The honest math on shared utilities
Three roommates, four bills, one calculator app, twelve text messages. That's the usual workflow — and it's why utilities are the #2 cause of roommate friction (after rent itself). Split Receipt collapses the whole loop into one screen: list the bills, choose the split, send everyone their share.
Different bills, different splits
Not every utility splits the same way:
- Electric & gas: usually equal split, unless one room runs heavy AC or a space heater.
- Water: almost always equal — it's not worth tracking shower minutes.
- Internet: equal, unless someone uses their own cellular data and opts out.
- Streaming: only between the people on the account. Roommate without Netflix? Skip them on that line.
Split Receipt lets you set a different split per line item, so you don't get pushed into one-size-fits-all math.
Saved roommate groups for the monthly cadence
The whole point of utilities is that they recur. Save your roommates as a group once and next month is two taps: enter the new amounts, hit send. The pay links, currency, and split rules are remembered.
Settle in your roommates' preferred app
Each roommate sees a payment button pre-filled with their exact amount: Venmo or Cash App in the US, UPI in India, PIX in Brazil, Revolut across Europe, or PayPal anywhere else. No copy-pasting amounts. No "wait, how much did I owe again?"