Tricount has been a go-to for splitting trip costs in Europe for years, with a large and loyal user base. Since being acquired by the Dutch bank bunq, it has become completely free, dropping its old Premium tier, and now offers an optional tie-in with a free bunq card that can add your card spending to a tricount automatically. Tabb takes a narrower, more independent path: just split bills, no account, no bank attached. Here is the fair comparison.
The big difference: a splitter vs a banking on-ramp
Tricount today is excellent value, it costs nothing and its former paid features are now free. The trade-off is direction: under bunq, the app increasingly nudges you toward an account and the wider banking product, and new signups are provisioned a free bunq account. For some people that is a bonus (automatic expense capture from a card). For others it is more than they want from a tool that just divides a dinner bill.
Tabb deliberately stays small. There is no signup, no bank, and no account to manage. You open it, split, and settle. The cost of that simplicity is that Tabb is iPhone-first and its free plan covers one group, while Tricount is cross-platform and gives you unlimited groups for free.
Worth knowing: Tricount's account model and web availability changed with the bunq relaunch, so if a no-account flow matters to you, it is worth checking the current app before you commit. Tabb's no-signup model is fixed by design.
See them side by side
Tabb
An independent splitter: no account, no bank, no ads.
Tricount
Free and cross-platform, now part of the bunq banking ecosystem.
Pricing
This one is simple. Tricount has no paid tier at all anymore, so on raw price it is unbeatable. Tabb is free for one group, with an optional Pro upgrade for power features Tricount does not focus on, like receipt OCR and analytics.
Tabb- Unlimited groups
- Receipt scanning (OCR)
- Spending analytics
- Data export
Tricount- Unequal and custom splits
- Multi-currency
- Optional bunq card auto-capture
- Some former Premium features were retired
Where each one is stronger
🟢 Tabb is better when
- You want a standalone splitter with no account or bank
- You want receipt OCR and real spending analytics
- You prefer an indie app over a bank-owned one
- Your group is on iPhone
🔵 Tricount is better when
- You want a fully free app with no paid tier
- Your group mixes iPhone and Android
- You like auto-capturing card spending via bunq
- You want unlimited free groups
Who should use which
Choose Tricount if price is everything and you are comfortable in, or curious about, the bunq ecosystem, especially for European group travel where it is well established. Choose Tabb if you want a focused tool that just splits bills with no account and no banking attached, and you value receipt OCR and analytics on iPhone. If you are weighing the wider field, our roundup of bill-splitting alternatives puts both in context, and you can try Tabb with nothing to set up.
