How to move a Splitwise group to EvenOut with the CSV import

What do you need before you start?

You need the group’s export from Splitwise, a connection, and the right file size. Splitwise exports one group or friendship at a time, so each group you want to move is a separate file. On mobile, open the group, scroll the header menu to the right and tap Export. On the web, open the group, click the gear icon and choose Export Spreadsheet. The export guide has both paths and explains the numbers in the file.

EvenOut’s limits for one file are 2 MB (UTF-8), 20,000 rows and 100 members. The import needs a connection, because the file is uploaded to EvenOut’s server to be read. It is free for every account.

How do you import the file?

Open Account, then Data, then Import from Splitwise. The screen is headed “Bring your Splitwise history” and walks through the same steps in three lines: “Open the group in Splitwise”, “Export as spreadsheet” and “Choose the CSV here”.

1. Tap “Choose CSV file”. You can also share the file straight to EvenOut from where it was saved.
2. Type a name under “Group name”. EvenOut creates the group as a Trip, and anyone who is not a viewer can change its type in group settings later.
3. Go through “Match people” (the next section).
4. Read the “Summary” and confirm the import.
5. Open the new group and compare the balances (further down).

How does Match people work?

EvenOut lists each person in the file and suggests a match by name, labelled “Matches your EvenOut name” or “Matches a friend or group member name”. You must mark which person is you (“Pick which one is you”). Everyone else can be matched to one of your friends, or left on “Assign later”.

Someone left on “Assign later” becomes a guest placeholder, shown as “Guest · invite to claim”. Their shares are already in the balances, so nothing is lost if they join later. Adding a friend without their email compares guests with Splitwise’s placeholder friends.

What comes across, and what does not?

Expenses and payments come across, each with its date and its currency. What EvenOut cannot recover is the original split method, any percentages and the notes. Splitwise’s file records only each person’s net change on a row, so EvenOut rebuilds a payer and an exact-amount split that gives the same balances.

Say Dana paid a $90.00 dinner that was split 50, 25 and 25 percent. The file shows 45.00 for Dana, -22.50 for Eli and -22.50 for Fay. In EvenOut the expense reads “Exact amounts”, with 45.00 for Dana, 22.50 for Eli and 22.50 for Fay. Eli still owes Dana $22.50, and the percentages are gone. Because EvenOut rebuilt the payer and the split, that row carries a warning under “Notes”.

The file cannot say which method produced its numbers. A $45.00 lunch split equally three ways and the same lunch split by shares of 1, 1 and 1 both appear as 30.00 for the payer and -15.00 for each of the others, so EvenOut has nothing to restore beyond the amounts.

Only some Splitwise categories map across. Everything else becomes General.

EvenOut category	Splitwise categories that map to it
Food	Dining out, Food and drink
Groceries	Groceries
Fuel	Gas/fuel
Transport	Taxi
Parking	Parking
Hotel	Hotel
Entertainment	Entertainment - other
Fitness	Sports
Home	Household supplies
General	General, and every other category

EvenOut skips the “Total balance” row, rows without a valid date, and rows whose balances do not net to zero. They are counted under “Skipped rows” (“Not money movements”).

How do you read the Summary?

The Summary shows “Expenses”, “Payments” and “Skipped rows”, plus any “Notes”. Compare Expenses and Payments with the number of expense and payment rows in your file. Skipped rows are the ones EvenOut did not treat as money movements. Rows where EvenOut had to rebuild the payer and split carry a warning under Notes, which is the place to look first if a balance is off after the import.

How do you check the balances afterwards?

Compare your total first, then each person. On the new group’s page, your net appears in large type (“you’re owed $X in this group” or “you owe $X in this group”). Match it against your total under Balances in the Splitwise group header. Then read the “Balances” block, which lists your balance with each person, and compare those lines with Splitwise.

If the totals match but the names differ, check “Simplify debts” in the group settings, under “Settling up”. EvenOut tags it “Recommended” and it is on by default. It rearranges who pays whom inside the group and never changes anyone’s total. Anyone who is not a viewer can turn it off.

If the group had more than one currency, check each currency’s line under Balances rather than the single figure at the top. EvenOut keeps a separate balance per currency and does not convert between them.

How do the people on Assign later join?

Each guest needs their own claim link. Only the person who created the guest can make it, which here means whoever ran the import. Tap “Invite to claim” on the guest to get a link and a QR code, then “Share link”. The link works once and is valid for 7 days, and making a new link replaces the old one.

The friend opens it, taps “Claim {name}’s spot” (with the guest’s name in it), and chooses “Merge into my account”. The step “can’t be undone”, and it moves the guest’s shares to their real account.

What if you import the same file twice?

EvenOut recognises it. The screen shows “Already imported” and offers “Open group”, which takes you to the group you made the first time instead of making a copy. A file always creates its own new group, so it never lands in a group you already have. To move several Splitwise groups, repeat the steps for each file.

Is this the same as importing into Splitwise?

No. As of October 2026, Splitwise Pro lists a “transaction import” feature, which connects a credit or debit card so you can see recent purchases and split them, and Splitwise says it is currently available only in the US. It is a separate feature from moving a group out of Splitwise, and it is not part of this walkthrough.

What to do next

Leave the Splitwise group alone until the new one checks out and the people in it have moved over. After that the group runs on EvenOut’s free plan, which has no daily expense limit and no ads and includes charts, search and recurring expenses. Splitwise’s daily limit explains the 4 a day cap on its free plan. When you are ready to step away, how to leave Splitwise gives the order, and deleting your account has the exact steps. The side-by-side with Splitwise lists the rest, and Splitwise Pro alternatives lists what each app gives you free.