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, Chara Cloud sends one notification showing what you paid, what was really your share, and where the money went. Page back through earlier months any time, or turn the notification off in You > Notifications.
- Send feedback without leaving the app. Report a bug or ask for a feature in You > Send feedback, and it goes straight to the people building Chara. Chara Cloud only.
- A new first run. Pick your language on the very first screen, name your first group or scan an invite, and enter your name, all before you create an account. Running your own server is offered from the start rather than hidden in settings.
- Search expenses inside a group.
- Security and reliability fixes throughout, including safer handling of sign-in links and clearer errors when something fails.
Version 1.5.0
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
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Lucas Dow
Size
61.8 MB
Category
Finance
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.