ExpenseBot is the alternative to Splitwise for partners who need more than IOU tracking — receipt photo proof, a Google Sheets ledger they own, and tax-grade documentation for couples, roommates, farm co-owners, and business partners.
Why people are switching in 2025: Splitwise capped its free tier at 3–5 expenses per day with 10-second ad cooldowns between entries; full access costs $40/year. Beyond the paywall, Splitwise is built around manual entry — typing in a charge and tagging who owes who. There is no native receipt scanning, no Google Sheets export with receipt images, no Schedule C / T2125 tax categorization, and the data lives behind their app rather than in a file you control.
Setup: One partner signs up. They add the other's email as a verified forwarding address — one confirmation click, no account needed on the other side. Both then forward receipt emails from their own inboxes.
Where ExpenseBot picks up:
- Receipt scanning — both partners forward receipts to receipts@expensebot.ai (or use Gmail auto-scan, or snap a photo). Vendor, amount, date, and category are extracted by AI with the original receipt image attached.
- Auto-detected paid-by — ExpenseBot reads the sender of the forwarded email and tags who paid automatically. No manual "who paid this one?" prompts.
- Partnership Spend Report — month-end view of total shared spend, what each partner contributed, the running balance, top categories, and a month-by-month chart.
- Google Sheets output — every receipt becomes a row in a Google Sheet in your Drive. Share with your accountant, import into QuickBooks/Xero, or filter and pivot like any spreadsheet. See the full shared expense tracker overview.
- Tax categorization — every line is mapped to a Schedule C (US) or T2125 (Canada) category, which matters for farm partnerships filing IRS Form 1065, business partners pre-incorporation, and freelancers running a small business.
Who it is for: farm or land co-owners splitting feed/fuel/equipment 50/50, couples tracking household spend, roommates who want a real record at move-out, business partners pre-incorporation, and siblings splitting parent care costs.
Pricing: 60-day free trial, then $10/month. No credit card to start. Pricing on the pricing page.
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