Trip expense splitter
Group trips go smoother when nobody has to keep a spreadsheet. With split, everyone on the trip adds what they paid from their own phone, and at the end you get a short list of who pays whom.
How to use it on a trip
- Before you leave: start a group, pick your home currency, and drop the link in the group chat. Each person taps their name once.
- As you go: whoever pays adds it straight away (“Dinner, €84, split equally”). It takes a few seconds and nobody has to remember later.
- On the way home: open Balances. split shows the fewest payments that leave everyone even. Tap “Mark paid” as each one happens.
Paying in different currencies
Add each expense in the currency you actually paid in. split fills in that day’s exchange rate and saves it with the expense, so balances don’t drift as rates move. If your card or the exchange booth gave you a different rate, type it in instead.
No signal? Keep adding
Once you’ve opened the group on your phone, it works offline. New expenses are saved on your phone and sync when you’re back online, which helps on mountains, ferries and roaming-free days.
When not everyone shares everything
- Someone skipped the wine tasting: untick them on that expense.
- A couple shares a room: use shares, giving the couple 2 and singles 1.
- Different dishes: use exact amounts per person. split shows how much is left to assign so the total always adds up.
Questions
Does everyone need the app? No. It’s a web page, so the link works in any phone browser and nobody installs anything or makes an account.
Can someone change what I added? Anyone in the group can edit, which is handy for fixing typos. Every add, edit and delete shows in the activity feed with who did it.
Does split move money? No. It tells you who owes whom; you pay each other however you normally do.