For YNAB users who split expenses

Your categories are lying to you.

That $150 grocery run? Only $75 was yours. We make YNAB see the truth.

Without Splitwise for YNAB

CategoryAssignedActivityAvailable
đź›’Groceries
$300.00-$150.00$150.00

You spent $150 on groceries...

With Splitwise for YNAB

CategoryAssignedActivityAvailable
đź›’Groceries
$300.00-$75.00$225.00

✓ Only $75 was yours—accurate category balance

The secret: a phantom Splitwise account

Create a Splitwise cash account in YNAB—it's not a real bank account, just an IOU ledger. Positive balance means you're owed money. Negative means you owe. When you settle up, it goes to zero.

Accounts
đź’° Checking$750.00
đź’ł Credit Card-$100.00
🤝 Splitwise+$75.00

+$75 — Your partner owes you half of that $150 grocery run

Don't have Splitwise? It's free to sign up—great for tracking shared expenses with anyone.

Which sounds like you?

Click to see how it works for your situation.

One flag. That's it.

Flag a shared expense in YNAB—we create the Splitwise entry and the adjustment transaction automatically.

Account
Date
Payee
Category
Outflow
Inflow
đź’° Checking
11/26/2025
Whole Foods
đź›’ Groceries
$150.00

👆 Click the flag to try it

We handle the rest

Expense created in Splitwise

Adjustment added to YNAB (same category)

Not 50/50? No problem. You can set a custom split ratio.

The workarounds don't work.

Every YNAB user with shared expenses has tried these.

The “Reimbursement” category

Loses insight

Dump all shared expenses into one generic category. Simple, but now you have no idea how much you actually spend on groceries, gas, or utilities.

Manual split transactions

Time sink

Create multi-line split transactions for every settlement. Takes 15+ minutes each time. Miss one? Your accounts won't reconcile.

Splitwise cash account

Our solution

Keep your detailed categories. Skip the data entry. Flag with a color—we create the Splitwise expense and the YNAB adjustment. Same category, correct amount. Works whether your partner uses YNAB or not.

Finally, accurate category spending.

See what you actually spend—not what you fronted for someone else. Connect in 2 minutes.