Billr – Simple, elegant app saves time at the end of a meal

Nothing spoils the mood of a nice night out with your friends like trying to fairly divvy up the check at the end of the night. Who ordered which drinks? Who ate what appetizer? If your server didn’t—or couldn’t—split your bill, your evening can end on a headache-inducing note rather than a relaxing one. Enter the elegant check-splitting app Billr, 99 cents in the iTunes store. With a simple, appealing interface that allows you to track each person’s auto-tallying “tab” separately, figuring out the bill at the end of the meal will be a quick and easy footnote, rather than an awkward coda spent fumbling with calculators and scribbling on the backs of receipts. And for less than the cost of a tip, it’s well worth saving face with your friends. —Rachael Upton