Who paid for what, sorted before you get home.
FairTab keeps the running tab for a trip, a shared flat, or a big group dinner. It shows a plain balance for each person and the fewest payments that clear the whole thing. It all happens in your browser, so your numbers stay yours.
No account. No email. Nothing to install.
Real app, not a mockupWhy I made this
I split a beach house with five friends last summer and reached for Splitwise like always. It told me I had used up my free expenses for the day and asked me to pay for Pro. Mid trip. Adding a $12 round of tacos.
That was the moment. An app that does simple arithmetic had turned into a monthly bill that wanted my bank login and forty dollars a year. So I built the version I actually wanted: it does the math, it forgets nothing, and it never asks for a subscription. You pay once if you outgrow the free tier, and then it is just yours.
MarkBuilt by one person. I answer the support email myself.
Three tabs, and the trip pays for itself.
Log it the second it happens
Type what it was, the amount, and who paid. Split it evenly, or hand a bigger slice to the person who ordered the lobster. Adding an expense takes about as long as reading this line.
One honest number per person
Green means the group owes them. Red means they owe the group. No columns to add up, no spreadsheet tabs, no arguing about who is remembering it wrong.
Settle with the fewest payments
FairTab untangles the web of who owes whom into the shortest list of transfers. Five people in, one or two payments out. You send the money however you like; the app never touches it.
Pay once. Or never, if the free tier is enough.
Most expense apps moved to subscriptions. The popular one now asks around $40 a year, every year, for arithmetic. FairTab does the sum once and lets you keep it.
Free
$0
- 1 group
- Up to 20 expenses
- Balances and settle-up suggestions
- JSON backup and restore
Full version
$4.99 once
$40+/year is the going rate elsewhere for the same job.
- Unlimited groups
- Unlimited expenses
- CSV export for your records
- Yours forever, no renewal
The stuff people actually ask.
Why pay when Splitwise is free?
Because Splitwise is only free until it is not. It limits how many expenses you can add and nudges you toward Pro, which runs about $40 a year. That is a rented calculator. FairTab is $4.99 one time, with no account and no renewal. If the free tier covers your one group and twenty expenses, you never pay a cent. If you need more, you buy it once and you are done.
Do I have to sign up?
No account, no email, no password. Open the app and start adding expenses. Your data is saved right in your browser.
Where does my data live?
In your browser local storage, on your device. Nothing is sent to a server, so we cannot see your expenses, your friends’ names, or your balances. The flip side: clearing your site data wipes it, so export a JSON backup before you switch devices.
Does it send payment reminders or move money?
No. FairTab tells you the smallest set of payments that settles the group. You send the actual money with cash, a bank transfer, or any payment app you already use.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. Email me within 14 days of buying and I refund it. No form, no questions. It is a small project run by a real person.
We never see a single one of your expenses.
Your groups and expenses sit in your browser local storage, not on our servers. Payment for the full version runs through Stripe, so we never touch your card details either. The privacy policy is short and says exactly this.
The next trip does not need a spreadsheet.
Add a group, log a few expenses, and see who owes what before the bags are unpacked.
Open FairTab