# Tab Tender

> Split the bar tab in seconds — fair, fast, and easy.

Tab Tender makes splitting restaurant and bar tabs fair, fast, and easy. Snap a photo of the receipt to pull in the items, assign who had what with a tap, handle tax and tip automatically, and share a clean payment summary with Venmo, Cash App, and Zelle links built in.

## Guides

- [How to use Tab Tender: a complete step-by-step walkthrough](https://tabtender.app/guides/how-to-use-tab-tender): Everything from importing a receipt to assigning items, sharing, collecting payments, reconciling, and using balances, trips, feed, and insights.
- [How to split a bar tab fairly (without doing math at the table)](https://tabtender.app/guides/how-to-split-a-bar-tab): Three fair ways to split a shared bar tab — evenly, by what each person drank, or by rounds — plus how to handle tax, tip, and surcharges.
- [How to split an itemized restaurant bill by who ordered what](https://tabtender.app/guides/split-an-itemized-restaurant-bill): Dividing a restaurant check evenly overcharges the people who ordered less. Here's how to split an itemized bill fairly, including shared dishes.
- [The fair way to split tax and tip on a group bill](https://tabtender.app/guides/split-tax-and-tip-fairly): Splitting the tip evenly is the most common bill-splitting mistake. Here's why proportional tax and tip is fairer, with a worked example.
- [Venmo vs Cash App vs Zelle: which to use to get paid back](https://tabtender.app/guides/venmo-cash-app-zelle-pay-back-friends): A practical comparison of Venmo, Cash App, and Zelle for splitting bills and paying friends back — speed, fees, and which to pick.
- [How to handle prepayments, rounds, and discounts when splitting](https://tabtender.app/guides/handle-prepayments-rounds-and-discounts): Real groups have prepaid Ubers, bought rounds, coupons, and comped birthday meals. Here's how to keep the split fair and the total balanced.
- [Tab Tender vs Splitwise vs Tab: which bill-splitting app to use](https://tabtender.app/guides/tab-tender-vs-splitwise-vs-tab): An honest comparison of three popular ways to split a bill — Tab Tender, Splitwise, and Tab — by how you split, who needs an account, and how people pay you back.
- [How to split a group trip's expenses (and keep a running total)](https://tabtender.app/guides/split-group-trip-expenses): The clean way to split vacation and group-trip costs — log each shared expense, keep a running total across the whole trip, and settle up once at the end without spreadsheets.
- [How to get friends to pay you back (without nagging)](https://tabtender.app/guides/get-friends-to-pay-you-back): Practical ways to actually get repaid after you cover a group bill — make the amount exact, send a one-tap pay link, offer their preferred app, and follow up without the awkwardness.
- [How to split a bill when not everyone has the app](https://tabtender.app/guides/split-a-bill-without-an-app): You don't need everyone to download an app or make an account to split a bill. Here's how to split a check and collect everyone's share with nothing but a shared link.
- [How to split a tab for a big group (parties, bachelorettes, work dinners)](https://tabtender.app/guides/split-a-tab-for-a-big-group): Splitting a check for 8, 12, or 20 people without chaos — scan the receipt once, assign items fast, handle shared bottles and one card fronting the whole tab, and collect everyone's share.

## Pages

- [What Tab Tender solves](https://tabtender.app/why-tab-tender): The problems with splitting group bills and how Tab Tender fixes each.
- [Guides](https://tabtender.app/guides): How-to guides for splitting bar and restaurant tabs fairly.
- [FAQ](https://tabtender.app/faq): Common questions about how Tab Tender works.
- [Contact](https://tabtender.app/contact): Get in touch with the Tab Tender team.
- [Privacy](https://tabtender.app/privacy): How Tab Tender handles your data.
- [Terms](https://tabtender.app/terms): Terms of use.