After dinner, the receipt is rarely settled person-by-person. One person puts down a card for two. A parent covers the kids. A friend grabs the whole check and gets Venmo’d later. Eva Split already knows who ordered what — payment groups roll those totals into the tabs that match real life.
Why itemized alone isn’t enough
Assigning every dish to the right person is the fair part. But if the app only shows six separate amounts when three people are paying on one card, someone still has to add it up. Payment groups keep the itemized detail and give you a combined “amount due” for the people who settle together.
Line items stay assigned to individuals. Only the totals combine — including each person’s share of tax and tip.
Couples paying as one
You and your partner each picked your own meals, but you want to pay as one. Assign items to each of you as usual, then put both of you in a payment group. The Amount due view shows one combined number for the couple, so the rest of the table knows exactly what that card covers.
Parents paying for kids
Family dinners are the same idea. Kids still get their own names and dishes — useful if someone wants to see who ordered the fries — while a payment group named something like “Smith family” rolls parent and kid totals into one check. One card at the register; one clear amount in the split.
Friends who cover each other
Treating someone for a birthday? Mark them as a birthday person so the group covers their share automatically. Covering a guest who forgot their wallet, or one friend paying while others Venmo them later — use payment groups to combine tabs.
How to add a payment group on a receipt
Payment groups live in the Totals section of any receipt. They’re free and work whether you scanned the bill with AI or typed line items by hand.
- Open your receipt in Eva Split and add everyone at the table under People. Assign line items as you normally would.
- Scroll to Totals. You’ll see a section labeled Combined totals for payment.
- Tap Add payment group.
- Optionally name the group (placeholder: “e.g. Smith family”). If you skip the name, Eva Split shows the members joined with a plus — like “Alex + Jordan”.
- Under Select who pays together, pick the people on that check. Each person can belong to only one payment group.
- Check Amount due — the group now appears as a single combined total. Mark it paid when that card (or Venmo) is settled.
You can add more than one group on the same receipt — handy when two couples each pay their own tab, or when a family group sits next to friends who settle separately.
"Why not just claim things for my wife under my name?
You’d be creating an unfair split this way. Say 3 of you shared an appetizer including you and your wife. If you just claim yourself without your wife, you and the other person would be paying for half of that app instead of an even 33% all around.
What stays the same
- Item assignments don’t change — you still know who ordered what
- Tax and tip stay proportional to each person’s food and drink
- Sharing still works — anyone with the link can see the combined totals update live
- Payment groups are included on the free plan, along with tap-to-assign and sharing
New to Eva Split? Start with how it works, or try the demo.