Sum it up. Split it fair.

SumFair adds up the receipt and splits it fairly. Scan it, share a QR code, and everyone claims what they had; tips, taxes and exact rounding are handled. Free, and nobody needs an account.

Works in the browser on any phone. No app to install, no sign-up for your friends. See the app, screen by screen.

From receipt to a fair sum in four steps

One person holds the phone. Everyone else joins from a link. The whole thing takes less time than deciding who orders dessert.

  1. Scan the receipt

    Take a photo. Long receipt? Take several and SumFair stitches them, reading items, quantities, discounts, taxes and deposits.

  2. Share the QR code

    Friends scan it or open the link in their browser, type a name and they're in. No app, no account, no phone number.

  3. Everyone claims what they had

    Tap your items. Shared the nachos? Split them three ways, by percentage, or by how many beers each of you drank.

  4. Settle up

    Tip, service and taxes are spread fairly, rounding is exact to the cent, and everyone sees one number: what they owe and to whom.

Built for the two moments that get messy

A single restaurant bill and a week of shared expenses need different tools. SumFair has both, on the same engine.

Restaurant mode

Dinner, drinks, brunch, takeaway for the office

One receipt, several people, everybody ordered something different. Scan it once and let everyone claim their own lines while you're still at the table.

  • Claim by item, share equally, by exact amount, percentage or shares
  • Tip and service charge distributed in proportion to what each person had
  • Unclaimed items are flagged before you finalize, so nothing slips through
  • Each person gets a clean breakdown: food, taxes, tip, total

How restaurant mode works

Trip mode and groups

Holidays, city breaks, road trips, festivals, flatmates

Many expenses over many days, paid by different people, sometimes in different currencies. SumFair keeps a running balance and settles it in the fewest possible transfers.

  • Scanned receipts, manual expenses, transfers, refunds and shared income
  • Several payers on one expense, and a currency per expense with a locked rate
  • Settle everything, only until today, or only for the person leaving early
  • Debt simplification: fewer payments, exactly the same balances

How trips and groups work

The details that make the sum fair

Most split apps stop at "divide by four". These are the parts SumFair gets right so nobody has to argue about 2 lei.

Receipt scanning that reads structure
Not just text: SumFair understands quantities, unit prices, discounts, VAT, service charges and deposits, and rebuilds the receipt as editable lines.
Country-aware receipts
Romanian SGR, German Pfand, Italian coperto, French service compris, US sales tax and suggested tips are recognised and attached to the right items.
A running "does it add up?" check
Lines are compared with the printed total the whole time. If there's a gap, SumFair shows the amount and points at the uncertain lines.
Five ways to split one item
Claimed by one person, shared equally, exact amounts, percentages or shares, plus quantity-based splits for "4 × beer".
Rounding that never loses a cent
Every amount is stored in whole cents or bani. 10 lei three ways is 3.34 + 3.33 + 3.33, and the shares always sum to what was paid.
Live, collaborative receipt
Everyone sees claims appear in real time. Conflicts on the same item are resolved with a clear "already taken by Maria" instead of a silent overwrite.
Tips, service and taxes, separately
Voluntary tip, mandatory service charge and taxes are different things, so each can follow its own rule: proportional, equal, custom or excluded.
Multi-currency with locked rates
Each expense keeps its original currency. The exchange rate is stored with it and never changes retroactively.
Partial settlement and reopen
Close a few days, a few expenses or one person's share. Settled items are checkpointed and can be reopened with an audit trail.

All features in detail

How SumFair compares

If you've used Splitwise, Tricount or Splid, SumFair covers the same situations. Here is where it differs.

What you getSumFairMost split-bill apps
Guests join from a link, in the browserNo app, no accountUsually an app install and an account for everyone
Scan the receipt and claim items line by lineIncluded, freeOften a paid feature, or manual entry only
Tips, service charges and taxes spread automaticallyProportional by default, fully adjustableUsually entered as one lump sum
Local receipt rules (SGR, Pfand, coperto, sales tax)Built inNot handled
Settle only part of a tripBy date, expense or personAll or nothing
Rounding guaranteed to add upExact, to the centVaries
Price for the essentialsFreeFree tiers with limits are common

"Most split-bill apps" describes features commonly found in mainstream expense-splitting apps as of September 2026. Check each product for its current details. See the detailed comparison with Splitwise, Tricount and Splid.

Free for the things that matter

Joining, claiming and settling will always be free. That is what makes SumFair spread from one table to the next.

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Free plan

€0 forever

Everything you need to split restaurant bills and trip expenses with any number of people.

  • Unlimited bills, guests and groups
  • Receipt scanning with multi-photo stitching
  • All split methods, tips, taxes and local fees
  • Trip mode, multi-currency and debt simplification
  • Partial settlement
  • History and saved groups with a free account
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Planned

SumFair Plus

Pricing announced at launch

For people who organise a lot of trips or manage shared budgets and want more than the basics.

  • Exports to spreadsheet and PDF
  • Spending insights and analytics per group
  • Smart rules learned from your history ("Alex and Maria usually share the wine")
  • Saved split templates and favourite groups
  • Permanent history and shared spaces for teams
Pricing details

Questions people ask before their first split

Is SumFair free?

Yes. Everything you need to split a bill is free: scanning receipts, sharing a QR code or link, claiming items, splitting tips and taxes, trip mode, multi-currency and settlement.

A paid SumFair Plus tier with advanced extras (exports, analytics, smart rules, permanent history) is planned. The core will stay free, because guests joining and claiming is what makes SumFair useful in the first place.

Do my friends need to install an app or create an account?

No. Guests open the link or scan the QR code in any browser, type a name and start claiming items. No app install, no account, no email or phone number.

The person who creates the bill (the host) doesn't need an account either. An optional account adds history, saved groups and sync across devices.

How does receipt scanning work?

You photograph the receipt with your phone. For long receipts you can take several overlapping photos and SumFair stitches them together and removes duplicated lines.

SumFair reads item names, quantities, prices, discounts, taxes, service charges and deposits, then checks that the lines add up to the printed total. If something doesn't match, it tells you which lines to look at.

How are tips, service charges and taxes split?

By default they are spread in proportion to what each person consumed, so someone who had 25% of the food pays 25% of the tip. You can switch to an equal split, custom percentages, exclude someone, or turn the tip off.

Mandatory service charges, voluntary tips and taxes are tracked as separate lines, because they often follow different rules.

Does SumFair understand local receipts, like the Romanian SGR deposit or German Pfand?

Yes. SumFair has a country rules layer that understands how receipts are printed in different places: the Romanian SGR packaging deposit, German Pfand, Italian coperto and servizio, French service compris, US sales tax and suggested tips.

These fees are attached to the right items instead of being treated as separate products, so if you claim the Coca-Cola you also get its 0.50 lei deposit, and if the bottle is shared the deposit is shared too.

Does the math always add up exactly?

Yes. SumFair stores every amount in whole minor units (cents, bani, pence) and never uses floating-point arithmetic. Rounding is deterministic and auditable: 10 lei split three ways becomes 3.34 + 3.33 + 3.33, never 3.33 × 3 = 9.99.

The invariant is simple: the sum of everyone's share always equals the amount actually paid.

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What SumFair is, in one paragraph

SumFair is a free web app for splitting restaurant bills and group expenses. One person photographs the receipt, everyone else joins from a QR code or link in their browser, without installing anything or creating an account, and picks the items they had. SumFair reads the receipt line by line, attaches tips, service charges, taxes and local deposits to the right people, rounds exactly so the shares always add up to what was paid, and for longer trips it tracks many expenses in several currencies and simplifies who pays whom. It is built in Europe by the team behind commercial PDF and document software used by companies worldwide, and it is designed to comply with GDPR.

More about SumFair

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