The best expense splitting app is the one your whole group actually uses.
Features don't matter if half your friends never download the app. Are We Even lets one person pay while everyone else joins via a browser link. No downloads. No accounts. No friction.
This is for you if...
- ✓You've tried Splitwise but half your friends never downloaded it
- ✓You're tired of sending individual Venmo requests after every group dinner
- ✓You want one app for trips, roommates, and everyday shared costs
- ✓You care about fairness — not just equal splits, but proportional ones
The real problem with expense splitting isn't math. It's adoption.
Used by thousands of groups worldwide
Are We Even helps people keep shared finances simple — from weekend trips to long-term roommate setups. One person subscribes and everyone else joins free via a link.
No per-person pricing. No download walls.
Just clear, fair splits.
Why expense splitting apps fail in practice
Half the group never downloads it
You create the group, add the expenses, and wait. Two friends never install the app. The whole system breaks.
Per-person pricing punishes large groups
When everyone needs to pay for the app, the cost grows with the group size. Someone always refuses.
Payment apps don't track the bigger picture
Venmo records individual payments but not running balances across multiple expenses.
Spreadsheets become abandoned projects
They work for the first week. Then someone forgets to update. Then the formulas break. Then nobody looks at it again.
One person pays. Everyone participates.
Are We Even solves the adoption problem first. One person subscribes. Friends join via a browser link — no download, no account, no cost. Everyone can add expenses, view balances, and settle up. The result: 100% adoption. Because there's nothing to adopt.
- Friends join instantly via browser link
- Receipt scanning and email forwarding
- Pre-filled payment links for 6 digital wallets
How it works
Create a group
Roommates, trip buddies, couples, co-parents — any group that shares expenses.
Share the link
Friends open it in their browser. No app store. No sign-up form. No payment.
Add expenses together
Anyone in the group can add expenses and choose how to split them — equally, by percentage, by exact amount, or by income.
Settle up with one tap
The app calculates optimized settlements. Tap a pre-filled link for Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, PayPal, Apple Cash, or Google Pay.
Everything organized in one place
See shared expenses, balances, and settlement history across all your groups — without switching between five different apps.
Features
Zero-friction adoption
Friends join via a browser link. No download. No account. No payment. That's why adoption rates are near 100%.
Four ways to split
Equal, percentage, exact amount, or income-based. Choose what fits the situation.
Receipt scanning
Snap a photo. The app reads the total. Assign the split and move on.
Optimized settlements
Instead of a dozen payments flying back and forth, the app calculates the minimum transfers needed.
Common expenses people track
How the top apps stack up
| Method | The Problem |
|---|---|
| Splitwise | everyone must download and pay for Pro features |
| Tricount | free but limited features, everyone must download |
| Venmo requests | no running balance, no split tracking |
| Google Sheets | manual updates, easily abandoned |
| Are We Even | one person pays, friends join free, all features included |
You can start right now
Create a group, add a few expenses, and share the link. Your friends don't need to do anything until they open it. When they do, they see everything — balances, history, what they owe. No onboarding. No "can you download this app?" conversations.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do all my friends need to download the app?
- No. Friends join via a browser link. No download, no account, no payment required. That's what makes it different.
- Can I split expenses unequally?
- Yes. Every expense supports equal splits, percentages, exact amounts, and income-based splitting.
- How do we settle up?
- The app calculates optimized settlements and generates pre-filled payment links for Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, PayPal, Apple Cash, or Google Pay. Tap, confirm, done.
Split expenses the easy way.
One person pays for the app. Everyone tracks expenses together. No more awkward IOUs.