Expense splitter
Split travel costs without the spreadsheet.
Group trips get expensive and messy. Gate36 tracks who paid for what, splits shared costs in any currency, and tells everyone the simplest way to settle up — right inside the trip you're already planning.
Split shared costs, keep personal ones private
Log an expense and choose whether it's shared with the group or personal to you. Shared costs get split between travel companions; personal spending stays off everyone else's books and out of the settlement. No more awkward “that one was just mine” messages.
Two currencies, one clear total
Pay in the local currency and Gate36 converts to your home currency automatically, so a trip across borders still adds up to one number everyone understands. Splits stay accurate even when people pay in different currencies, and everything feeds the same travel budget tracker that watches your overall trip spend.
Settle up with the fewest transfers
At the end of the trip, Gate36 calculates who owes whom and suggests the minimum set of payments to make everyone even — so a group of four settles in a couple of transfers instead of a dozen. Mark a split as settled and the balances update instantly.
It lives where the trip lives
Unlike a standalone bill-splitting app, the expense splitter is part of your itinerary, budget, and map — so spending is always tied to the actual trip and day it happened on.
Split your next trip free — or start with the trip planner and see how it fits into a group trip.
Frequently asked questions
- How does splitting an expense work?
- Log an expense on the trip, mark it as shared, and Gate36 splits it between the travel companions on that trip. Everyone's balance updates as expenses come in, so you always know who owes whom.
- What's the difference between personal and shared expenses?
- Shared expenses are split between the group and count toward the settlement; personal expenses stay on your own books only. That means you can track your solo coffee runs in the same trip without them showing up in anyone else's balance.
- Can we split expenses paid in different currencies?
- Yes. Log each expense in the currency you actually paid in, and Gate36 converts everything to your home currency so splits and balances stay accurate even when the group pays in several currencies across one trip.
- How does settle-up minimize the number of transfers?
- Instead of everyone paying back each individual debt, Gate36 nets out all the balances and suggests the fewest transfers that make the group even. A group of four typically settles in two or three payments rather than a dozen.
- Is the expense splitter free?
- Yes, Gate36 is free to start, and the expense splitter is part of every trip alongside the itinerary, budget, and map. It works on the web and in the iOS and Android apps.