An honest look at Tricount and the apps that can replace it

Tricount has been a favourite for group trips in Europe for years, and it is still a good app. People look for a Tricount alternative for a few reasons: the app now sits inside a bank’s world, some features disappeared with the new version, or the group wants a language Tricount does not offer.

Half Tab is our app, so keep that in mind. Everything we say about Tricount comes from its own website, help center, terms or App Store listing, checked in October 2026 and linked below. Apps change, so check again before you choose.

What changed at Tricount

It belongs to a bank. Tricount’s terms of use say the website and app are owned and operated by bunq B.V. The features page offers connecting a bunq card to add shared purchases automatically, plus an optional paid travel eSIM provided by bunq.

Premium is gone, and some features went with it. According to the help article What happened to tricount Premium?, Premium was discontinued with the new app. Export to CSV and PDF, Personal mode, statistics and saved custom splits are no longer available. The article says statistics and custom splits are planned for a future update.

It is fully free. The Tricount home page says “No ads” and “No limits”, and the App Store listing says there is no subscription and no limit on tricounts or expenses.

What Tricount does well

On its features page, Tricount lists custom splits where you set each person’s share, offline tracking that syncs later, costs in different currencies with the trip total in one currency, payment requests, suggested repayments when you settle, and an importer for Splitwise groups. Its App Store listing shows 37 languages, and the home page says it is available on iOS and Android. You can try it without signing up, according to the home page.

That is a strong free offer. If your group is happy with it, there is no need to switch.

Half Tab and Tricount at a glance

	Half Tab	Tricount
Price	Free, optional Pro	Free
Expense limit	None	None
Account to start	Not needed	Not needed to try
Offline	Yes, groups live on your phone	Yes, syncs when back online
Split modes	Equally, exact amounts, shares, percentage	Equal and custom shares
Group summary export	Free PDF summary	Removed from the app
One to one lending ledger	Personal tab	Personal mode removed
App languages	21	37 on the App Store
Currencies	9, one per group	Multiple, totals in one currency
Shared group, everyone adds	Pro	Free
Platforms	iPhone and iPad	iOS and Android
Bank links	None	bunq card and account

Shares and percentages, with numbers

Tricount lets you set each person’s share. Half Tab has four named modes: equally, exact amounts, shares and percentage. Here is a holiday house for three nights that cost 900, shared by a couple, Maya and Leo, and two friends, Sam and Ana, each in their own room. The fair split is by room, so the couple counts as 2 shares and each friend as 1.

Person	Shares	Amount
Maya and Leo	2	450
Sam	1	225
Ana	1	225
Total	4	900

The arithmetic: 900 ÷ 4 shares = 225 per share. The couple pays 2 × 225 = 450, and 450 + 225 + 225 = 900.

Now the same house split by percentage, because Ana’s room has its own bathroom and the group agreed she pays 30%:

Person	Percentage	Amount
Maya and Leo	50%	450
Sam	20%	180
Ana	30%	270
Total	100%	900

Check: 450 + 180 + 270 = 900. When an amount does not divide evenly, Half Tab keeps every share adding up to the bill, to the last cent.

When Half Tab is the better choice

• You want a PDF at the end. Half Tab makes a PDF summary of a group for free, which is handy for a trip report or a work reimbursement.
• You lend money one to one. Tricount’s Personal mode is gone. Half Tab’s Personal tab records “I lent” or “I borrowed” with one person from your circle, with an optional photo as proof, and shows it next to that person’s group splits. See how to keep track of money you lend.
• The group pays in different ways. Half Tab records one person paying, a kitty everyone chips into, or an outside sponsor covering part of a bill.
• You would rather keep your splitting app away from a bank. Half Tab does not send or receive money and has no bank or card links.
• Your group reads a language Tricount’s listing does not show. Half Tab speaks Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Bengali, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Nepali and Swahili, along with 11 others. The bill splitter app in your language guide lists all 21.

When Tricount is the better choice

• Everyone wants to add expenses from their own phone, for free. In Half Tab, putting a group online so friends join by QR code or link is part of Pro. Without Pro, one person keeps the group on their phone.
• You mix many currencies on one trip. Each Half Tab group has one currency from 9 (NPR, INR, USD, EUR, GBP, AED, AUD, JPY, QAR), with no conversion.
• Someone in the group uses Android. Half Tab is on iPhone and iPad.
• You bank with bunq. Adding card payments as expenses automatically saves real typing.
• You are moving from Splitwise. Tricount can import Splitwise groups. Half Tab cannot.

How to switch from Tricount to Half Tab

1. Settle up your open tricounts so every balance is zero.
2. Open Half Tab, make a group for the next trip or flat and choose its currency.
3. Add people from your contacts or by name. They do not need the app.
4. Add expenses as they happen, settle up with the fewest payments, then share the PDF.

Not ready for an app at all? The free split bill calculator splits a single bill in your browser. Comparing more options? Read our Splitwise alternative guide and the best bill splitting apps compared.