Honest comparison
Felt vs Splitwise
Felt does exactly what Splitwise does, but built for your home game.
- Tracks every buy-in, rebuy, and cash-out as you play.
- Works out who pays whom with the fewest transfers.
- Opens Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App with the amounts prefilled.
The difference? Felt runs the actual game too, so the settle-up is already done when the last hand ends instead of being retyped after everyone goes home. And when the table isn't all friends, the host can hold the pot as the bank and pay each player out, which a peer expense-splitter has no concept of.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Felt | Splitwise |
|---|---|---|
| Ends the "who owes who" at the end of the night | Yes | Yes |
| Minimised settle-up (fewest transfers between players) | Yes | Yes |
| Figures the amounts automatically from the game | Yes | Manual: you type each result in as an expense |
| Buy-in / rebuy / add-on / cash-out ledger | Yes | No |
| Host holds the pot and pays each player (host is the bank) | Yes | No |
| Tournament blind timer + structure | Yes | No |
| ICM / Top-N / bounty payout math | Yes | No |
| Payment-app deep links (Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, etc.) | Yes | Partial |
| Built for poker specifically | Yes | No |
| Season league standings + Player of the Year | Yes | No |
| Free to host | Yes | Yes |
Convinced? Felt is free to host, on the App Store.
When Splitwise fits better
- You're splitting rent, a group trip, or a restaurant tab: general shared expenses, not a poker game.
- You want one running ledger for all of life's shared costs, where poker night is just one line item among many.
When Felt fits better
- You want the who-owes-who math to happen automatically from the buy-ins and cash-outs, not typed in by hand after everyone's left.
- You want to run the actual game too (blind timer, rebuys, tournament payouts), not just tally the result afterward.
- You want one tap to open Venmo, PayPal or Cash App with the exact amount prefilled for each person.
- You host regularly and want season standings, not a poker line item fading into a general expense feed.
- Your table isn't all friends. A charity night or bar league can put the host in charge of the pot, so nobody has to send money to a stranger.
Splitwise for poker night, made for poker night
Splitwise works because someone types in "$47 dinner, four ways" and it does the math. Poker is a live ledger with rebuys, cash-outs, and knockouts mid-hand. Typing every entry into Splitwise after the fact is manual work, and someone always misremembers.
Felt does the same who-owes-whom job Splitwise does, but the entries land automatically as the game plays. The settle-up is ready before the last player finishes stacking chips.
A Splitwise alternative for card games
For a monthly poker night, Splitwise works but you're using a general expense tracker for one specific kind of expense. No blind timer. No rebuy tracking. No place to record who knocked whom out. And the amount ends up buried in your group's activity feed between the taco order and the concert tickets.
Felt is card-game-native. It runs the game and settles it, and each night has its own recap so the poker context stays with the poker.
Why a poker settlement app is different from an expense tracker
Expense trackers assume a fixed cost split between people. Poker settlement is a zero-sum ledger where winners take from losers, and the amounts aren't known until every chip is counted.
That's why Felt tracks buy-ins as they land, tracks cash-outs the moment chips are stacked, and computes the settle-up from the ledger rather than asking anyone to type it in. Same relief Splitwise gives you at the end of a group trip, but the poker version does the arithmetic for you.
How to settle poker night the Splitwise way
Felt runs the game and settles it in five taps. Same who-owes-whom relief Splitwise gives at the end of a group trip, but for poker.
- 1
Start the game
Pick cash or tournament, name your players. Felt saves regulars so next week is three taps.
- 2
Log buy-ins as they happen
Tap a player, tap Buy-in. Rebuys work the same way. Felt keeps the running total.
- 3
Record cash-outs
When someone leaves, tap Cash-out and enter their chip count. Cash game only; tournaments track finishing order automatically.
- 4
Tap Settle up
Felt computes who owes whom with the fewest transfers. Fewer sends means fewer notifications for everyone.
- 5
Send the payments
One tap per transfer opens Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, Monzo, Interac, or PayID with the exact amount pre-filled. Both sides see the same number.
Frequently asked
- Is Felt just Splitwise for poker?
- Felt is like Splitwise for the ending, but for the game itself too. Splitwise starts when you type in a bill; Felt starts when you deal the first hand.
- Do I have to type each buy-in and cash-out myself?
- The host taps them in as they happen. It's one tap per buy-in, not a data-entry session at the end of the night.
- What payment apps does Felt open?
- Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, Zelle, Monzo, Interac, and PayID. The amount is pre-filled so both sender and receiver see the same number.
- Does everyone at the table need Felt?
- No. Only the host installs Felt. Players receive settlement links that open their existing payment app.
- Can Felt handle a night that mixes cash and tournament?
- Yes. Cash game before dinner, tournament after, or a tournament that becomes cash when four people bust. Same ledger under both.
- Is it free?
- 9-player home games are free forever. Bigger games, ICM payouts, bounties, custom blind structures, and league standings are Pro (7-day free trial).
Splitwise is brilliant for the shared costs of everyday life. For poker night specifically, where the "expense" is a live ledger of buy-ins and cash-outs that changes every hand, Felt tracks it as you play and settles it the moment you’re done. Same relief at the end of the night. Built for the game.
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