Chara: Split Bills & Expenses
Scan receipts, settle up free
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Split expenses with roommates, partners, and friends without the awkward math. Chara is a private, open-source bill splitter that's free forever. No ads, no subscriptions, no paywalled features.
Add an expense, pick who's in, and Chara handles the math. See who owes who at a glance. Settle up when you're ready.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Create groups for roommates, trips, couples, or one-off events
• Split equally, unequally, by percentage, or by shares
• Snap a receipt and pull out the line items automatically
• Track balances per currency, with no sketchy auto-conversion
• Settle up with a tap and keep a clean history
• Get notified when someone adds an expense or pays you back
PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
No trackers. No ad SDKs. No third-party analytics. Your group's expenses are visible to your group, and nobody else.
SELF-HOST IT
Chara is open source. Run it on your own server if you want. The app talks to your server the same way it talks to ours. Keep accounts on multiple servers at once and see everything in one place.
FREE, FOREVER
The core app is free. No subscription. No paywalled features. Chara is what bill-splitting should have been all along.
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- Your month, once a month. On the 1st, see the month that just ended.
- What you paid, what was really your share, and the net effect on your balances.
- Where it went: categories ranked by share, and a grid of the days you spent.
- Mixed currencies are converted at the rate from when you spent them.
- Turn the monthly notification off any time in You → Notifications.
The developer, Lucas Dow, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Financial Info
- Contact Info
- Contacts
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Lucas Dow
- Size
- 47.8 MB
- Category
- Finance
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Dow Technology