How do I divide a dinner bill with 5 friends on an iPhone?

Step by step

1. 1. Open the event

   Open the dinner or hangout inside the Hoot Me Event Hub — the same screen that holds the location, time and participant list.

2. 2. Add the bill

   Tap the bill splitter and enter the total from the receipt, plus tax and tip if they are not already included.

3. 3. Choose how to split

   Split evenly across everyone who attended, or assign items to individual people when orders were very different.

4. 4. Share and settle

   Everyone in the event sees their share instantly. Mark each person settled as they pay you back.

The fastest way to split a bill between five people

The maths is simple — the admin is not. Someone screenshots the receipt, someone forgets they had two cocktails, and three days later two people still have not paid. The fix is keeping the split attached to the event itself instead of a separate app.

In Hoot Me, the bill lives on the same screen as the dinner: the location, the time, the people who actually turned up and the photo album. There is nobody to re-invite and no group to recreate.

Even split vs item-by-item

Use an even split when everyone ate roughly the same — it is one tap and nobody argues over a side of fries.

Use an item-by-item split when one person had the tasting menu and another had a soup, or when some people drank and others did not. Assign the lines, and the totals recalculate for everyone in real time.

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