Stop letting
your friends
rob you.
Scan the group receipt, tap who ordered what, and every friend gets a text with their exact share — the Venmo link already filled in.
First scan free · No account · No app to install. No receipt?
Receipt to money
in three taps.
Scan it
Snap the receipt or paste a screenshot. Every line item, read in seconds.
Tag it
Tap names onto items. Tax and tip split themselves.
Send it
Pick a voice. Every friend gets a text with their exact share and a link.
105 ways to say
“pay up.”
The message names their actual order and their exact share. You edit it, you press send — nothing goes out on its own.
Weaponized politeness — tap another to rewrite it
Generated
“Marcus, $31 for the rotisserie chicken. You ate it, I paid for it, and my wallet is not a charity. Venmo me before I start charging interest."
The ugly truth
76%
of Gen Z who front money for group events never get fully repaid.
47%
go into actual debt — credit cards, overdrafts, borrowed rent — covering shares that were never theirs to begin with.
You are not bad at money.
You are bad at asking twice.
Nobody wants to be the person who follows up three times about $18. So you eat it, you tell yourself it evens out, and you quietly start resenting the guy who always "forgets his wallet." It does not even out. It compounds.
The money was never the hard part. The text message was. TabDaddy writes the one you would never send sober.
One ordinary weekend
- Two rounds you covered at the bar$34
- The Costco run for the whole house$61
- The Uber nobody Venmo’d you for$28
Do that twice a month for a year and you have handed your friends $2,952 for the privilege of being the responsible one.
Plain english
What TabDaddy actually is
TabDaddy is an AI receipt scanner and Venmo bill splitter that runs in your browser. You photograph a group receipt, tap who ordered what, and it writes the passive-aggressive text that collects the money — Venmo link attached, amount filled in. Costco runs, bar tabs, group dinners, Ubers, house supplies.
76% of Gen Z consumers who front money for group events do not get fully repaid. TabDaddy recovers that cash instantly using AI.
Guides for the specific mess you are in
- How to split a Costco receipt with roommates
- How to split a bar tab by what everyone actually drank
- Venmo bill splitter: send a payment link with the amount already filled in
- AI receipt scanner: turning a photo of a receipt into itemised data
- How to get friends to pay you back without making it weird
- Passive-aggressive text generator for money you are owed
- A Splitwise alternative for people who want the money, not the ledger
- How to split roommate expenses without quietly resenting each other
- How to split group trip expenses without becoming the trip’s accountant
Questions
Everything people ask
before they download it.
How do I split a Costco receipt with roommates on Venmo?
Take a photo of the Costco receipt in TabDaddy. The AI receipt scanner reads every line item and price, you tap which roommate ordered what, and TabDaddy calculates each person’s share including tax. It then writes a text message and attaches a Venmo deep link with the exact amount pre-filled, so your roommate pays in one tap instead of arguing about who ate the rotisserie chicken.
How does the TabDaddy AI receipt scanner work?
TabDaddy uses AI vision (OCR) to read a photo of any paper receipt, even crumpled, faded or folded. It extracts each line item, quantity, subtotal and tax in about two seconds, then splits the total by item rather than dividing evenly, so nobody pays for food they did not eat.
How do I get my friends to pay me back without being awkward?
The awkward part is asking twice. TabDaddy writes the follow-up for you as a joke: a passive-aggressive text generator turns the debt into something funny enough to post in the group chat but pointed enough that people actually pay. The message quotes the exact items they ordered and carries a pre-filled Venmo link, which removes the argument entirely. You always press send yourself.
What is a passive-aggressive text generator?
A passive-aggressive text generator writes a message that asks for money using humor and social pressure instead of a blunt demand. TabDaddy generates one per debt in your choice of over a hundred voices — from weaponized politeness to a mobster collecting a toll — based on the actual items the person ordered.
Does TabDaddy work with Venmo?
Yes. Every generated message includes a Venmo deep link with the amount, recipient and note already filled in. Tapping it opens the Venmo app straight to the payment screen. TabDaddy is not affiliated with Venmo or PayPal.
Can TabDaddy split a bar tab by item?
Yes. TabDaddy splits any group bill by item rather than evenly, so the person who ordered four cocktails pays for four cocktails and the person who ordered a soda does not subsidize them. It works for bar tabs, restaurant checks, Costco runs, grocery hauls, Ubers and house supplies.
How much does TabDaddy cost?
Your first scan is free. After that, scans come in credit packs: $2.99 for 10 scans, $6.99 for 30, or $14.99 for 80 — about 19 to 30 cents a scan, against the $18 to $300 you are usually trying to recover. There is no subscription, and TabDaddy never touches the money itself.
Is it TabDaddy or Tab Daddy?
It is one word — TabDaddy — and the site is tabdaddy.dad. Plenty of people write it as Tab Daddy with a space, or search for the Tab Daddy app, and they all mean this: the AI receipt scanner that splits a group bill by item and writes the message that collects the money.
Who is TabDaddy for?
College students, roommates and anyone who ends up as the group chat debt collector — the person who fronts the Costco run, covers the bar tab or books the beach house and then chases everyone for weeks. 76% of Gen Z consumers who front money for group events do not get fully repaid.
Somebody owes you
right now.
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