Manage money together. Stay in control.
With Dribs Pro, you can share a ledger with your partner through iCloud. You both add household expenses on your own iPhone, and the changes sync to each other. Your personal ledger stays separate, and invitations and sync go through Apple's CloudKit rather than a Dribs server.
How a shared ledger works.
A ledger in Dribs is a separate book with its own currency, accounts, categories and people. You can share one and keep the others to yourself.
Create a household ledger
Set up a ledger for shared costs, say “Home”, next to your own “Personal” ledger.
Invite your partner
Tap share next to the ledger. iOS opens its standard iCloud sharing sheet, so you can send the invitation by Messages, Mail or a link. Only people you invite can join.
Both of you add expenses
Everyone in a shared ledger can view, add and edit its records from their own iPhone or iPad. Changes sync through iCloud.
See who spends what
Give accounts an owner, such as your card and your partner's card, and the per-person Insights card (Pro) breaks spending down by person.
What goes where.
Imagine Alex and Sam, who share a flat and split the big costs. Here's one way they could set up Dribs:
| What | Where it's recorded | How |
|---|---|---|
| Rent, €1,200 | “Home” ledger, joint account | Monthly recurring transaction, added automatically |
| Groceries | “Home” ledger, whoever paid | Added on the spot by either of them |
| Electricity and internet | “Home” ledger, joint account | Monthly recurring, with the amount corrected when a bill differs |
| Gym, hobbies, gifts | Each person's own “Personal” ledger | Not shared, so the other person doesn't see it |
| Holiday in Japan | A separate “Trip to Japan” ledger in JPY | Shared for the trip, kept apart from everyday costs |
What shared ledgers don't do.
- No splitting or settling up. Dribs records who paid from which account, but it doesn't work out who owes whom. If you split bills with friends and settle balances, a bill-splitting app is a better fit.
- No read-only access. Everyone you invite to a ledger can add and edit its records.
What you need to share
Ledger sharing and more than one ledger are part of Dribs Pro, and both of you need Pro access: the person who shares and the person who accepts. With Apple Family Sharing, one subscription can cover your family group. Pro is a monthly or annual subscription; the annual plan has a 14-day free trial for new subscribers, and the App Store shows the price for your country. See the Terms for details.
Shared records travel through Apple's CloudKit, using your iCloud accounts. Dribs doesn't run a server that stores them and can't read them.
Frequently asked questions
Can my partner see my personal spending?
Only what's in ledgers you share with them. Each ledger is shared on its own, so a personal ledger you haven't shared stays private.
Does my partner need an iPhone?
Yes, or an iPad. Dribs runs on iPhone and iPad only, so each person needs one of them with Dribs installed to join a shared ledger.
Can we share more than one ledger?
Yes. With Pro you can have as many ledgers as you like and share each one separately, for example a household ledger and a trip ledger with different people.
What happens if I stop sharing?
The other person loses access to the ledger. As with anything shared, records they've already seen or copied may remain available to them.
Keep reading
One household ledger, two iPhones.
Download Dribs, set up your household ledger, and invite your partner when you're ready.
