Splitwise is the best-known choice for splitting shared expenses, and for good reason — it's simple and accurate. But it was built for any kind of shared cost (roommates, friends, family), not specifically for travel. If you're looking for an alternative more geared toward the trip itself, here are the options.
The key difference: TUlon doesn't just split expenses (with the same minimum-transfers calculation Splitwise uses) — it also builds your day-by-day trip itinerary, with a weather forecast, real-time sharing, and a shared map. If you're planning a trip anyway, this saves you a whole separate app. Completely free.
A popular European app for splitting group expenses, with strong multi-currency support. Very similar to Splitwise in approach — simplicity and pure expense-calculation focus, with no trip-planning tools.
Another established expense-splitting app, supporting multiple groups and separate "accounts." Like Splitwise and Tricount, it's focused solely on expense math.
TravelSpend focuses on personal expense tracking during a trip (how much you've spent today, how much budget is left), with a social sharing component. Less built for precisely splitting costs between multiple payers.
Still where most groups land by default. Free and completely flexible, but requires manual updates and is easy to get wrong or forget an expense in.
If planning and the itinerary already happen somewhere else and all you need is to split costs, Splitwise, Tricount, or Settle Up will do the job. If you also want to plan the trip itself and not just settle up at the end, TUlon is the only option on this list that does both, for free. For more on the differences between these approaches, see our Wanderlog vs Splitwise vs TUlon comparison, and for the full feature breakdown, our group trip planner page.
Splitwise only splits expenses. TUlon splits expenses and builds a full day-by-day trip itinerary, in the same app.
Yes — TUlon, Tricount, and Settle Up are all free for basic use. TUlon is the only one of the three that also adds itinerary planning.
Both are known for multi-currency support, similar to Splitwise. TUlon also converts automatically at a live exchange rate.
Every app on this list supports larger groups. The real difference is whether you also want itinerary planning (TUlon) or just expense splitting (the rest).