Hit Splitwise's daily limit? Here's what to do

You’re standing at the till, ready to log the third expense of the day, and the app stops you: you’ve hit your daily limit. To add more, you’ll need to upgrade. If you’ve used Splitwise lately, you’ve probably seen this — and you’re probably not thrilled about it.

Let’s talk about what’s actually going on, what your options are, and how to keep splitting bills without bumping into a wall every afternoon.

Why does Splitwise limit your expenses?

Splitwise introduced a cap on how many expenses free users can add per day, nudging people toward its paid Pro tier. It’s a common move: give the core feature away, then meter it once people depend on it.

The frustrating part is which feature got metered. Adding an expense isn’t a power-user extra — it’s the entire point of the app. A limit on logging expenses is a limit on using the app at all.

An expense splitting app that stops you from splitting expenses is solving the wrong problem.

If you’re a casual user who logs one or two things a week, you may rarely hit it. But on a group trip, a big grocery run, or any busy weekend, three expenses disappear fast.

Your options when you hit the limit

You’ve basically got four:

1. Wait until tomorrow. Annoying, and you will forget the expense by then. Forgotten expenses are exactly what these apps are supposed to prevent.
2. Batch everything into one entry. You can lump several costs together, but now your Balances are vague and nobody can see what they actually paid for.
3. Pay for Pro. A fine choice if you’re happy to pay a subscription to log your own grocery receipts.
4. Switch to an app without the limit. If a daily cap on basic functionality feels backwards, this is the clean fix.

What to look for in a Splitwise alternative

If you decide to move, don’t just swap one paywall for another. Look for an app where the essentials are genuinely free:

• Unlimited expenses. No daily cap, ever. Log as many as your day requires.
• No ads between your expenses. Some free tiers replace the limit with adverts. That’s not better.
• Receipt scanning included. Snap the receipt, get the total, done — without it being a “premium” feature.
• Multi-currency built in. Essential the moment your group crosses a border.
• Smart settle up. The app should calculate the fewest payments to make everyone even.

The test is simple: can you do everything you actually need — split, scan, settle — without ever being asked to pay or wait?

Where Donget fits in

Donget was built as a Splitwise alternative for exactly this frustration. There’s no daily limit on expenses, no ads sitting between you and your Balances, and no “Pro” tier hiding the features you need most.

You can:

• Add as many expenses as you like, every single day.
• Split each one equally, by shares, by percentage, or to the exact amount.
• Scan receipts to add expenses in seconds.
• Track multiple currencies on the same trip.
• Settle up in the fewest possible payments.

It’s also fully multilingual across 9 languages with proper right-to-left support for Persian and Arabic, private and secure with no ads and no data selling, and built to stay simple — expense tracking that does the job without the bloat.

Switching is easier than you think

Moving apps sounds like a chore, but the practical reality is small:

1. Settle up any outstanding balances in your current app so you start clean.
2. Create a Group in Donget for each group you actually still use.
3. Add your friends and start logging your next expense.

You don’t need to migrate years of history — you need a fresh, clear slate for the expenses that are still live.

If you’re tired of hitting a wall halfway through your day, you don’t have to put up with it. Download Donget free and split bills with no daily limits, no ads, and no surprise paywall.