Going out for a meal with your friends might be one of the best moments of your life. Well, until it’s time to pay the bills. To make it easier for everyone, you probably pay the bills first or split them among your friends. But, counting on the expenses can be a bit chaotic especially when you are not on a good term with math or worse, you lost track of which item you and your friends have paid for!
Nowadays technology is deeply intertwined with our daily lives to the point that even a small thing like splitting bills has a specific app for it. It is called the Tab app and it only has one function, which is to divide meal bills among a group of people.
Here’s how it works.
After downloading the app, one person will volunteer to pay in cash or credit. Then they take a picture of the bill to receive an itemised version of it on the app. There is a code at the top of this itemised list that the person in charge of the bill distributes to the group.
Next, anyone who wants to join the bill can simply tap “Join Bill” on the main screen, regardless of whether they have an account, and then enter the code provided. Everyone can choose a nickname and they can go through the itemised bill, selecting what they ordered. If you ordered a meal that needs to be divided among several people, the Tab app allows numerous people to select the same item. When everyone has completed choosing their items, the app will calculate how much each individual owes after tax and tip.
After receiving their amount, each person is offered the option of paying in cash or via Venmo. If you choose Venmo and grant access to Tab, Tab will automatically pay the person in charge of the bill. All that remains is for the person in charge of the bill to pay and then collect their Venmo transfers.
According to The Verge, the Tab app is currently unable to support payment through Venmo. There is no explanation as to why it stopped working though. Alternatively, you can still use the Tab app to round up the amount but you need to manually switch to Venmo to pay the bills.
The next time you hang out with your friends, you can try out the Tab app so that you no longer have to spend so much time trying to remember who pays for what. The Tab app can be downloaded in the Google Play Store and App Store.
Source: The Verge
