Tagged: guides
How to split costs on a work trip or team offsite
A work trip has two ledgers: the company's and yours. Here is how to keep the team dinner, the taxis and the leaving gift out of each other's way, and settle a five-person offsite in four transfers.
How to work out rent when someone moves in or out mid-month
The daily rate is the monthly rent divided by the days in that month, not by 30. Here is the person-day method for rent and bills when a housemate arrives or leaves partway through, worked in full.
How to split a shared subscription without anyone forgetting
Shared subscriptions fail because each charge is too small to chase and it comes back every month. Three ways to handle recurring shared costs, and the one that ends in two transfers a year.
How to split bills when you earn different amounts
Fifty-fifty stops being fair when one income is half the other. Here are the two proportional methods households actually use, worked through in full, and where equal splitting still belongs.
How to split expenses when not everyone will install an app
One person can keep the ledger for a whole group. Here is how to split fairly when two people are happy to install something and the other four are not, and what each option costs you.
Do bill-splitting apps need your bank account? What each type actually asks for
Splitting apps come in two kinds: ones that only keep a record, and ones that also move money. Which one you have decides whether you are asked for a bank account, an ID, or a fee.
How Splitwise works: the shared ledger behind every bill-splitting app
What a bill-splitting app actually stores, how a balance is calculated from expenses nobody paid you directly, and why four friends with six IOUs settle in three transfers.
How to split festival and concert trip costs: tickets, camping, fuel and the tab
A phase-by-phase guide to splitting a festival or concert trip with friends: settle tickets early, log camping and fuel as they happen, close the trip in a few transfers.
Expense splitting apps compared (2026): free limits, privacy, and who each is for
Donget, Tricount, Splid, Settle Up, Splitser and Splitwise side by side: free limits, ads, receipt scanning, split modes, accounts and privacy, with a pick per situation.
How to split an Airbnb or villa with friends when rooms and nights aren't equal
Person-nights, a room premium agreed up front, and one settle-up for whoever booked: how to split an Airbnb or villa fairly between couples, singles and early leavers.
Splitting shared costs in a sports club or hobby group: pitch hire, kit and the kitty
How to split pitch hire, bulk kit orders and the club kitty fairly in a five-a-side team or hobby group: the no-show rule, a worked example, and one settle a month.
How to split gas money on a road trip: fuel, tolls and who rode which leg
A fair way to split gas money and road trip costs: the fuel formula, tolls and parking, what to do when someone joins halfway, and an example settled in three transfers.
How to split expenses in a spreadsheet (free template) — and where it stops working
Free expense-splitting spreadsheet template (Google Sheets, Excel), the formulas behind it, a worked flatshare example and the three points where it stops working.
How debt simplification works: why your group owes fewer payments than it thinks
How debt simplification turns a web of IOUs into net balances, why five friends settle in three transfers, and why you may owe someone who never paid for you.
Moving in together: how to split rent, bills and the first big purchases
How to split costs when you move in with a partner: three buckets for shared money, equal vs proportional rent, who pays for the sofa, and a month that settles in one go.
How to split a restaurant bill fairly when not everyone ate the same
Three ways to split a restaurant bill — equal, item by item, or a hybrid — how to make the service charge follow the food, and a worked four-person example in euros.
How to switch from Splitwise without losing track of who owes what
A step-by-step guide to leaving Splitwise: what to settle first, which groups are worth moving, how to carry an unpaid balance across, and how to get the rest of the group to actually come with you.
Is Splitwise safe? Bank access, fees and what it can actually see
Splitwise doesn't need your bank account to split a bill. Here's what it can actually see, whether it charges a fee, and the privacy checks that matter — plus a private, ad-free alternative.
The fair way to split a group trip
Hotels, flights, dinners and the one friend who paid for everything — here is how to split group trip expenses fairly and settle up before you fly home.
Bachelor party costs: who actually pays for what
The guest of honour doesn't pay — but nobody says what that costs everyone else. A clear method for splitting a stag or hen do, including when someone can't afford it.
How to split utility bills with roommates without a monthly argument
Internet, electricity, water, gas — a practical system for splitting household bills with roommates, including what to do when usage isn't equal.
Expense splitting for couples: a guide that keeps the peace
Should couples split everything 50/50? Here's how to share expenses as a couple — by income, by category, or down the middle — without money becoming a recurring fight.
A free Splitwise alternative without the sign-up: what's really possible
Want to split costs without making everyone register? Here's what 'no sign-up' can honestly mean, where it breaks, and how to get a group onto an app in one evening.
How to split bills across currencies (without forty different exchange rates)
Pick one home currency, log every expense in the currency you actually paid, and convert once at settle-up. The method that keeps a multi-currency trip fair — and settles it in the fewest payments.
Bachelor & bachelorette trip budgeting without the drama
Planning a bach trip? Here's how to budget a bachelor or bachelorette party, split costs fairly across the group, and cover the guest of honour without the awkward math.
How to split a group gift (and run a stress-free Secret Santa)
Chipping in for a group gift or organising Secret Santa? Here's how to collect fair contributions, track who's paid, and split the cost without chasing anyone.
How to split team expenses (free Splitwise alternative)
How to split team expenses without the awkwardness: shared costs at work, why apps built for friends break in the office, and a free Splitwise alternative for business.
When one of you pays for everything: how to rebalance
One person's card comes out every time and nobody decided it. How to tell an income gap from drift from avoidance — and the proportional split that actually fixes it.
How to split rent and bills with roommates (without the awkwardness)
A practical guide to splitting rent, utilities and the weekly shop fairly with roommates — plus how an expense splitting app keeps everyone honest.
Splitwise alternatives: 5 free apps compared (2026)
The best free Splitwise alternatives, compared side by side: Donget, Tricount, Splid, Settle Up and Splitser. What each one gives you free, what it holds back, and which fits your group — trips, flatshares, couples or a team.
How to split rent when the rooms aren't equal
The master bedroom shouldn't cost the same as the box room. Here's how to split rent fairly when rooms differ in size, light and amenities — with a formula that works.
The 5 ways to split an expense (and when to use each)
Splitting equally is rarely the fairest option. Here are the 5 ways to split an expense — equally, by amounts, by percentages, by shares, item-by-item — and when to use each.
How AI receipt scanning saves you time (and it's free)
Typing out every shared expense is tedious. Here's how free AI receipt scanning turns a photo into a logged expense in seconds — no Pro tier, no data entry.
Settle up in seconds. Stay friends for years.
Join the groups who've ditched the spreadsheet. Download Donget free.