Alternatives
Checkout 51 alternatives
Checkout 51 is a cash back app founded in Toronto. New offers on groceries, gas and everyday items come out each week; you activate one, buy the item at any store, then photograph your receipt to earn. Cash back at gas stations is for US members.
Why people look
Why people look for a Checkout 51 alternative
The reasons that come up most. Whether they apply to you depends mostly on whether your shared costs come with a receipt.
I photograph receipts for offers, and the receipt is gone when I need it.
Smartbills keeps every receipt in your wallet, searchable by store and by the items on it.
Long receipts are hard to photograph in one shot.
At stores that send receipts through Smartbills, the itemized receipt arrives on your phone with nothing to photograph.
My partner and I split groceries, and we always argue about who had what.
Tap who had what on the receipt, and taxes follow each item.
The shortlist
6 alternatives to Checkout 51
The apps people try instead of Checkout 51, each with what it's for. The order isn't a ranking, and the criteria are explained below.
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Caddle
Caddle pays Canadians for surveys, purchases and reviews. Smartbills keeps your itemized receipts for splitting, returns, warranties and tax credits.
Best forCanadians who want to earn a little by answering surveys and trying products.
Compare it with Smartbills - 02
Ibotta
Ibotta pays cash back on offers you add before shopping. Smartbills keeps every itemized receipt for splitting, returns, warranties and tax time.
Best forShoppers who plan their grocery runs around offers and want money back for it.
Compare it with Smartbills - 03
Fetch
Fetch pays you points for scanning receipts. Smartbills keeps the itemized receipt as a record you can split, return against and use at tax time.
Best forShoppers who want something back for every receipt and are happy to scan them in exchange for points.
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Splitwise
Splitwise keeps a tally of who owes whom after you type each expense in. Smartbills starts from the store's itemized receipt, so splitting is tapping what you had.
Best forGroups whose shared costs are mostly amounts with no receipt behind them, like rent, a cabin or gas money, and whose friends already use it.
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Tricount
Tricount makes it painless to log a group trip's costs from a shared link. Smartbills starts from the itemized receipt and keeps it after the trip is over.
Best forA one-off trip where everyone logs what they paid and nobody wants to sign up for anything.
Compare it with Smartbills - 06
Settle Up
Settle Up tracks group expenses and suggests the fewest payments to square up. Smartbills starts from the store's itemized receipt so the split is already half done.
Best forGroups that share lots of costs with no receipt behind them and want the app to work out the fewest transfers.
Compare it with Smartbills
Disclosure
And Smartbills, which is ours
Slipping our own product into a roundup without saying so is exactly what makes these pages worthless, so to be clear, this one is ours.
Smartbills
Best for: People who want every receipt kept and useful after the purchase.
Smartbills vs Checkout 51How this list was put together
These are the apps that come up alongside Checkout 51 when people look for a way to split costs, keep receipts or track what they pay for. The order is editorial rather than a ranking, because we don't benchmark apps we don't run, and a scored table written by one app about its competitors isn't evidence. Each entry links to a full comparison with claims specific enough to check.
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