Question 1

How does evensplit settle up in the fewest transfers?

Accepted Answer

It totals what each person paid and what they owe, then repeatedly matches the person owed the most against the person who owes the most. Each match clears at least one person completely, so the whole group settles with a minimal set of payments instead of everyone paying everyone.

Question 2

Can I split rent by room size instead of equally?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Choose the Shares split and give each person a weight — for example the square footage or a simple 2:1:1 ratio. evensplit divides the amount in proportion to the weights and reconciles the cents so the shares add up to the exact total.

Question 3

Do the splits round correctly to the cent?

Accepted Answer

Yes. evensplit uses largest-remainder reconciliation: it rounds each share down, then hands the leftover cents to the people with the largest fractional remainders. Every split adds up to the expense total exactly, with no cent lost or invented.

Question 4

Is my data private?

Accepted Answer

Completely. evensplit runs entirely in your browser and stores your groups only in this device's local storage. A strict Content-Security-Policy blocks every network request, so nothing about your house or money is ever sent anywhere.

Question 5

What happens if I remove someone who has expenses?

Accepted Answer

evensplit keeps their past expenses intact for the record and marks them as a former member, so your history and totals still reconcile. You just can't add new expenses that involve them.

Who owes whom, settled in the fewest transfers.

Housemates

Add an expense

Balances

Settle up

Expenses