For friends

Whoever had the wine pays for the wine.

The easiest way to split a bill with friends is to write down who paid and who had what, and let the app do the arithmetic. Antemate does that for a dinner, a round of drinks or a whole weekend away — and works out the fewest payments that square everyone up at the end.

A dinner in Lisbon split item by item: one person paid, and each of the four shares matches what they ate and drank.

Item by item, or however it actually happened

Split equally when it was genuinely shared. Split item by item when it was not, so the person who skipped dessert does not pay for it. Or by exact amounts, percentages or shares — six ways in all, on the free plan.

Photographing the receipt and having it filled in line by line is Pro; free accounts get 3 scans to try.

Settle up: three payments that clear the whole group, each with a Mark as paid button.

Three payments, not eleven

After a weekend of everyone paying for something, the debts tangle. Simplified debts collapse them into the smallest set of payments that clears the group. Pay in whatever app you already use, then tap to record it.

Friends: where you stand with all of them at the top, then each person, in their own colour, with the balance between the two of you.

One friend, no group

Splitting one dinner with one person should not mean inventing a group for it. Add them as a friend and split straight away — same balances, same settling up, same history as everything else.

Your friends don't need the app

Add them by name and their share counts from the first expense. If they join later, they take over that seat with everything already waiting.

Three cards on one bill

Several people can pay for one expense. Every payer and every share is recorded separately, so the arithmetic always adds up to the total.

Any currency, on any trip

160+ currencies, each at the rate from the day it happened. Everyone reads their balance in their own currency.

No arguing about it later

Every expense carries its comments and a full edit history that cannot be deleted. "I thought that was $16" is answered by scrolling.

Splitting with friends

What people ask about splitting with friends.

What is the easiest way to split a bill with friends?

Record who paid and how it should be split, and let an app keep the running balance. In Antemate you add the expense, choose equally, item by item, exact amounts, percentages or shares, and it shows who owes whom. At the end it works out the fewest payments that settle everyone up. It is free, with no ads and no daily limit.

Do my friends need to download the app?

No. Add them by name and their shares count straight away. If they install Antemate later and confirm their email, they take over that seat and see everything already recorded.

How do I split a bill item by item?

Choose item by item when you add the expense, list the lines, and assign each one to whoever had it. Tax, tip and service are shared in proportion. The person who had the wine pays for the wine.

Can Antemate read the receipt for me?

Yes, on Pro: photograph the bill and it fills in the lines for you to check before anything is saved. Free accounts get 3 scans to try.

Does Antemate send the money?

No. It records who owes whom and points you at the payment app you already use. It never holds or moves money.

Coming to iOS and Android

Split the next dinner with Antemate.

Free for everyone, with no ads and no daily limit. Your friends can join whenever they like — or never.

One email when it's in the stores. Nothing else, ever.

The Lisbon group: what you are owed in a header in the group's own colour with a Settle up button and everyone's faces, then every expense with the faces of who shared it and what you lent or borrowed on each.