Recipe
One app for your rentals — rent, utilities, tenant balances.
If you own a few apartments or sublet a room, you're juggling spreadsheets, payment apps, and end-of-month reminders. Properties replaces all of that with one tab.
Last reviewed: January 2026
Most landlord apps are built for property managers running 50+ units — overkill for the actual long tail of people who own one apartment in another city, sublet a room, or just bought a beach place to rent on the weekends. The Properties feature in Split The Bill is built for that long tail: per-property rent + utility tracking, tenant balances, recurring monthly bills that auto-create on the 1st, and the same Pay-button settle-up flow that the rest of the app uses. No 30-day onboarding. No "talk to sales".
Step-by-step
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Add your first property
Open the app and tap Properties → Add property in the sidebar. Properties is a Pro feature ($7/month or $70/year) — Free accounts don't get a Properties tab. Name the property ("Bay Street Apt", "Belgrade flat", whatever), set the monthly rent + currency, and add your tenants by email. Each tenant gets an invite link; if they don't want an account, you can still bill them and they'll see a public share link with a Pay button.
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Set up the rent recurring template
On the property detail page tap Recurring → New → "Rent", monthly, day-of-period = your lease's due date. From the next due date on, the bill is created automatically and posted to the property's ledger. No "reminder to send rent invoices" in your calendar.
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Add utilities as they come in
When the electric, water, or internet bill lands, snap a photo from the property detail page. Same receipt-scan flow as the rest of the app — items + total extracted, you confirm, the split applies based on the property's default rule (equal between tenants, by room size, or by usage).
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Track tenant balances across all properties
My rentals (sidebar entry) rolls up balances across every property you own. One number per tenant: are they ahead, behind, or current. Tap a tenant to see their per-property breakdown.
Who this is for
You own 1-10 properties. You're the human (not a management company) collecting rent, settling utilities, and chasing the occasional late payment. The current property-management SaaS market is built for the 1000-unit operator; this is built for you.
If you own a single apartment and rent to one long-term tenant who pays via direct deposit, an ordinary Free-tier group with a recurring rent bill probably covers it — Properties (Pro) earns its $7/month once you're juggling 2+ properties, OR 1 property with multiple roommates / sublet rotation where per-tenant balances actually matter.
What's on Free vs Pro
Properties is a Pro feature ($7/month or $70/year) — the whole feature area, not just part of it. Free accounts can't create a property at all. What Free DOES cover: an ordinary group with recurring bills (rent as a monthly recurring bill, capped at 3 recurring templates) and utility bills split the normal way — just without per-property rollups, per-tenant balance tracking, or unlimited tenants.
If you're managing more than one property, or want tenant balances and a dedicated ledger per address, that's what Pro's Properties tab is for.
What this is NOT
This isn't a full property-management system. There's no lease-document storage, no maintenance ticketing, no automated late-fee accrual, no syndication. If you need any of those, you need actual property-management software (Buildium, AppFolio, Rentec). The Split The Bill Properties feature is for the boring, recurring, math-and-collection part — which for most small landlords is 90% of the actual workload.
Frequently asked questions
Is Properties free?▾
No — Properties (adding a property, per-tenant balances, per-property rent + utility rollups) is a Pro feature, $7/month or $70/year. Free accounts can still split an ordinary rent bill inside a regular group, just without the dedicated property ledger.
Can I export for taxes?▾
Yes on Pro — per-property CSV export with all rent + utility income for the year. Plug it into your accountant's spreadsheet or your tax software directly.
What if a tenant doesn't use the app?▾
Same as any other split in this app: they get a public share link with a Pay button. No signup, no install. They tap Pay, their bank app opens with the amount filled in.
Does it handle security deposits?▾
Tracking yes — log the deposit as a one-off bill marked "Security deposit". Releasing the deposit on move-out is a manual step (we don't hold escrow). Most small landlords already settle deposits via bank transfer; this just gives you a record.
Multi-currency for properties in different countries?▾
Yes. Each property has its own currency. The "My rentals" rollup shows balances in each tenant's native currency separately — no automatic conversion (we don't want to be wrong about FX in someone's rent ledger).
Can co-owners share a property?▾
Yes — add your co-owner as a property member. Both of you see the full ledger; rent income splits between you according to the ownership ratio you set on the property.
Free tier covers most recipes. Pro is 100 receipts every 30 days + private invite links.
