Expenses

Expenses are the core of SplitEase. Every time someone pays for something that should be shared, you log it as an expense in the group.

Adding an Expense

When you add an expense, you'll provide:

• Title — A short description, like "Groceries" or "Uber to airport."
• Amount — The total amount paid.
• Currency — Defaults to the group's currency, but you can change it per expense.
• Date — When the expense happened. Defaults to today.
• Category — Helps you organize and review spending later.
• Who paid — The person (or people) who covered the cost.

Split Methods

SplitEase offers four ways to divide an expense among participants.

Equal Split

The simplest option. The total is divided evenly among all selected participants. If the amount doesn't split perfectly, SplitEase handles the rounding so every cent is accounted for.

Percentage Split

Each participant is assigned a percentage of the total. The percentages must add up to 100%. Useful when people want to contribute different proportions — for example, splitting rent based on room size.

Exact Amounts

You specify the exact amount each participant owes. The individual amounts must add up to the expense total. Good for situations where everyone ordered different things at a restaurant.

Proportional Split

Each participant is given a weight or ratio, and the expense is divided proportionally. For example, weights of 2, 1, and 1 would give the first person half the cost and the other two a quarter each.

Categories

Each expense can be tagged with a category to help you understand where money is going.

Groups come with a set of built-in categories covering common spending areas like food, transport, accommodation, and entertainment. If none of the defaults fit, you can create custom categories specific to your group.

Editing and Deleting Expenses

Made a mistake? You can edit any expense to change its title, amount, date, category, payer, or split. You can also delete an expense entirely. Both actions automatically recalculate the group's balances.

Multi-Payer Expenses

Sometimes more than one person pays for a single expense. SplitEase supports this — when adding an expense, you can select multiple payers and specify how much each one contributed. The split is then calculated based on the combined total.

Single-Participant Expenses

Not every expense needs to be split among the whole group. If someone paid on behalf of one specific person, you can create an expense with just that person as the participant. This is handy for things like "Alex paid for Jordan's bus ticket."