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Split Expenses Calculator
Add who paid for what and see who owes who. You get each person's balance and a short list of payments that settles everyone up.
1. Who's sharing?
2. What did people pay for?
Each expense is split equally between the people ticked for it. Untick anyone who didn't share it.
Settle up
Everyone has paid their share already, so nobody owes anything.
Balances
| Person | Paid | Share | Balance |
|---|
How it works
- Add everyone who's sharing, from two people up to twenty.
- Add each expense: what it was for, how much, who paid, and who it's split between. Everyone is ticked to start with.
- Work it out. Each person's balance is what they paid minus their share. Positive means they get money back; negative means they owe.
- Settle up with the list of payments. It never needs more payments than one fewer than the number of people, and often fewer.
Here's a weekend away for three. Alex paid $300 for the cabin, Sam paid $90 for groceries, and Jo paid $60 for dinner, which only Jo and Sam had.
| Person | Paid | Share | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $300.00 | $130.00 | +$170.00 |
| Sam | $90.00 | $160.00 | −$70.00 |
| Jo | $60.00 | $160.00 | −$100.00 |
The cabin and groceries are split three ways ($100 and $30 each) and dinner two ways ($30 each). Two payments settle it: Jo pays Alex $100 and Sam pays Alex $70.
Keep everyone on the same page
- Copy share link puts the whole list into a link. Anyone who opens it sees the same expenses and payments, and can add to them. The list travels inside the link, after the # sign, and Pocklit doesn't keep a copy.
- Copy summary gives you a plain list of who pays whom, ready to paste into your group chat.
- Add expenses as you go. On a trip, open your latest link, add the new costs and share the new link. Bookmark it to come back later.
Sharing a home rather than a trip? The rent split calculator works out each room's share of the rent, and this calculator handles everything else: groceries, internet, cleaning supplies.
Frequently asked questions
How do you work out who owes who?
Add up what each person paid and what their share of every expense was. The difference is their balance. People with a negative balance pay those with a positive one until everyone is at zero.
What if someone didn't share an expense?
Untick them for that expense. It's then split only between the people who are ticked, so they pay nothing towards it.
Do we need to sign up or install an app?
No. It works in any browser. To share the list, copy the share link: the expenses travel inside the link and nothing is saved on a server.
Why does one person pay a cent more?
An amount like $10.00 can't be split three ways exactly, so one share is $3.34 and the others are $3.33. That way the shares always add up to the full amount.