🍽️ How to split a group dinner bill

Split a group dinner bill by having one person pay the whole thing, then splitting it either equally or by what each person ordered. Equal is faster and fine when everyone ate similar things. By-item is fairer when one person had the steak and another had soup; Zeroed’s exact split lets you type each person’s amount and shows the gap until it adds up.

Updated 2026-08-23. Example figures are in Australian dollars and made up.

5 people, 3 lines, 4 transfers to square up. Names and amounts are made up for the example.

Equal split punishes the person who had a salad

Use exact amounts when orders were uneven. Type what each person had; the running total shows what is left to place.

The birthday person is on the bill

Give them zero in the exact split and the remaining amounts cover it. Nobody has to do mental arithmetic at the table.

Someone transfers the wrong amount

Record what they actually paid as a payment. The balance shows the remainder instead of the whole thing being wrong.

1. Start a ledger, name it, add the people. Ten seconds, no accounts.
2. Send the link to the group chat. Everyone taps their name.
3. Add lines as they happen. Untick anyone a line is not for.
4. At the end, the settle-up plan shows the fewest transfers. Tap one to send the reminder.

Start a ledgerJust split one bill