Calculate the tip and split the total bill equally, or by custom uneven shares, among any number of people.
Divide evenly among people
Custom share per person
Tip customs vary by country — 15-20% is common in the US for restaurant service, while other regions have different norms or include service charges automatically.
Yes, switch to "Uneven Split" mode and enter each person's individual bill share — the tip is calculated proportionally.
Each person's tip is calculated as the same percentage of their own share, so someone with a larger share pays a proportionally larger tip.
No, every calculation runs locally in your browser. Bill amounts and individual shares are never transmitted anywhere.
Tipping conventions vary, but many people calculate tip based on the pre-tax subtotal rather than the tax-inclusive total. Enter whichever amount matches your preferred convention.
Yes, the same equal or uneven split logic works for any shared expense — a group trip, a shared grocery run, or any cost being divided among several people, with or without an added tip or service percentage.
This tool calculates the tip on a restaurant bill and splits the total among a group, supporting both a simple equal split and a more flexible uneven split for situations where people ordered different amounts.
Equal split simply divides the bill plus tip evenly among everyone in the group — the simplest and most common approach when everyone ordered roughly similar amounts. Uneven split lets you enter each person's individual portion of the bill, then calculates their proportional share of the tip based on what they actually ordered — a fairer approach when there's a significant difference between what different people spent, such as one person ordering drinks and appetizers while another had just a small dish.
The tip amount is simply the bill total multiplied by the tip percentage. For an equal split, this combined bill-plus-tip total is then divided evenly by the number of people. For an uneven split, each person's individual bill amount is used to calculate their own proportional tip, and their final share is their bill amount plus their calculated tip.
A common but arguably less fair approach to group dining is splitting the tip equally regardless of what each person ordered, while splitting the base bill proportionally — or vice versa. Calculating tip as a consistent percentage applied to each person's own share, as this tool does in uneven mode, means someone who ordered a $40 steak and a cocktail pays proportionally more tip than someone who ordered an $8 side salad, which most people consider the more equitable outcome compared to splitting the tip evenly regardless of individual order size.
All calculations run directly in your browser — no bill amounts or personal details are sent to a server, logged, or stored anywhere.
Tipping culture varies dramatically by country, and what feels standard in one place can feel unusual or even rude in another. In the United States, tipping 15-20% at restaurants is deeply embedded and often forms a significant part of service workers' actual income. In Japan, tipping is generally not practiced and can occasionally be seen as awkward, since excellent service is considered a standard part of the job rather than something requiring an extra reward. Many European countries fall somewhere in between, with a smaller tip or rounding up the bill being common, often because service charges are already partially built into menu prices. If you're traveling, it's worth a quick check on local norms before assuming your home country's tipping percentage applies everywhere.
For a long meal where people order and re-order across several rounds — drinks, appetizers, mains, dessert — tracking exactly who ordered what can get complicated fast. In these situations, equal split is often the practical choice even when orders weren't perfectly equal, since the time spent itemizing every round rarely feels worth it for a casual meal among friends. Uneven split becomes more worthwhile specifically when there's a clear, simple difference worth accounting for — one person ordering alcohol while others didn't, for example — rather than trying to reconcile a long and complicated running tab item by item.
Many people round their final tip up to a clean total rather than paying the exact calculated percentage — leaving $18 instead of $17.43, for example. This is partly a convenience habit around cash and card payments, and partly a social norm, since a slightly generous rounded tip can feel more natural to hand over than an oddly precise figure. This calculator gives the exact mathematical result for your chosen percentage, which you're always free to round up from if that better matches your personal preference or local custom.
Beyond one-off restaurant visits, the same equal-or-uneven split logic applies to any recurring shared cost among a consistent group — a monthly subscription split between roommates, a recurring group outing, or shared household expenses. For these situations, keeping a simple running record outside this tool of who's paid what over time helps avoid the small discrepancies that can build up when the same group splits costs repeatedly across multiple occasions.