Ibotta pays you for buying the right items. Smartbills is about what happens after: the itemized receipt stays in your wallet for splitting a bill, returning a purchase, claiming a warranty or a tax credit.
At a glance
Ibotta is a cash back app. You add offers from more than 2,600 retailers before you shop, buy the items, then submit your receipt in the app to collect. Once you reach $20 you can cash out to a bank account or a gift card.
Best for
People who want their receipts kept as records they can use after the purchase.
Where it's stronger
Best for
Shoppers who plan their grocery runs around offers and want money back for it.
Where it's stronger
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Side by side
These are structural differences, not plan checkboxes. Capabilities change, so check the vendor's own documentation before deciding on any single row.
Cash back on offers
How receipts arrive
Splitting a receipt with friends
Return and warranty reminders
Receipts kept for tax time
Who pays for the app
No need to switch everyone at once. Settle what's open in the old app, then start the next shared bill in Smartbills.
The two don't overlap. Earn cash back, and keep the receipt in Smartbills too.
Receipts sent through Smartbills then arrive on their own.
Photograph receipts for electronics and appliances. Warranties are tracked.
Tap who had what, and everyone sees their share in their free account.
FAQ
What people ask us before they sign up.
Keep comparing
The products people evaluate alongside Ibotta.
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.
Read the comparisonCheckout 51 pays cash back on weekly grocery and gas offers. Smartbills keeps each itemized receipt for splitting, returns, warranties and tax credits.
Read the comparisonCaddle pays Canadians for surveys, purchases and reviews. Smartbills keeps your itemized receipts for splitting, returns, warranties and tax credits.
Read the comparisonSplitwise 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.
Read the comparisonEach product works on its own, and when you run two, the same record carries from the receipt to the ledger entry.
The Smartbills receipt wallet for everything you buy: itemized receipts, email receipts you upload, and photos of the paper ones.
Split a bill by what each person actually had, starting from the receipt already on your phone, and the balance clears when a friend pays you back.
Find the receipt for the thing you're returning by searching for it, with the return deadline and warranty countdown already attached.
Get started
Get the app for free, pay as usual, and tap what you had. Your friends see their share in their own free account.
