Scan a receipt, split the bill by items in seconds.
Take a photo of the receipt and the OCR reads every line item for you. Tap each item to the person who had it, spread tax and tip automatically, and the itemised split works itself out — no typing the receipt line by line.
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To scan a receipt and split the bill, take a photo of it and the receipt scanner's OCR reads every line item; you then tap each item to the person who had it, and the app spreads tax and tip proportionally to work out everyone's exact share. Split The Bill is an OCR receipt splitter that turns a paper receipt into an itemised split in seconds, with you reviewing the scanned items so the numbers are always yours to confirm.
How to scan a receipt and split the bill
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Take a photo of the receipt
Snap the paper receipt with your phone or upload a photo. The receipt scanner reads the merchant, date, total, and every individual line item, so you don't retype a single row.
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Review what the OCR read
The scanned items appear as an editable list. Glance over them, fix a stray character or a mis-read price if you spot one, and add anything the photo missed. You stay in control of the numbers.
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Add who's sharing the bill
Pick the people at the table — from your groups, by name, or by invite link. Nobody needs an account on their side to be included in the receipt split.
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Tap each item to a person
Assign the steak to whoever ordered it and the shared starter to everyone. Split any single item across two or more people. Tax, service, and tip spread across the split in proportion automatically.
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See who owes what
Every share is calculated the instant you assign items, shown per person in your display currency. Mark it settled when they pay you back, and across many bills the app nets everything to the fewest payments.
Everything the receipt scanner does
Photo-to-split receipt OCR
Point your camera at the receipt and the OCR reads the line items, merchant, date, and total — so a paper restaurant receipt becomes an itemised split without you typing a word.
Split the bill by items
Tap each scanned item to the person who ordered it. Share one item across several people, or hand the whole line to one — the itemised split always adds back to the exact bill total.
You review, so it's always right
The scan reads the items; you get a quick editable list to confirm before splitting. Fix a mis-read digit in a tap. The maths on top is calculated and re-checked, never guessed.
Tax and tip handled for you
Add a tax line, service charge, or tip once and it's spread across everyone's items in proportion — so nobody argues over their slice of the extra at the bottom of the receipt.
Itemise a grocery receipt
Split a shared supermarket run down to the line: your flatmate's cereal to them, the shared milk to the house. Perfect for a grocery receipt where not everyone bought everything.
More than one person paid?
Record a split payment when two or three people covered the same bill. Every contribution counts toward the total and each balance reflects it exactly.
Scan a receipt in any currency
Scan a receipt abroad in its own currency and see every balance converted to the one display currency you choose — handy when the trip receipts are in three different currencies.
Stop retyping receipts by hand
Create a free account, snap your next receipt, and let the scanner read the items and work out everyone's share while you just tap.
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When scanning a receipt saves the day
A restaurant bill with different orders
A $184 table where two shared a $52 bottle, one had the $34 steak, and two just had salads. Snap the receipt, tap each dish to the right person, and everyone pays their real share instead of a lazy divide-by-five.
The weekly shared grocery run
A $96 supermarket shop for a three-person flat where only one eats the $8 oat milk and the snacks are yours alone. Scan the receipt, assign the personal items, split the shared staples, and the house evens out fairly.
Coffee-run and lunch for the office
One person fronts a $63 café order for six colleagues. Photograph the receipt, tap each drink and pastry to whoever asked for it, and send everyone their exact amount — no “roughly a tenner each” guesswork.
A trip abroad with receipts in another currency
A €140 dinner in Lisbon paid on one card. Scan the receipt in euros, assign the shared plates, and the whole table sees their share back home in dollars or pounds when you settle up.
Splitting a big shop at the checkout
A house restock where half the trolley is communal and half is personal. Scan the long receipt, tap the shampoo and snacks to their owner, split the toilet roll and washing-up liquid, and the balances sort themselves.
Why scanning beats typing the receipt out
No retyping the receipt
The OCR reads the line items so you don't enter twenty rows by hand. A long grocery or restaurant receipt becomes a tap-to-assign list in seconds.
Fair down to the item
Because each item is assigned to a real person, the split reflects exactly what everyone had — not an averaged-out guess that quietly overcharges the light eater.
You stay in control of the numbers
The scanner reads; you confirm. Every scanned item is editable before you split, so a mis-read price is a one-tap fix, and the arithmetic on top is always exact.
Tax and tip stop being a fight
Extras are spread across the split in proportion automatically, so the service charge and tip land on everyone fairly without anyone doing percentages at the table.
Ready at the table
Split on the spot from the receipt in your hand, or scan it later from your pocket. The free plan is plenty for everyday receipt splitting.
Splitting a receipt: by hand vs. scan-and-tap
The usual way is passing the receipt around, squinting at line items, and doing sums in a group chat. Here's what changes when the scanner reads the receipt and the app keeps the tally.
| Splitting a receipt: by hand vs. scan-and-tap | ✗ | ✓ |
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| Getting the items into a split | Read the receipt aloud and type each line into a note or calculator. | Photograph the receipt and the OCR reads the line items into an editable list for you. |
| Deciding who had what | Argue from memory over who ordered the wine and who skipped dessert. | Tap each item to a person — or share one item across several — and the split matches reality. |
| Tax, service and tip | Do the percentage in your head and hope it lands fairly on everyone. | Extras spread across the split automatically, in proportion to each person's items. |
| A mis-read line | Not applicable — but a typo in your own maths goes unnoticed until someone complains. | Review the scanned items and fix any mis-read digit in a tap before you split. |
| Settling up afterwards | Everyone tries to remember what they owe and pays everyone else. | A live balance per person, netted down to the fewest payments needed to clear it. |
Frequently asked questions
- Is there an app that scans a receipt and splits the bill?
- Yes. Split The Bill is a receipt scanner and bill splitter in one: you take a photo of the receipt, the OCR reads the line items, and you tap each item to the person who had it. The app then works out everyone's share, spreads tax and tip proportionally, and tracks who owes what until you're settled — free to start.
- How do I split a bill by taking a photo of the receipt?
- Open a new bill, snap or upload a photo of the receipt, and the scanner reads the merchant, date, total, and line items into an editable list. Add the people sharing, tap each item to whoever ordered it, and confirm. Every share is calculated instantly, and you can mark it settled once people pay you back.
- How do I split a bill by items after scanning the receipt?
- After the receipt is scanned, each line item appears in a list. Tap an item to assign it to a person, or share a single item across two or more people when they split something. The itemised total always adds back to the exact bill total, and tax and tip are spread across everyone in proportion.
- Can I scan and split a grocery receipt by item?
- Yes. Scan the supermarket receipt and the OCR reads each line, so you can assign personal items to their owner and split the shared staples across the household. It's ideal for a shared grocery run where not everyone bought — or wants to pay for — everything in the trolley.
- How accurate is receipt OCR for splitting a bill?
- The scanner uses AI to read the line items, and it's good, but it isn't magic — a faded, crumpled, or blurry receipt can produce the odd mis-read. That's why the scanned items always come up as an editable list first: you review and fix anything in a tap before splitting. Once the items are confirmed, the maths on top is calculated and re-checked, so the split itself is always exact.
- Do I have to type the receipt out myself?
- No — that's the point of scanning. The photo reads the line items for you, so instead of typing twenty rows you just review the list and tap items to people. You can still type a bill by hand if you prefer, but a receipt photo is far faster for anything with more than a few lines.
- What if the scan reads a receipt item wrong?
- You catch it before it matters. The scanned items are shown as an editable list, so you can correct a mis-read price, fix a name, add a missed line, or remove a stray one — all before you split. The app never charges anyone off a number you haven't confirmed.
- Do the people I split the receipt with need an account?
- No. You can add people by name just to track their share, or invite them by link so they can see the balance and settle up themselves. Nobody needs to install anything to be included in a split.
- Can I scan a receipt in a foreign currency and split it?
- Yes. Scan the receipt in whatever currency it was paid in — useful on trips abroad — and each person's balance is converted and shown in the one display currency you choose, so you always see a single clear number for who owes what.
