problem with them adding additional paid tiers with extra features. But to take the most basic, essential functionality away from the free tier is inexcusable greed.

Abir Razzak

11 months ago

Used to be such an amazing app, it was simple but effective. Now, they limit the number of transactions you can add on there if you're a free user. For how essential of an app this used to be, I wouldn't have minded a 1-time unlock fee to get access to unlimited transactions. The subscription gives you access to a whole bunch of (in my opinion) junk. No one was subscribing before and no one still is. Charge me $20 for unlimited transactions forever and it's a done deal. Got to go look elsewhere.

Melissa Olson

10 months ago

This would have been 5 stars a year ago. Used to be amazing to split expenses with friends on our annual girls trips, brilliant idea. But now there is a pay wall to enter over 5 expenses per day for free. Makes no sense paying for a Pro membership since this made traveling with friends easier, not a have to have. Not sure how long ago it changed since I only use once a year.

XX YY

10 months ago

Used to be a great app. Been using it over a decade till recently they started to monetize the free tier. First strike was 10 seconds wait, seconds strike was no more than 2 or 3 entries from app. But I could still use their site to add expenses. With third strike they blocked addition everywhere. I don't mind watching a 10 sec ad. One can live with ads, e.g. YouTube. I don't mind paying one time fee but $5 a month 😱. Totally stopping the main action is very aggressive Bye bye splitwise. RIP.