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Split the rent, keep the roommates.

Halves keeps one ledger for the apartment, works out every share the second a bill lands, and sends the reminder so you never have to.

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A sunlit shared apartment living room with a sectional couch and tall windows

Apt 4B

September

Electric
$214.36
Internet
$89.99
Water & sewer
$63.15
Renters insurance
$57.00
Cleaner
$180.00
Sectional couch
$770.50

Total

$1,375.00

Split by room · 40 / 30 / 30

  • Tessa

    40%

    $550.00

    Paid Sep 2

  • Quincy

    30%

    $412.50

    Paid Sep 3

  • Rafa

    30%

    $412.50

    Due Fri

    Paid · $412.50

Handed to new tenants on move-in day by

How it works

Set up in the group chat, settled by the 1st

Nobody installs a spreadsheet. One person starts the house, the others tap a link, and every bill after that splits itself.

  1. Apt 4B

    3 roommates · rent due the 1st

    • T
    • Q
    • R
    • Tessa, Quincy, Rafa

    Invite link

    halves.app/join/apt-4b

    Copy

    Quincy and Rafa joined · 2 min ago

    Start a house

    Name it, drop the link in the chat, and everyone is on the same ledger before the kettle boils.

  2. Electric

    Forwarded · due Sep 12

    $214.36

    • Tessa$85.74
    • Quincy$64.31
    • Rafa$64.31

    Add a bill, or just forward it

    Type it, snap it, or forward the email. Halves reads the amount and splits it the way the house agreed.

  3. Hey Rafa — your $412.50 for September is ready. Due Friday, pay here whenever.

    Halves · Tue 9:00 AM ET

    Paid · $412.50

    Tue 4:12 PM ET

    Everyone pays their share

    Each roommate gets a text with their number and a pay link. The tone is a heads-up, never a chase.

The ledger

One tab for the whole apartment

Rent, utilities, the couch you all agreed on — every dollar lands on one running ledger, so the question is never who paid what. It is only ever who still owes.

Shares, not IOUs
Each bill becomes three exact numbers. Nobody rounds, nobody guesses.
Nets itself out
Paid the internet? It comes off your rent share. One payment a month, not nine.
History that survives roommates
When someone moves out, their tab closes cleanly and the house keeps going.
See a sample ledger

Apt 4B

September

3 roommates · split by room

Bill Tessa Quincy Rafa
Rent $2,850.00 · by room $1,140.00 $855.00 $855.00
Electric $214.36 · forwarded $85.74 $64.31 $64.31
Internet $89.99 · recurring $36.00 $27.00 $26.99
Water & sewer $63.15 · forwarded $25.26 $18.95 $18.94
Cleaner $180.00 · paid by Quincy $72.00 −$126.00 $54.00
Sectional couch $770.50 · paid by Tessa −$462.30 $231.15 $231.15

Balances

  • Tessa · Settled
  • Quincy · Settled
  • Rafa · Owes $412.50

Rafa paid $412.50

Apt 4B is settled for September

Built for the parts of rent that ruin friendships

The number is rarely the problem. It is the asking, the remembering, and the month someone moves out.

Reminders that read the room

Three tones, chosen by how late it is. Before the due date it is a heads-up. After it, still not a lecture.

  1. Rent for October is ready — $855.00. Due the 1st, no rush.

    Sep 27 · 9:00 AM ET

  2. Quick one: your $855.00 is due tomorrow. Link below when you get a sec.

    Sep 30 · 6:00 PM ET

  3. Rent went out yesterday and Tessa covered your share for now. Here is the link to square up.

    Oct 2 · 9:00 AM ET

  4. Paid · $855.00

    Oct 2 · 9:41 AM ET

  • Tessa · 190 sq ft40%
  • Quincy · 142 sq ft30%
  • Rafa · 142 sq ft30%

Shares by room size

Bigger room, bigger share. Set it once, in square feet or a percentage, and every bill follows.

  • Rent1st · $2,850.00
  • Internet14th · $89.99

Recurring, on the day

Rent on the 1st, internet on the 14th. Halves posts them before the bill even arrives.

Quincy moves out Oct 31

Deposit back $950.00

Move-out math

Someone leaves mid-lease. Their tab closes to the day, deposit share included.

Hardware store

$47.18

Snap the receipt

Photograph the paper one. Halves reads the total and posts it, itemized, to the house.

This year, across 2,914 houses

$41.6M
in rent and bills split to the cent
9 days
sooner the last roommate pays, on average
98.2%
of shares paid before the due date
31
cities, from Boston to Seattle

Roommates, on the record

We went two years without a single rent text. Not one.

Ada Trask

Roommate of three, Apt 4B, Brooklyn

I used to be the house accountant. Now the couch is split four ways and I found out from a notification.

Soren Vance

Grad student, Chicago

Every new lease at Bergen gets a Halves link in the welcome email. Late rent between roommates dropped to almost nothing.

Pilar Ferris

Leasing manager, Bergen Lofts, Denver

What every house asks

Anything else, text us. A person answers, usually within the hour.

Text +1 (512) 555-0147
Does everyone in the house need the app?

No. One person starts the house; the others get their share and a pay link by text and can pay from the message. Anyone who wants the full ledger installs the app.

How does the money actually move?

Halves never holds it. Each roommate pays their share straight to whoever fronted the bill, or to the landlord, through the payment app they already use.

Can we split unevenly?

Yes. Set shares by room size, by a percentage, or per bill. The couch can be three ways while rent stays 40 / 30 / 30.

What happens when someone moves out?

Their tab closes to the day they leave, including their slice of the deposit. The house keeps its history and the new roommate joins with a link.

What does it cost?

Free for houses of up to four. Larger houses and buildings that hand it out at move-in pay $3 a month per house.

Do the reminders really not nag?

The first one is a heads-up before the due date, the second a short nudge, the third a plain note that someone covered you. You can read all three on this page.

Start a house tonight, split rent by the first

Free for houses of up to four. Drop the link in the chat and the ledger is open before anyone replies.

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