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Splitwise App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Such an expensive update.I used to love Splitwise - it allowed me and my partner to manage our finances without fully combining them. I am not an organised person, so I would sit down every 2-4 weeks and enter all my bills in one go. Now without Splitwise Pro I just can’t do that anymore. It’s so frustrating, and I think £40/year is pretty steep. I may buy a month of Splitwise pro so that I can finally sort out my last two months of finances that have been building up since the recent update, then l will go find something else. Another reviewer mentioned tricount so that will be my first stop..Version: 24.1.1
✓ Limit on transactions???It’s one thing to suddenly spam everyone with ads, it’s annoying but I can deal with that and you obviously need a stable revenue stream that’s understandable, but to impose such a strict transactions limit out of the blue? You are essentially trying to make this app unusable without subscription without even trying to make subscription a bit more reasonably priced. I would pay for it if the cost actually made sense but this is just ridiculous. Very disappointing and obviously a common sentiment looking at all the latest reviews….Version: 23.11.1
✓ Simple and usefulUsed Splitwise for a few years on and off to track shared costs with a friend when travelling. Really simplifies fairly splitting costs for meals and accommodation. Splitwise recently (without warning) put a very low limit on daily transactions for the free version. It is now useless as an expense tracking tool when travelling. I’m moving to a different app (tricount or settleup) rather than be extorted into the Splitwise Pro version. They just got too greedy with this. How about a lifetime fee for the Pro version rather than $6 a month for the rest of eternity?.Version: 23.11.1
✓ Great app, ruined in the last updateReally good app, used it regularly. They have now added ads for their pro version every tier you add an expense, where you have to watch the ad for 10 seconds. They have also added a cap on the number of expenses (around 5 or so I think) you can add in a day without the pro membership. The only option for overcoming these ads and restrictions is to pay £3.99/month, which is way too much for a very simple app. In summary: good app, although if I wasn’t already using it, I would go with a different app because of the massive restrictions added recently.Version: 24.1.1
✓ App is unusable without paid subscriptionApp has been recently updated to limit number of transactions without paying $4 a month for a subscription, making the free tier effectively useless. I will not be using the app anymore..Version: 24.1.1
✓ Bad payment processWhile I rate splitwise as a cost tracking service 5*, it frustrates me that it tries to offer a payment settlement service as well that is poorly designed and there is no opt out from. I’ve just apparently been sent nearly £100 from a friend via PayPal, except that my paypal is linked to another email so no one actually knows where the money has gone. Further, I didn’t want to receive the money via PayPal, and splitwise should offer a clear toggle to turn off payment receipts. Ultimately splitwise is useful to save the hassle of payment netting when spending with a group, eg on a holiday. However it has caused more inconvenience in this one instance than it will save over the holiday..Version: 4.5.12
✓ Paywall treats its users like stupid monkeysPaywall is horrendous. Can’t input more than two expenses a day without paying, plus every payment requires a 10 second wait. Please figure out how to monetise your business by actually adding value. Not smart to try and make money by ripping off your users who almost by definition of using your app are clearly stingy about money lol. Used to be a great app, now totally useless, I prefer to use Google Keep over this.Version: 24.1.1
✓ UpsetI’ve been using Splitwise for many years and have always appreciated it very much. I loved the graphics, the seamless interface and the convenience. I had never had any issues. Then, just today, out of nowhere, I was using the app when suddenly an ad had to be played before adding any expenses. And then, with no warning, after adding in just four expenses, (and watching several ads for Splitwise pro), it said I couldn’t add any more expenses for the day unless I wanted to purchase the pro version. There was no warning that this might be happening soon. I was in middle of my busy day when this happened. I’m extremely disappointed. And the price of the pro version is ridiculous!! I’m very very upset and will be telling everyone I know (including on social media) to delete the app as it is now a big inconvenience. Very upsetting..Version: 23.12.2
✓ So confusingI changed the date of a reoccurring payment from a date in the past to a today’s date so that the payment would occur today but the amount owing didn’t change. So when the money was set as paid, it changed from someone owing me money to me owing them money. This app makes it harder to manage finances than using a notepad. It is incredibly confusing when dealing with multiple reoccurring payments where dates change often and payment dates vary significantly. The app just does not handle variation well and I’m still wishing for better functionality like the ability to simply create a money owed for something and then the ability to mark it specifically as paid and done with..Version: 4.4.12
✓ You just lost a userThe paid version is now mandatory for the majority of the users who used this app to split bills of the house. 2 expenses per day is ridiculous. I’m switching to your competitor..Version: 24.1.1
✓ Used to be greatThis used to be an excellent app, but the recent changes to the free tier allowing only a small number of expenses a day make it unusable for most people without paying. The fact there was no warning of this for people who have been using the app for a long time (and sometimes paying when the extra features came in handy such as on trips) has made me further lose faith in the company. Their response to those that have reached out is that it is to stop bots abusing the platform, but this could be achieved with a far more reasonable limit such as 20 a day. I’ll probably have to pay for one month in order to tidy up my existing balances, and then I’m switching to an alternative app that promises to always have a functional free tier, and it would take at least a much larger daily expense limit in the free tier to lure me back to Splitwise..Version: 24.1.1
✓ Useful app with annoying changesHaving used the app for a couple years I’ve recommended it to many friends and it’s certainly a great tool for tracking expenses between a group of people. However it now seems the app has changed its strategy and placing an expense not only entails a 10 second advert but now there’s also now a 2-3 expense daily limit unless you purchase the “pro” version. Personally I believe this is a poor way to attract people on to a paid model and considering you can easily do the same thing with a simple spreadsheet I’ll now be looking for an alternative..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Used to be amazingFor years I’ve used this app to track my partner and my spending. Definitely the most well made app I’ve used. Unfortunately, I’ve had to lower my review to the current rating because Splitwise used to be a fantastic free resource. Now you’re limited to only a few expenses added daily. I understand the apps desire to make money but after using the app for all this time and not being expected to pay makes this very inconvenient..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Pricing Model Not RightUsed to be great but quite embarrassing when trying to persuade a group of 10 skeptical friends to use it on a trip for the first person to get an error message after adding a couple of expenses saying they need to upgrade to add more expenses. £40 for a 3 day trip to Portugal? Hard to justify to an already skeptical group. Shame. Software is a tough industry and while I understabd the £40 a year fee, I don’t use it often enough to justify. Maybe they need to pump the app full of ads or find another model, I don’t see this one working..Version: 23.12.2
✓ Simplified really isn't simplifiedRead the title. You will have your friends questions where did this cost go or come from. The greatest way to get into fights since monopoly came out..Version: 4.4.12
✓ No more splitwiseDaily limit is worst decision taken by splitwise.Version: 23.10.1
✓ App is good, but…Have been using the app for a few years and really liked it, until they capped the number of entries to make per day to 3, so it’s basically useless. Will stop using the app from now on..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Expense limits make the app unusableI’ve been a dedicated Splitwise user for years. I only need the basic features in my day to day, but I’ll upgrade to Splitwise Pro from time to time when I need the added firepower (e.g., traveling across multiple countries, when the currency conversion feature is a HUGE help). However, Splitwise recently introduced limits where I can only add 2-3 transactions per day unless I pay for the upgrade to Pro. This makes the app totally impractical to use for its basic function: recording expenses. Rather than pay every month to make it work again, I plan to find one of the many, many other apps that do the same exact thing and download one of those instead. It’s a shame, because before today I would have given Splitwise 5 stars (I’ve been a big advocate and converted several of my friends to using it in the past), but as it is now it’s completely unusable..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Only 3 expenses can be added per dayUseless without pro. Have used app for 3 years no issues until now. No warning that there will be limit on expenses, sudden change no warning..Version: 23.12.2
✓ Recent Daily Limit ChangeI have been using Splitwise for basic bill splitting for some time now, and although the app is good for what it is, I do not use the app to it’s full potential and therefore never upgraded to the ‘pro’ version. Recently I came across a screen which has limited my daily use until I upgrade to the “pro” version. This is becoming all too common in the digital scene now. And of course, a monthly or yearly fee is applicable for the pro version and no one-time payment is available. I refuse to pay for a full version for features I do not use and I am appalled that no basic version with a one-time fee is available. I will be deleting the app and using another system for my needs because of the money-grabbing developers squeezing every dollar they can out of an average app..Version: 23.8.2
✓ Limits Daily Usage Unless You Pay $$Lately, there's been a change in Splitwise, limiting my daily usage until I upgrade to the "pro" version. While the app serves its purpose well, I haven't utilized its full potential and find it frustrating that there's no one-time payment option for basic features. I'm opting for an alternative app, as I prefer not to pay for features I won't use and dislike the absence of a basic version with a one-time fee..Version: 24.1.1
✓ New Limitations Have Ruined the AppThis was a wonderful app for years, but then the developers decided to push the Pro version of their app to the point where you can only add four transactions a day, which is prohibitively low even for a casual user. Since I have used the app a fair amount, I would consider paying for Pro at a rate of something like $1.99. However, even with Pro features, it’s still a very basic app and is not worth $5. The extra features, such as charts, aren’t much of a value added in my opinion given its core purpose is automatic bill splitting, which is very helpful but just a short term use. There’s no reason to have a trend analysis. I would suggest to the developers to differentiate between individual users who are only interested in the core purpose of bill splitting vs users who might be using it more substantially (likely a small portion of their customers)..Version: 24.1.2
✓ Love the app but recent changes have ruined itThis app is great, really simple and I use it all the time. Unfortunately, along with everything else at the moment companies are squeezing every last dollar from you. Splitwise is no different, no enforcing unskippable wait times and limiting expenses per day. Fair enough the Splitwise app team want more money, but reducing functionality attempting to force customers to pay a subscription, when their app isn’t particularly unique is a bit of a boneheaded move, when I would assume banner ads would achieve similar results. As a result I am moving off Splitwise as well as encouraging all my friend group who use it to do the same. I would not recommend the app anymore..Version: 23.11.1
✓ Daily limit without heads upBeen using the app for over 7 years now and all of a sudden I find that I can’t add more than 4 entries. A heads up or some kind of information would have been useful! Will be changing to a different app now.Version: 24.3.3
✓ Too many addsUsed to be a great app, but the descent changes of having adds and limiting how many expenses you can have in a day are ruining it. I wouldn’t mind paying a one time fee for this app, but not 4$ a month.Version: 24.3.4
✓ Ruins RelationshipsThe only good thing about this app is in the settings when you tap the screens cats appear. Maybe this app is great for small groups (less than 5 people), since all the people are more likely to be involved in the spending decisions. As for larger groups, I strongly DO NOT RECOMMEND this app. Anyone can add anything and anyone can delete expenses they did not add.. turns into an all out WAR ZONE as friends argue about what is to be included / excluded. It also does not net out payments to minimize the number of e transfers..Version: 4.5.3
✓ Daily limit makes the app unusableThis app was perfect until they introduced a daily limit to the free version. Now there is a waiting time to input every expense, and I could only put in 4 before it asked me to subscribe. Almost everything has a subscription fee nowadays. While I might pay if it were a small one off fee, I can’t justify a subscription when I only use this app in bursts every 3-6 months. The free version of the app is now so inconvenient it is unusable. I will be going elsewhere.Version: 24.1.2
✓ PriceyWas amazing until the monthly fee…no longer recommend.Version: 24.3.4
✓ Suddenly charging for services that were freeI have been a loyal user of Splitwise for years and used it to manage utilities for the house I share with roommates. It’s always been very easy and convenient, but over the years I have accumulated more of the utility payments due to being here longest. This month, I went to add my four payments in and Splitwise will NOT let me add four list items anymore without upgrading. This is outrageous - I’m already spending a lot of my own money on the cost of living and paying for a significant amount of the utilities out of pocket, and now Splitwise won’t even let me settle up all of my monthly accounts all at once unless I pay an additional fee? This is especially annoying because my roommates may settle up the balances before I have a chance to add the addition expenditures - it creates more chaos overall and renders this app way less useful. One star rating unless this stupid policy is changed swiftly..Version: 23.8.2
✓ Disgusting monetization practicesI’ve used splitwise for YEARS for group trips and splitting expenses with roommates. They’ve now limited the amount of expenses you can submit per day to only 4 per day, and they force you to you stare at their subscribe screen for 10 seconds before they even let you add an expense. Literally fire the Product Manager who suggested this. I understand that Splitwise is a company that’s been around for a while and now needs to monetize, but this is not the way. I’m now looking for a different app to use to settle up my most recent trip since we all want to pay each other back asap (we have to pay our credit card bills) but it would take us over a week to input all of our expenses with Splitwise’s daily limits. I have 30 expenses to add that I couldn’t add on the trip because I didn’t have wifi. With the 4 expense per day limit, it would take me 8 days to add them all. Ridiculous. Splitwise, change this immediately. At least give us the decency of a limit of 10 or something. 4/day is a slap in the face to your long time users..Version: 24.3.4
✓ DécevantL’idée est génial mais il faut absolument payer pour utiliser l’application… on y échappe pas c’est très dommage..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Free Version Becoming Quite UselessI’ve been using this app all year and it has been amazing for splitting things between my housemates and on trips with my partner. Unfortunately the recent change to the free version with constant ads to upgrade to the pro version and the limit to 3/4 daily expenses makes it basically unusable as I can’t add all my expenses. I’d be happy to pay a reasonable one off purchase of $10-$20 but I’m not willing to fork out $5/month for the rest of my life for this app - please reconsider!.Version: 23.12.2
✓ Great tracking , confusing totalsI loved this app when tracking expenses on a recent trip. It was so easy to add an expense then split it with all or just some members of the group. Was also easy to shift between currencies. However the reports of the totals are very confusing. For example I get a report that says “you owe x person $x amount overall” but then below it says “plus 2 more balances”. That plus 2 isn’t a clickable link and there no way to tell what it’s referring to. Add to that that the currencies won’t automatically settle up unless you pay for a pro version. The upshot is that we are plugging all of our expenses into a spreadsheet which defeats the purpose of using an app. Overall it’s got a lot of promise but needs a lot of work..Version: 23.5.1
✓ Was great now not an optionHave use Splitwise for many years now. Splitwise has been a great tool for tracking costs on trips etc. The move to restrict use on the free version and charge a monthly charge means it is now an over priced app and the charge is not justified for casual use. Will look for an alternate or move back to using a simple spreadsheet. Drop to a nominal fixed charge for the Pro version and I would be happy to return..Version: 23.12.2
✓ Used to be greatSplitwise used to be the go-to bill splitting app. I used it with friends, flatmates, and my partner. Recently, though, they’ve got really aggressive with the Splitwise Premium ads, even adding limitations on the number of expenses you can add per day in the app for free users. I understand the need to make money to keep a service running but limiting the core function of an app just feels hostile. There are plenty of reasonable scenarios where you may need to add more than a few expenses at once, yet it doesn’t seem prudent to spend £40/year on this feature. I wouldn’t mind paying a few quid a year for it, but £40 is just not good value (ironic for an expenses app!). So I’m sad to go, but Splitwise isn’t the best value any more and as a result I’ll be using a competitor instead..Version: 23.11.1
✓ SimplifyStill need to use excel to figure out where the extra costs are coming from.Version: 4.5.4
✓ Used to be the best and they’ve ruined itI loved this app and used it often. Now you can only enter in 3 expenses per day which is ridiculous and makes it difficult to use. Definitely switching to another app..Version: 24.3.4
✓ So disappointing now.I used to love this free app. It was so useful for splitting bills and for holidays where you didn’t have to worry who paid for what. It completely took the angst out of the money side of things. Now they’ve got greedy and only allow 3 transactions a day unless you buy the expensive pro version, we are halfway through an 8 week trip with friends and we’re using our payment cards a lot. But now you can only do the limited daily transactions it’s going to take us weeks to catch up with transactions before we can settle up. So, so disappointing. I’ll be looking for an alternative app before I go on holiday again with friends..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Now useless without payingReally disappointed that Splitwise has decided to put most of their features behind a paywall. I get asking for subscriptions for more premium actions like reporting and maybe even currency conversions, but now they won’t even let you add more than 2 transactions in the same day unless you buy “Pro”. Their entire value proposition as an app is that people can easily add and split their expenses, limiting to 2 per day seems totally arbitrary and makes the free version useless. I’d honestly rather go back to spreadsheets for tracking household expenses with my partner than pay $5 a month just to enter 3 expenses in a day instead of 2. Didn’t even get to see what else they’ve pay-gated because I hit the new entry limit and gave up so quickly. I expect there are still options out there that aren’t so stingy on their Free version features. If not, Google Sheets it is. I used to rely on this app quite a lot and found it helpful for households and group trips, but now I can’t imagine why anyone would pay for such basic features. Seems like a cash grab where they didn’t consider customer impact or interests at all..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Favorite AppOne of my favorite apps, but a couple of things. Highly disappointed with the new free version feature where there is a delay in adding expense for 10 or more seconds to get you to buy paid version. You are better then that! I would pay for a perpetual version 4.99 or something but a subscription is ridiculous. Think of a different business model. Also, the pay via Venmo is not very functional. It assumes you use the same email as your Venmo as you do for you Splitwise. Anytime someone uses this feature the money gets lost and doesn’t go to the right account. I suggest changing it to be able to lookup user and actually see their picture to reduce the likelihood of error. I would give the app 5 stars, but the new wait feature for the free version makes me drop it down to 3..Version: 23.10.1
✓ When did splitwise start sucking?I used splitwise for years when travelling with friend and had no issues. It used to be a great app. But in this trip it’s limiting the number of expenses I can add per day, and is pushing ads whenever I add an expense. It’s so bad, that we’ve resorted to just writing our expenses in a notebook instead..Version: 24.3.3
✓ Daily limit changeThe update which limits the users adding daily expense doesn’t make sense. The need to pay for the “pro” version just for the basic needs ( which is the essential feature and use of the app) is ridiculous. I have recommended the app to my friends before and I also knew the app from a recommendation. I’m afraid I will be deleting the app and look for alternatives and will tell my friends the same..Version: 24.3.3
✓ Bye splitwiseHad been using the app for years among friends and now as household budgeting. I dont mind ads in exchange for free use. But the 3/day limit basically force people to pay, while the pricing is ridiculously high. So i’d either explore other free apps, or go back excel!.Version: 23.10.1
✓ Used to love this app until they limited transactionsI’ve used this app for several years and loved it. Used it both for US currency and when traveling out of the country. BUT in the last week, without any notice, they limited the number of transactions that one can enter per day in the free version. I think it’s 3 (it’s not like I can find the number on their app; had to go on line to see what others had found happening). Sometimes that’s fine, but if I go to several stores in one day, it’s very inconvenient. I’m now looking at different apps for the same purpose, since on a trip, this will make the app pretty useless. Hoping they change back, since I’d think they’ll lose a lot of business if they continue with this..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Used for 3 years…Now I’m fed upThe recent update that limits the amount of expenses you can log is ridiculous. I can understand locking receipt scanning and analytics behind a paywall. I could maybe even tolerate the 10 second wait times between logging new expenses. However, only allowing 3 expenses a day before having to pay $40 a year per person just to add as many as you want is pure highway robbery. Your base service is not worth $40 a year. I can replace it with like 20 different apps or Excel for free, and my only annoyance would be the setup time and time lost inviting all my roommates to a new app, which they will gladly join if it means not having to shell out to a scummy company. At the end of this month, I’m done with this app and everyone else should be too. Stop the subscription price gouging garbage for something that should be $10 a year AT MOST with a good free option. I get that app development and hosting isn’t free. But it’s not $40 from all your users every year expensive either. Especially when your “unique” product could be cloned in a month by any sophomore CS student at any university on the planet..Version: 23.11.1
✓ Adding a paywall for core functionalityStopping users from using the core functionality of your product to make them pay is the most ridiculous decision any company could take. The 10 second timer, even though very annoying was still fine. Now you stop users from adding expenses for the day after 3 expenses is just crazy. What’s next? Limited number of expenses for the whole account? Before I see this day I’m going to ask all my friends to migrate..Version: 24.1.1
✓ Downfall of SplitwiseI’ll be searching for a new app. Recent limits on daily transactions and watching ads to submit an expense? I’d rather use spreadsheet. Bye Splitwise!.Version: 24.1.1
✓ How to ruin a 5 star experienceSplitwise used to be wonderful and I recommended it after every group trip as a way to track and split group costs. During my most recent experience with the app I noticed they made some changes to their business model. Unless you want to pay for Splitwise Pro- which seems like overkill for a person who uses this app ~3x a year- you have to watch an ad (for splitwise pro) while submitting each individual expense, you can only submit up to 3 expenses per day (what??!) AND, most ludicrously, you are CAPPED at inviting people at 10 invitations. A business that limits the number of times you can invite other users to ALSO use their product must be doomed. Splitwise- you have a good product!! Surely, this is not necessary. Google yourself. The recent feedback is not pretty 🥴. I’d happily pay cents per transaction to avoid all this friction. There must be other way to make money than destroying what was an enjoyable user interface. Yet another subscription model. Sigh..Version: 24.1.2
✓ Great app, terrible monetization practices!The Splitwise app is great for everything you’d expect to need it for, but the recent decision to add a daily expense limit is both terrible from a functionality perspective and also was poorly communicated to users. I, and I think many other users, often use Splitwise for trips and other short term expense tracking where there are many different small expenses that need to be split up. This means that I’m often not using the app for months at a time and then need to add 20+ expenses all at once. With the daily expense limit, this is pretty much impossible. No way am I going to go back day after day and add a small chunk of expenses. And paying for pro is kind of silly because I only use the app every so often. Further, rolling out this change with essentially no warning is just rude. Why??.Version: 24.1.2
✓ Has 10s bag every time you add an expenseWay to alienate your user base. I’d considered purchasing before, but this urges me to find an alternative app instead..Version: 24.3.3
✓ Great appWould be better if i could put account number in some sort of bio.Version: 5.6.3
✓ It’s goodIt is good to keep track of what everyone owes though maybe it would be better to have an option to add change. For example, if I pay for breakfast with a note and get change from that note, I should be able to put that in without having to add it to my total of what I owed. I think it just makes it easier to put in so that when others owe something specific you’re not having to remember how much change you got. It’s easy for splitting equally but some people may have got more or less. Having to add each total of what someone owes as well as your own is a pain. Maybe if the person who has paid has their share autofilled when the totals from the others are input when splitting unequally. Just an idea, maybe I’m just bad at maths..Version: 24.1.2
✓ Too much adminI think this app would be fine if you had an ongoing group splitting bills but for a trip having to individually sign up each person I can do the payment split myself before they even sign up. Way too complicated when I just want to tally and tell people what and how much. An app trying to be too clever and missing the point..Version: 5.6.4
✓ Very limited functionalityVery limited functionality beyond adding and splitting expenses, which can easily be done in a shared spreadsheet for free on Google Docs. (Not to mention there’s far greater functionality on shared spreadsheet) This app has no way to search or filter entries to determine total spend on a specific item - say a sports club, car payment or medical provider. The charts section only provides views by month or from inception. There is no way to view annually. For instance, you can not view total medical expenses for 2023. You can see medical expenses since you started using the app or for each individual month. Now Splitwise is charging a subscription fee for what appears to have been free all along. If there is additional functionality that is now provided, I am either unaware of it or have not found it to be of value. But if you don’t pay, you can only enter one expense per day. Very poor customer experience to charge for the same functionality previously provided for free..Version: 23.12.2
✓ Daily limit makes app unusableThis app used to be 5 stars but had to change it to 1 star. Daily limit makes the app unusable. Will be switching to a different app and uninstalling. Disappointing to say the least, this used to be one of my favorite apps..Version: 24.1.1
✓ Terrible nowI’ve used Splitwise for over 5 years now, but the latest version is just terrible. Takes forever to load when click the + icon to add a new transaction. Then of course you’ll see their annoying paid subscription message. If you want to learn how not to go about monetisation of an app, this is perfect. But they’re probably going to lose me and a bunch of users in the very near future. I’m not opposed to paying for apps that I love, but it’s important they go about this the right away. Destroying the usability of an app is not the way to do it..Version: 4.5.6
✓ Ok; but could be a lot betterThis app is on the way to being very good. Easier to add members of a group and add in bills that need to be shared. However it needs 2 simple improvements to be as good as it should be as settling up is much more complicated than it needs to be. First highlight whether a member of the group can be paid by PayPal and ideally which email address to use. Including how to settle up in a ‘help’ section would also be very useful. Second I only expected to pay my net balance So for example I owe other group members £30; they owe me £16 so I expected to only pay out my net balance of £14. However the way settle up works means I have to pay out £30 and then wait for group members to pay me back the £16: not only does this add complexity and delay it also increases PayPal costs as you pay a %..Version: 4.5.15
✓ It's the time to search another AppI used to LOVE this app! I've used it for years. I opened the app today to add in my expenses for a couple recent grocery shopping trips for my roommates and each time I wanted to add an expense I had to wait for ad to play, which was new and annoying, but I dealt with it. Then after I added 4 (just 4!) expenses I was met with a pop-up saying that I had reached the maximum number of expenses I could input today and I had to either upgrade to the pro version or wait until tomorrow to input more. I commonly put in 10 or 15 expenses all at once so l only have to do money management once or twice a month. There is nothing in the pro version of this app that I will use and it's not worth the money just to be able to add my expenses when just a month ago l could add as many as I wanted to for free; which is why I specifically downloaded this app, as a free way to manage expenses with my roommates and partner. If this doesn't get fixed i and many other will roll over to some other app soon..Version: 23.11.1
✓ Really confusingApp is so confusing to use! Doesn’t show the total amount owed/lent. Here’s an idea, just make it like a credit/debit table. Like in finance, two columns titled credit and debit. It’s easier to see the final total amount..Version: 4.4.16
✓ Erratic-unsatisfiedEvery single month you guys split my bills so erratically. Your app constantly makes mistakes.. my inquiry is whether I’m Being blocked from portions of my group account because I feel like either your app is absolutely pointless and flaw or absurdly that it does not do its task properly in any way other than the clean look of it. Every single month there have been comically large mistakes on your part. I need to know whether your app is the most inefficient algorithm or program I have ever used in my entire life OR my roommates are trying to hide real bill prices? If it is the latter than your app is cleverly designed to be fair and is difficult to alter with and so a great tool or (I’m being very sincere and not intentionally malicious) this app is so pointless I would suggest to anyone who is thinking of using it that they would be better of PAYING for a remedial calculator rather than downloading this for FREE..Version: 4.5.2
✓ Taking away free featuresI’m someone who goes through finances once a month. I review all my transaction in all my accounts to check for accuracy and to monitor spending habits. I use that same time each month to enter receipts in Splitwise. This has worked out fine, until a couple weeks ago when Splitwise added a limit to how many receipts a user can enter each day. Now I can only enter four receipts at a time without paying $5/month. The app is now completely useless to me. This tactic isn’t new for app developers. When apps become moderately successful, they slowly remove all utility from their free versions in favor of pro versions. It’s a bait and switch, plain and simple. LastPass did the same thing, which drove away a chunk of their user base. Splitwise will be “wise” to rethink their approach for the future. I’ll be deleting my Splitwise account in favor of an Excel spreadsheet. Is the UI less appealing? Will the process be slightly more difficult? Will I be urging friends to abandon the app every chance I get? Yes, yes and absolutely..Version: 23.11.1
✓ Paywalls have made this app unusable.Don’t download it..Version: 24.3.4
✓ Horrible Software with ZERO Customer ServiceMy friends stumbled across this app and we were hosting a party and needed to figure expenses. I signed up and accidentally mistyped my email address. No problem right? I’ll have to verify and then I can fix the problem? I work in software. That’s standard practice. Not with Splitwise. My friends started VENMO’ing this wrong email address and have yet to receive their payments back. Change the address right? Can’t do it unless the current (incorrect) email address is confirmed. What??? Since it’s the wrong address can’t confirm. Great. Contact custom service, right? I have emailed them THREE times to fix the problem with no response. Who is QA’ing this app? I don’t understand how these simple verifications are implemented in an app dealing with money and VENMO. My friends will never see that money again. Thanks Splitwise. You are a terrible app..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Will be transitioning to another appI have been a long-time user, lover, and supporter of Splitwise for over 5 years. I spread the word to all of my friends and got many people using the app. As of this week, Splitwise added a new feature where you have to wait 10 seconds before uploading any new expense if you have the free version and don’t pay for Splitwise Pro. I understand they are trying to find more ways to monetize and encourage upgrading to Pro, but with this feature, they will lose me as a user. This is one of the most ridiculous and aggressive ways I have seen an app harass its free users into upgrading to a paid version. Although it breaks my heart, I don’t support and agree with this methodology and as of today have started looking for other splitting apps to migrate to. If this feature is removed, I may consider coming back but as the app stands now, I can’t continue using it. Thank you for all the good years..Version: 23.8.2
✓ Don’t recommendUgly UI, clunky, not easy to use.Version: 4.5.7
✓ App update has alienated existing users while priced too high to go pro.Recent update has brought a 10-second delay to adding an expense, and 3 expense daily limit (neither existed before), which severely hindered user experience. User experience is made much worse especially when existing users are not notified of the above changes. The price to use the full features seems to be too high, and no lower-tier for someone who wants to use the basic features to support the app developers. Until the delay or daily limit is removed, or a new lower pricing tier is introduced, I’m afraid this app will be on your ‘don’t download’, ‘don’t use’ or ‘to delete’ list..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Used to be greatThis app used to be great, but now a lot of the basic functionality is locked behind pro. There are other ways to monetise that don’t involve removing basic features for users. I used to suggest it for group holidays, but I’d find it awkward suggesting it now as I’d need to remind people every day to log their expenses. Otherwise they’d need to spend a week catching up on logging via the few free entries a day. Has taken the handiness out of the tool, which is the only reason for the app imo, rather than using a shared spreadsheet or something..Version: 24.1.1
✓ Great idea....but too confusingThis app can be so amazing when planning a big event and sharing the cost with several hosts. BUT OH MY GOODNESS....if anyone "settles up" before all expenses are entered and the whole group is ready, it cause such a headache and take so much more time and energy than it is worth. Suddenly a few hosts are not being included in some of the expenses and then trying to get everyone to back track and reverse payments is insane. As the lead host I look like an idiot because this app does not clearly explain what it means to settle up. There should be a way for one person to control when the group is ready to settle so no one does anything until it's time. Now I'm having to recalculate all our expenses, then ask everyone what they have paid to who and then figure out how to redistribute the correct amount owned to and by each host. Ridiculous!.Version: 5.9.3
✓ Wasting time for nothingBad adds, not even relevant. Maximum number of expense that we can use per day. Totally changing the app for my next trip..Version: 24.3.4
✓ Good but expensive for what it isI’ve used this app for a couple of years and it’s good. However, if I want to upload more than 3 expenses in one day, you now have to pay £4 a month (or £40 a year). I’d happily pay a bit for this app, but not that much. I’d rather just split my monthly uploads across 2 days and treat myself to a cup of coffee each month instead. It’s a shame Splitwise have got greedy. If the cost was half that, I’d pay, but otherwise, this is just ANOTHER subscription on top of the many I already have. For comparison, the full Microsoft Office 365 package with Outlook, Word, Excel and Power Point is £60 a year..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Bad practicesUsed this app for over 5 years and suddenly they decide to out limits and timers for free users on all the basic features! I’m out. Made my own app at this point. $5/mo to use basic features!? Outrageous..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Used to be amazing, not anymore!Used to be so helpful and easy to use, however now that they’ve introduced the “pro” version it’s horrible to use without subscribing. The daily limit of expenses as well as the constant paywall ad makes it too frustrating to use. The subscription is too expensive as well - if it was a one off $20 maximum, or even $1-2 per month then I would be willing to pay. I’m on the lookout for a different app instead..Version: 24.1.2
✓ Corporate greed leads to the end of an eraAn avid splitwise user for many years, I was shocked at the recent update for the free version. Users will be limited to posting three transactions a day, and to post a new transaction, you must wait through 10 seconds of an advertisement. This has made splitwise virtually unusable. Splitwise was THE app for my friend group but we are now moving on to other alternatives. Unfortunately, the reasoning provided to Splitwise users (these changes were instituted due to bots/spam) is suspect and laughable. It’s clear they’re pushing users to pay for the pro version. For more information and other users’ experiences, search “splitwise update” on your favorite search engine and go through the various forums. What a shame for such a great app; however, like all good things, they come to an end. This time, however, it’s due to corporate greed..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Nose dive from 5* towards 1*App was brilliant for maintaining expenses with friends and it was free. Now, limit applies to only three entries and if you need more entries, you need to pay. Nothing wrong asking for money in the beginning but half way through usage, demanding subscription makes it hard and app is unusable. Could have put in some ads instead for existing users and release only pro version for new users for subscription..Version: 24.1.2
✓ More features have become premiumIt’s a good app but the thing that is annoying is that you now need to pay to add more than approx. 3 expenses every 24 hours or so — which didn’t use to be the case. Other premium features seem reasonable to charge for, but the daily limit seems a bit restrictive to me and makes the app less useful as I need to remember to submit expenses on the day they were not incurred, making it a bit of an admin overhead to remember. I hope you’ll reconsider your position, or at least raise the daily limit to approximately 10 or similar. Thanks for your hard work on this app..Version: 23.12.2
✓ Disingenuous - Would rather just use a spreadsheetI had never used splitwise before but had seen it on other people's venmo feeds before. After using it for the first time this past weekend, I don't see myself using it ever again. It doesn't require you to actually manually link any services like venmo or paypal before others in your group choose to "settle up". This means they send money to wherever splitwise thinks it should go, based on your email and phone number. It tried to use my email and sent the payment to a venmo account that doesn't exist. It says the payment is pending, but I know that it will never complete. PLUS the user that sent the payment now has splitwise telling them they are "settled up". This means the payment will take an indeterminate amount of time to fail, and likely the other person will just end up having not paid me. So splitwise essentially caused us to not be able to split the bills lol. 1/5 not impressed. Much easier to just use a spreadsheet if that's the only way I am going to get paid..Version: 23.8.2
✓ They corrected their biggest mistakeA few months ago, the developers decided to create a hard limit of expenses per day for free users. No more than three expenses per day, come back tomorrow! I understand adding premium features for paying customers, but removing basic functionality for free users is a big no-no. Be aware that this change was altered : it is now a soft limit. You must now wait 10 seconds between each expense added after the third of the day. Mildly irritating, but much better than the previous move..Version: 24.3.4
✓ They updated and now u need to pay to post more than 5 expensesI was using this app and it was working fine before, but now they updated and I cannot add more than 5 expenses per day. This is so annoying and sad, as I do all my expenses and the end of month all together. They don't deserver more than 1 star anymore corporate becoming just greedy for this nicely made app. Just will switch to another app now there’s plenty..Version: 23.8.2
✓ Splitwise…you’ve changedI’ve been a free Splitwise user for over 5 years now, mainly for holidays with groups but also for keeping track of household expenses and up until recently it was great. Pro was an option for multi currency and receipt scanning but relatively unnecessary. I’ve just tried to input a few expenses after a month or so of inactivity and the app is now effectively redundant, 3 expenses a day limit, having to wait 10 seconds between each one. Pro being £40 a year (per person) makes it very expensive and I’ll be hunting for a better, cheaper alternative now. Way to go Splitwise, from the recent reviews, you’ve p*ssed off a lot of people!!.Version: 23.10.1
✓ Fantastic but sharing should be optionalGreat app for tracking money lent and borrowed. Especially when paying shares. The only issue I have is that I use the app for myself and don’t want to have to have the other party contributing or logging in to it but you have to add a phone number or email. If you can just make this optional (including the phone/email) then it would definitely be 5 stars!.Version: 23.4.2
✓ Will cheat you off your moneyI’ve been using splitwise for at least 6 years. I have had no complaint with it until now and in theory it should deserve 5 stars. Except that today, they have introduced a daily expense limit, which means I can’t add more than 3 (?) items per day unless I pay for Splitwise Pro. Pretty shameful. Means I can’t “catch up on receipts” when totting up expenses with my partner at the end of a week. Pretty ludicrous. I recommend everyone find a different app because this is clearly not an App one can trust anymore - I’m sure there are other ways they’ll try to fleece me of my money..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Limit expense deserve 1 starSince they put a limit expense per day the app so useless since I usually add my expenses twice a month all at once. Now I can’t do it anymore and subscription is way to expensive..Version: 24.1.1
✓ Ruined by “Splitwise pro”Prior to the paywall update me and several friends used this app for two holidays in order to keep everything fair and it did its job marvellously… Unfortunately, after a presumably recent update all of the apps useful features have been restricted behind a pay wall. You can now only make a certain number of transactions a day (roughly 3 in my limited experience) and can no longer automatically convert currency (very useful for travelling). This essentially makes this app useless unless you’re willing to pay over the odds. Safe to say I am writing this review and leaving it an appropriate 1*. We are now using “Splid” which does the same job. Splitwise will then be promptly uninstalled and I will advise everyone to use an alternative. I can understand restrictions on bonus features. But advertising as a free app and then locking everything behind a pay wall is disingenuous. Even if this is fixed I will not be using this app again..Version: 24.2.2
✓ Ok, but struggles with group holidays abroad.The app is off to a good start and should improve with time. There are usability issues where it is easy to enter transactions in the wrong way. The app would be greatly improved by being able to show an estimated of your balance as you go while using multiple currencies. At the moment looking at the app can leave you with no idea what the final balances will be. It would be good to be able to assign a default currency per trip/group..Version: 4.6.4
✓ Used to be great - now ruined by limitations without subscriptionThis was the best app for many years - countless holidays and monthly shared expenses logged. I used to subscribe to the pro version but their standard offering met my needs so didn’t subscribe this year. They have now put the prices up and added adverts/time-limits before expenses are logged and given a max number per day. Completely unusable without a subscription (which isn’t able to be shared with members of your Apple Family). Very disappointing to lose such a brilliant app. Why the usual adverts model other apps use to generate revenue without effective mandating subscription was not implemented rather than this is beyond my comprehension..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Wonderful app, sleazy contacts needsI love the purpose and thoroughness of this app! Desperately needed, saves so much math headaches. But when I just wanted to split between a few camping trip peers, the app required unique, verified, real contact info for every single person, just to split costs for one trip. Many people need to split costs with those they may not know well, but even knowing all these people—it’s really inconvenient and sleazy to require verified contact info (clearly to try and spread the app more), but it turned the whole group off to the app and now all these potential future users associate the app with being sketchy in its user data requirements. Please, don’t give in to tacky behavior or “dark UX patterns”. Only require user data when it’s actually necessary. Thank you!.Version: 5.4.0
✓ No way to load payment methodI think in have paid and then in the fine print it says i haven’t and it’s only “recording a transaction”. i can’t find a way to load a payment method - hopeless.Version: 24.1.2
✓ Why did you have to gatekeep this appBasic functionality of this app is great. Great for splitting bills and keeping track of it all. Myself and probably 20 of my closest friends/family all used to use it. Every single person I know has stopped using it now after the change of app to force you to buy Splitwise pro, to put on more than 4 expenses a day. Completely get you need to make money from the app but put ads or something in, get rid of the paywall. Literally everyone I know that uses this app has stopped as a result of this, fix it please!.Version: 24.1.1
✓ Useless if you don’t pay for the Pro VersionThis was a great app before the last update which only allow 5 expenses per day if you don’t buy the pro version. It’s so annoying, use something else..Version: 24.3.3
✓ App has gone downhillMy wife and I have used splitwise to track expenses for probably about 8 years now. A few months back I started getting huge interstitial ads upselling the “pro” paid version (which was annoying, but fine given that it’s otherwise free). Suddenly today I find that basic app functionality has now been buried behind a paywall, and after adding a couple expenses I’ve been told I’ve reached the limit of free entries and have to pay to add more today. I’m all for supporting the developers of this app and would be willing to upgrade if there was a family plan available, however $40/yr per person is a steep ask for the functionality this app offers, and suddenly revoking basic functionality is a really shady way to conduct business. Shame on the developers for continually degrading service in an attempt to squeeze money out of their users..Version: 24.1.2
✓ Used to love this appThe recent changes have made the free version of this app infuriating to use. The 10 second waits and the 3 payment daily limit means that I literally cannot use this app as intended. I used to use this app frequently, because it made splitting expenses with roommates, friends, and family so simple. But now with the limitations, we might as well go back to pen and paper. I understand why you’ve added the changes, you obviously want to promote people to pay for your services, but the cost is too much for me to justify. I won’t be using this anymore unless something changes. I genuinely hope that you take these (and other customers’) complaints to heart, because I would love for the app to be useable again. Thanks..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Best in class but aggressive monetisationNo question Splitwise is the best in class group finances/bill splitting app out there. The vast functionality and ease of use makes it the #1. However, recent extreme aggressive pushes of Splitwise Pro have really ruined this app. Splitwise Pro is a good offer and a good monetisation option, extended the feature locks and adding Timer ads/rewarded are understandable for monetising this free app. However, core functionality breaking restrictions is an incredible extreme step that I feel is too far and also could result in a collapse of user base and NPS for Splitwise. I would recommend instead Rewarded Video placement (ads for adding transactions) and IAP for 1 off group (e.g cheaper one off payments for groups). But to break the app when people need is too radical so I can’t score this app more than 2* If this is resolved with a more fair monetisation system I will change this score.Version: 23.12.2
✓ Previous loyal user but only 4 entries a day is terrible!!!The new pro feature they want you to buy has ruined Splitwise. Only allowing 4 free entries a day makes the usefulness of this free app worthless. You either need to pay or try a different app. Really disappointed with the change, ads are one thing but limiting entries? Not okay!!.Version: 24.3.4
✓ Super DisappointedI used and loved Splitwise from almost the beginning and had recommended it to everyone. So I was fine when I suddenly couldn’t upload receipts anymore. But now I am restricted to only a total of 3 transaction entries per day?? I would’ve been fine if it was maybe 15 per day. But only THREE?? Wow, what a quick way to destroy the majority of ur fan base (history lesson: Filmic app/business is now trash). And here’s a reality check, Splitwise is just a glorified Excel with a bunch of excel formulas. So a shared Google Sheet (free) will still serve my purposes. I am a SIMPLE user and do not need all the bells and whistles like a Pro or business owner. So Pro is useless to me. I would’ve been ok with restrictions on major features (eg, Simplified Debts) or maybe even banner ads. But I do not appreciate being pushed into subscription. I will gladly pay if I think something is worth it. But Splitwise is NOT essential. So I’ll slowly remove myself from this app and will be hitting up Reddit for excel ideas or alternatives. Thank you for the great years. But I guess all things must come to an end. Deleting this app soon..Version: 23.12.2
✓ New Feature Renders App UselessI used to swear by Splitwise, but the new feature which limits each user on the standard version to three expenses per day renders the app useless. It used to be my go to for groups of friends and splitting with my partner, however I’ll now sadly be looking for a competitor or reverting back to excel. Splitwise team, please consider a change in this, or at least the introduction of a more intermediate level which is significantly cheaper than your pro version. I understand there’s a financial basis to this, but I expect you’re going to do more harm than good by pushing users away!.Version: 23.10.1
✓ Good but complicated.Very difficult to understand how it split. Better keep splitting separately for every month. No need to add up balance for next month..Version: 4.5.3
✓ WAS an amazing appEverything was perfect until Splitwise started asking money to pretty much use their app!.Version: 23.10.1
✓ Updated and it’s worse.Updated app to find they limit entries daily now. Great. Would purchase pro version but not for its inflated price. Will delete now. Find a different way..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Was good but …We’ve had this app for years and absolutely loved it! But now there keeps being updates - that they don’t notify you of - where basic functionalities are now a premium feature. We used to be able to add photos of the receipts - this is now a premium feature - and just today I discover I’m limited with how many expenses I can add in one go. This is so frustrating. We’ve been loyal users for years - this updates are coming across as greedy. Ironic for a money help app..Version: 24.1.1
✓ Automatic settings made it difficult to split payments fairlyAutomatic settings made it difficult to split payments fairly between three people. We started using a different app as there were too many steps to make the split payment fairly..Version: 5.2.0
✓ Free Tier Has Been NeuteredOne of my favourite apps in the past, but unfortunately the new pricing structure it’ll be time to move on for me. The new free tier limit is 3 expenses per day, non-accumulating. Splitwise pro is priced at 4.99/month, and frankly that’s just too much for a utility (albeit a very good one). If there was an ad supported free option that was implemented well (tastefully, or watch an add after 10 expenses per day) I could probably get behind it. Or if there was a one time purchase option for a reasonable amount I would maybe get behind it. Or if there was a “pay us $1/month the 3 expenses per day to accumulate” I would probably even stick around for that. But as it stands, it’s going to be very hard to convince people who don’t have Splitwise to use this for a trip, group, etc. It was a good run..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Used to be GreatI used to LOVE this app! I’ve used it for years between different groups of roommates I’ve lived with, and to manage personal expenses with my partner. I love the interface of the app, how easy it is to use, and the different options for dividing expenses. That all changed today. I opened the app today to add in my expenses for a couple recent grocery shopping trips for my roommates and each time I wanted to add an expense I had to wait for ad to play, which was new and annoying, but I dealt with it. Then after I added 4 (just 4!) expenses I was met with a pop-up saying that I had reached the maximum number of expenses I could input today and I had to either upgrade to the pro version or wait until tomorrow to input more. I commonly put in 10 or 15 expenses all at once so I only have to do money management once or twice a month. There is nothing in the pro version of this app that I will use and it’s not worth the money just to be able to add my expenses when just a month ago I could add as many as I wanted to for free; which is why I specifically downloaded this app, as a free way to manage expenses with my roommates and partner. I will be deleting the app today and switching to a different app that allows me to do the same things Splitwise used to do for free..Version: 23.11.1
✓ Started Charging for Basic FeaturesI’ve been a Splitwise user for nearly as long as it has been in existence. I use it to divide finances and bills between myself and my partner. Recently, they began charging an absurd about to “subscribe” to their service, which had previously all been free. So they imposed a strict shutoff of access to multiple submissions per day, making it so that without a paid subscription you can only add 3 expenses per day or week (some ridiculously restrictive time period), meanwhile I had been using it just fine with no restrictions to sum up monthly home and grocery bills only a few days before that. The restriction came in very suddenly. I understand they are trying to monetize, but they need to find another way to make a profit without charging users directly for the extremely simple services. I doubt this will happen though, so I am awaiting a knockoff version from the army of willing and annoyed Redditors, some of whom have dev/engineering experience, who are going to build their own version..Version: 23.12.2
✓ Limited to 5 daily transactions (Free version)Used to be a good app for basic use especially for travelling. Recent change has a limit of 5 transactions per day. Not useful anymore unless you may a monthly subscription or annual. If you need those extra features then ok. If just occasional and basic use, not worth the upgrade. I’ve read some reviews that suggested tricount or settle up. I’ll explore those options..Version: 23.12.2
✓ Disappointing Monetisation and PaywallingBasic features have been moved behind a paywall, annoying for long term users, but fine. More frustratingly, basic actions like adding expenses - the core function of the app - have a forced delay of 10 seconds, during which you are shown a message asking if you want to pay for Pro, to go faster. Abysmal experience, throttling my use of the app doesn’t make me want to give you money, it makes me want to find an alternative, especially since this is basically a calculator with a nice UI. Why on earth would I trust this developer not to play the same shady games with me once they have my money?.Version: 23.10.1
✓ You got greedy Splitwise. Once my fav app, now redundant. Back to TriCountI've been a free Splitwise user for over 5 years now, mainly for holidays with groups but also for keeping track of household expenses and up until recently it was great. Pro was an option for multi currency and receipt scanning but relatively unnecessary. I've just tried to input a few expenses after a month or so of inactivity and the app is now effectively redundant, 3 expenses a day limit, having to wait 10 seconds between each one. Pro being £40 a year (per person) makes it far too expensive for a glorified spreadsheet. You got greedy Splitwise, looks like you have p*ssed off a lot of people! Back to TriCount then..Version: 23.11.1
✓ Useless appMy friend owes me $50, and he claims he'll record it in Splitwise. However, this app actually stops me from receiving any money from him, as it creates a false sense of managing his debts..Version: 24.3.5
✓ Few people see the pointWith mainstream accounts from the likes of Monzo, Revolut and even high street banks and stalwarts like PayPal offering similar or better ways of splitting bills, what’s the point? On a recent trip my 40+ year old friends didn’t get what SplitWise was supposed to do and laughed when I told them no money changed hands. At a recent weekend away with a different group, despite paying for the ‘Pro’ subscription, the promise of scanning receipts was not achieved and I felt let down. I’m not a student or 20-something who shares a house with people that skirt on the edge of liquidity, day-to-day, I was just looking for a better way to handle group expenses. This isn’t it..Version: 5.4.6
✓ Limite de dépensesLa nouvelle limite de dépenses que l'on peut entrer en une journée me déçoit..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Why take drastic measures when you have great customer base :(Forcing every user to upgrade to pro subscription to put more than 3 daily expenses has just killed the product. It was my goto app to split expenses with my friends and used the tag feature to see where I spend most in a given month. I know there is a generic response Splitwise team will give, about preventing spam and bots as well as telling us that communicating changes to customers over app is better than unnecessary emails.. Guys you are in the software world, any rate limiting or api behavior change has to be notified to the user otherwise they will be upset and there will be new startups which will capitalize on this aspect and you are at a risk of losing customers. Try to have great value added services at cheaper price. Remember Splitwise is just to put expenses and see the insights on spending, make that as your strong moat..Version: 23.11.1
✓ Unannounced sudden daily transaction limitI’ve been using the free version for years with my wife to track our finances. I love the no-frills, just simple 50/50 split ledger of all things where it doesn’t matter when we pay each other back, and often we just don’t and whoever owes more will start paying for things until it evens out. But without warning, suddenly there are unskippable ads to pay for pro, with a newly added limit of three transactions per day. I don’t want or need any of the pro features, I just want to enter transactions. It makes the app basically useless for any kind of normal splitting without paying $5 a month - not that I can’t afford that but I absolutely can’t abide the way they went about forcing people to either pay or find an alternative. Three transactions a day is so severely annoying that it sends the message that they only want paid users. Why even offer any features for free? What a joke.Version: 24.1.1
✓ Was the best app, but not anymore Oct,2023Why pay $50 per person what was free before, Lol their response about doing the change to subscription because of spam is ridiculous. Me and 20 of my other friends on the list will be looking for other apps. Lol $50 a year x 20 = $1000 just to manage my restaurant and grocery bills, no Thanks.Version: 23.10.1
✓ Bad after subscription and adsIt’s really bad how they have made subscription model almost to mandatory..Version: 23.10.1
✓ Ok but still not simpleCould be much more helpful if you could enter "expense paid". Instead you have to wait till everyone has paid that expense then delete that expense. I think using an excel sheet will be more helpful for us..Version: 4.4.12
✓ Ruined by most annoying and time-wasting pay gate imaginableUsed to be a great app but they ruined it with the most annoying monetization they could think of. They now limit to 3 expenses per day and added a 10-second “waiting period” between adding those 3 expenses. Makes this app completely unusable, like they are actively TRYING to annoy people and waste their time. Nobody adds expenses as they go for things like group trips. Everyone adds expenses in bulk later. This ridiculous update makes that totally impractical. The craziest part is this app’s whole value prop was that it SAVES you time figuring out shared expenses, but they added a pay gate that aggressively WASTES YOUR TIME! So while you’re waiting until tomorrow to add your 4th expense, you can easily find alternative free apps or just use a shared spreadsheet instead. Not worth paying for this, especially to company that treats their users like this..Version: 23.11.1
✓ Money hungry liarsThis has been my go to app for splitting expenses with friends and families for years and I have recommend it to everyone. Limiting the app to 3 transactions a day is an absolute joke and a slap in the face to all your exisiting customers. Trying to suggest the change is because you need to rate limit incase of bots is laughable. Do you think we’re all stupid? You could have easily set it to 20 or something that makes the free tier actually usable. I will never use this app again. So disappointed..Version: 24.2.2
✓ Less function availableNow they made the photo attachment function into a paid feature when it had been free for years….Version: 23.8.2
✓ Ruined the app with UpdateDoesn’t allow me add transactions anymore, makes me wait 10 seconds or force $50 charge to buy pro. Lol . This app is done.Version: 24.1.1
✓ Unusable unless you’re willing to pay for ProSplitwise really took a downturn when they removed all of the basic functionality and placed it behind a paywall. A true shame. If you’re not wanting to pay for basic functions you’ve come to expect from the previously free version, folks on Reddit say Sesterce or Splid are decent alternatives..Version: 23.11.1
✓ Nice app, stupid monetisationNice enough app, but… They’ve recently implemented a maximum of 4 expenses per day without going pro for $50AUD a year — even for an occasional user of the app it makes it basically useless, as I almost always have more than 4 expenses to put in at once. Don’t recommend using it to settle expenses. Any app you have to pay to use more than 4 times a day (for literally its most basic function) is a joke..Version: 23.11.1
✓ No longer freeThis app used to be great. But they’ve now got a pro subscription version and have introduced limitations to the free version to only a few expenses a day and you have to sit through an ad to be able to enter it. And no chance to do a trial of the free version, which I would’ve liked to have given a go. So while I love the app the price of the monthly subscription is not worth it for me and I will be using an alternative..Version: 23.11.1
✓ Pay wall has ruined what was an excellent appSplitwise used to be so simple and easy to use I would have given it 5 stars, however, a recent update has introduced a pay wall which prevents you from adding more than ~5 expenses per day. They also make you watch an add between every expense you upload, making the app almost unusable. Do the right thing and stop forcing people to pay £40/year for the pro version - people will simply switch to a different free app.Version: 23.12.2
✓ From favourite to trashThis app was so helpful for planning with my partner but now the new limits are so stupid. I wouldn’t even mind watching a few ads, but each time I try and ad a new expense it gives me a pointless purple screen which means you’re not even getting ad revenue and then decides to tell me I can’t add more than 2 expenses a day unless I pay 4.99 - which feels ridiculous - I’d at least want a joint subscription to make it worthwhile. As that between me and my partner 10 a month to manage expenses, I’d rather just go back to using excel - or use other apps which have similar functionality without the stupidity Used to me one of my top apps, what a shame.Version: 23.11.1
✓ Worst updateRidiculous.Version: 23.10.1
✓ Do Not Use Splitwise PayAfter misleading instruction my friends and I tried using Splitwise Pay instead of Venmo or PayPal as it made it seem like it would go from one checking account to the other. This was NOT the case. It took a full week to get payments into a “Splitwise Wallet” during which time it was listed as “pending” with no clarity on when it would be available. After that long wait I was informed that the money would actually just be sitting with Splitwise and not in my Checking account. Which is essentially like Venmo or PayPal only it took a full week to process and you can’t readily use Splitwise Pay with anything?! Do not know why on Earth they would choose to create a product that is actually WORSE than the alternatives currently supported. AND WHATS EVEN MORE CRIMINAL… is they were very misleading about how this would function and that it could take essentially 10 days to get money in this way! as it takes 2 additional days to transfer from Wallet to your Bank Account!!! So Frustrating and a shame they would release something and not be clear about it..Version: 23.5.1
✓ Pro now almost essential - gone completely downhill!We have used Splitwise as a group for years and promoted it to almost everyone we know. Myself and my partner use it to split our bills in lieu of a shared bank account - it has been excellent in the past! Now all that has changed. You can now no longer log more than a few expenses each day without buying the pro version! I fully understand the cost of developing and running quality applications; but why not go down an advertising route for the non-premium option rather than force users to upgrade? We wouldn’t get any value out of any other elements of Splitwise Pro, we’d be paying only to unlock basic functionality that used to be there. So disappointing, we now can’t recommend the app or use it for our day to day transactions. Please consider removing that limit and the app will be useful again!.Version: 24.1.1
✓ Good but free version now restrictedI’ve used Splitwise for a few years and have found it super useful for balancing out expenses with my partner. We use it for our weekly food shop and any weekday expenses, e.g., a coffee out. Normally I tally it all up for the week on one day and dump onto Splitwise. It’s transparent and clear. But now Splitwise have restricted how many expenses you can add per day to just three. If you want to submit more, you need to pay for Pro subscription. So now I cannot use the app as it’s intended for. I would have given 5-stars if it wasn’t for reduced offering by Splitwise.Version: 23.8.2
✓ Changed policyDevelopers should recognize the value of early adopters who helped build the reputation that brought more clients… Changing the cost structure for NEW users is fair as they know from the get go what they’re getting into. Changing the terms for existing users is just wrong and shows corporate values I don’t want to encourage. There are many alternatives to Splitwise. Do your research people….Version: 23.10.1
✓ Too big for their britchesI’ve used Splitwise for years, as a Pro subscriber. The core of their service works great but they keep disappointing me. For example, I have an old Venmo account that I needed to create for rent, but I do not use Venmo. Splitwise does not allow you to unpair your Venmo account. I tried Splitwise Pay, their service that lets you pay directly from Splitwise. It would sometimes take more than a week to get my money and there was no way to specify in app that you don’t want to use Splitwise Pay—I had to contact customer service and have them shut down the account. Just a couple examples there. The final straw that made me unsubscribe from Pro and seek another service was that without fixing the gaps in their feature set, they added daily transaction limits to try to push people toward Pro, and force free users to watch ads. It used to be that you could use the core features easily and you would pay for Pro for the power user extras. Further, they made the confusing choice not to inform their existing users of this change before it took place. And the AUDACITY to do this while basic things such as removing a payment method are missing, and have been for years, and without adding any new value to the app. They want to push people to pay them more money, without having done the work to deserve it. I can no longer recommend this app to friends and I no longer want to support them. Goodbye, Splitwise..Version: 24.1.2
✓ For meals, promises a lot, delivers on littleWhen using this app on my phone, anytime I switch over to my calculator app to crunch some numbers, it closes out of an expense I’m working on. This drives me 100% absolutely nuts because there’s no way to save a draft, your progress, nothing. I had to redo one expense 4 times. That aside, it took me 15 minutes to figure out how to split a simple lunch bill among four people because (1) the UX is a real problem; (2) what in this good Earth is this “shares” feature that has little to no use in real life because no restaurant designs their menus this way and nobody orders this way; (3) not enough development is put into the dollar amount entry feature and why does it give me so many problems about the sum not adding up when I clearly know that it doesn’t and am trying to fix the issue but the app won’t let me leave without deleting everything… I literally needed to find out what the tax rate was for certain restaurants (ones that charge hidden taxes, a fight for another day) and it wouldn’t let me do that without restarting completely. I literally would rather pull out all my hair and an abacus than deal with this app another time and any friend of mine who suggests using this app is disinvited to future hangouts until they learn the error of their ways or this app fixes its problems..Version: 5.6.4
✓ Don’t bother anymoreI’ve actually never left a review for a app before but after my experience with splitwise I felt compelled to do so. I’ve used it for past couple of years to track expenses with group travel and also split expenses with my ex for our son. My use has been very basic and do not require the use of and of the pro features. Recently they limited the amount of transactions you can input a day to just 4! This is ridiculous as most people input all their transactions at the end of the month or at the end of a trip. The monthly fee they are asking is way to high for normal casual users who just want to use it when they got on trips with friends etc. a app that was so good and useful is pretty much ruined by being forced to watch a ad for the pro version and then being limited to only four transactions. Company seems greedy to me. I’ll just go back to my excel spreadsheets. The multiple other negative reviews should be clear to splitwise they made a wrong business decision here. I guess your idea was, “we are getting popular now, let’s see how we can make more money.” Looks like your decision made you less popular….Version: 24.1.2
✓ Update ruined the appUse to be the best useful app on app store now they’re trying to force us to pay for the pro version. I do not recommend this app and we’ll change for another app with a free version. Shame on you Splitwise!.Version: 23.10.1
✓ Great app, crap scanning/OCR of ReceiptsI really like the app, it does all the things you need in terms of regular payments, splitting the bills etc. However the scanner is awful, after paying for the pro version to get this functionality 9/10 times it doesn’t pick up the store, the amount or the items on the till receipt. The local Co-op, always becomes a shop in Calgary. The total is never correct and it doesn’t pick up the individual items. So basically you have to enter the details manually and the scan function is just a photo taker....Version: 5.1.9
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