--- title: "Fairly vs Tricount: an honest comparison — Fairly" description: "Tricount is a strong free choice for European groups: no ads, no caps, multi-currency conversion included. It stays a form-based tracker, though. Fairly is also free and adds the capture layer (receipt, voice, sentence), explains every split, and sends non-users a link to see what they owe." url: https://fairly.day/vs/tricount language: en --- Compare · verified 2026-09-22 # Fairly vs Tricount, honestly. Tricount is a strong free choice for European groups: no ads, no caps, multi-currency conversion included. It stays a form-based tracker, though. Fairly is also free and adds the capture layer (receipt, voice, sentence), explains every split, and sends non-users a link to see what they owe. AUDIT FAIRLY VS TRICOUNT Read at the source - Tricount features - What happened with Tricount Premium - Managing tricounts and expenses - Request links - App Store listing - Features compared **11** - Their own pages read **5** - Cells marked unverified **1** - Re-checked **Quarterly** Checked on 2026-09-22 Out of date? [hello@fairly.day](mailto:hello@fairly.day) Where Tricount wins Tricount is free with no ads and no limits, popular across Europe, and has in-app payment request links in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Where Fairly wins Fairly adds itemized receipt reading, voice capture, a one-sentence explanation for every split, and a link that shows people without the app what they owe. Feature comparison between Fairly and Tricount | Feature | Fairly | Tricount | | --- | --- | --- | | How you add an expense | Strength: Camera (itemized), voice, text, or manual | Structured form; receipt photo can be attached (line-item extraction not documented) | | Explains the split | Strength: Every split explained in one sentence; unsure lines flagged | Shows amounts and balances; no plain-language reasoning | | Simplified transfers | Strength: Simplified to fewer transfers, on by default, explained, free | Strength: Yes, proposes repayments that limit the number of transfers, free | | Multi-currency | Strength: Multi-currency with conversion at the day's rate, free | Strength: Yes, daily conversion into the group currency, rate editable, free | | Friends without the app | Strength: A link shows people without the app what they owe; they mark it paid, no account | Invite links open the app; a browser guest view is not documented | | Moving money | Strength: Never moves money; you pay each other your usual way, then record it | Request links via Bancontact, iDEAL, Sofort or card in BE/FR/DE/NL (cards 2.5%); elsewhere recorded manually | | Recurring expenses | Strength: Learned rules: rent, groceries, whatever repeats; drafted, you approve | Not documented in the help center unverified | | Offline | Strength: Yes, queues and syncs | Strength: Yes | | Price | Strength: Free for personal groups; no paid plan | Strength: Free, no ads, no limits (Premium was discontinued) | | Platforms | Limitation: iOS, Android No web app yet | Limitation: iOS, Android | | Corrections and audit | Strength: Automatic actions are logged and marked AUTO; any expense can be edited or corrected | Edit and delete expenses | Tricount is made by bunq B.V. Their column was checked against their own help center and store listing on 2026-09-22; cells we could not verify say so. If something is out of date, [tell us](mailto:hello@fairly.day) and we will fix it. - [Tricount features](https://tricount.com/en-us/expense-tracker-features) - [What happened with Tricount Premium](https://help.tricount.com/articles/what-happened-with-tricount-premium) - [Managing tricounts and expenses](https://help.tricount.com/articles/how-can-i-manage-my-tricounts-and-expenses) - [Request links](https://help.tricount.com/articles/tricount-request-links) - [App Store listing](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tricount-split-settle-bills/id349866256) Also compared: [Fairly vs Splitwise](https://fairly.day/vs/splitwise) · [Fairly vs Settle Up](https://fairly.day/vs/settle-up) - **0** — third-party requests this site makes Measured 2026-09-27 - **174** — automated tests on the split and settle math Measured 2026-09-27 Who makes it Fairly is built by Obsurvive, a small product team in Europe. We are making the app we wanted for our own trips and shared flats. ## Try the one that explains itself. No account needed for your first split. Free for friends and flats. - iOS and Android - Free for personal groups · no paid plan - Friends don't need the app --- Site index for agents: