TripCount vs Sesterce — free AI OCR, multi-currency, E2EE
Last updated: 2026-06-03TripCount vs Sesterce: free AI receipt OCR, end-to-end encryption, EU-hosted, multi-currency with per-expense FX, one-tap Bizum/Revolut/PayPal settle-up.
| Feature | TripCount | Sesterce |
|---|---|---|
| AI receipt OCR | Free (with per-user quota) | Not advertised |
| Multi-currency with live FX | Yes — captured per expense | Yes |
| End-to-end encryption | Yes — encrypted client-side (AES-GCM) | Not advertised |
| Bizum one-tap settle-up | Yes | No |
| Revolut deep-link settle-up | Yes | No |
| PayPal settle-up | Yes | Yes |
| Regional EU languages (Catalan, Basque, Galician, Breton, Welsh…) | Yes — 50 languages incl. regional | No |
| Trip memories (photos + Spotify) | Yes | No |
| EU hosting | Yes — Hetzner | EU (France) |
| Pricing model | Free; €3 one-time per group to raise AI Scans + Media limits | Free with paid tier |
Qué hace
OCR de tickets gratis con IA (cuota por usuario), simplificación automática de deudas (el algoritmo reduce N personas a como máximo N−1 transferencias — lo mismo que Splitwise/Tricount), multidivisa con tipos en vivo capturados por gasto desde open.er-api.com, cifrado de extremo a extremo.
Privacidad por defecto
Gastos cifrados en el cliente con claves de sobre AES-GCM por viaje, almacenados en reposo como texto cifrado opaco. Alojamiento en la UE (Hetzner). El suite de tests de integración verifica en cada ejecución de CI que ningún byte de medio en claro aparece en los artefactos almacenados. La zero-knowledge — donde ninguna clave queda depositada en el servidor — es el siguiente objetivo.
Cobros y divisas
Liquidación en un toque por Bizum, Revolut y PayPal — cada transferencia debida se renderiza como un enlace pre-rellenado con importe y destinatario. Los viajes multidivisa capturan el tipo de cambio de cada gasto en el momento de la entrada, por tanto la liquidación final refleja tipos reales, no una media aproximada.
50 idiomas incluyendo regionales europeos
50 idiomas hoy, incluyendo 11 idiomas regionales/minoritarios europeos (catalán, vasco, gallego, asturiano, occitano, bretón, gaélico escocés, galés, frisón, feroés, romanche) más las variantes valenciana y balear del catalán — los 11 idiomas minoritarios son de primera, no Google Translate; las variantes derivan del catalán y se están refinando. La matriz de locales y las traducciones están en el repo de código abierto en frontend/src/locales.
Frequently asked questions
- How is TripCount different from Sesterce?
- Sesterce is a French expense-sharing app with a generous free tier and an emphasis on managing both expenses and intra-group transfers. TripCount is more travel-focused: free AI receipt OCR, AES-GCM end-to-end encryption, one-tap Bizum/Revolut/PayPal payouts, multi-currency live FX, 50 languages, and trip memories (photos + Spotify). Sesterce's strength is its "transfers and income" model; TripCount's strength is the 2026 mobile feature set.
- Does Sesterce have receipt OCR?
- Sesterce does not currently advertise AI receipt OCR as a free feature. TripCount's OCR is free with a per-group quota and uses OpenAI Vision to read line items, vendor and currency — typically faster than typing expenses by hand.
- Does Sesterce offer one-tap Bizum or Revolut settle-up?
- Sesterce supports manual settling and PayPal. It doesn't pre-fill Bizum or Revolut deep links. TripCount renders every owed transfer as a one-tap deep link prefilled with amount and recipient — Bizum (Spain), Revolut (EU) or PayPal. The minimum-transfers algorithm reduces the group to at most N−1 payments.
- How does multi-currency compare to Sesterce?
- Sesterce supports multi-currency. TripCount captures the mid-market FX rate from open.er-api.com at the moment each expense is added — this matters on long trips spanning EUR/USD/GBP because end-of-trip averaged rates can drift several euros from what the group actually paid.
- Is Sesterce end-to-end encrypted?
- Sesterce does not advertise end-to-end encryption. TripCount encrypts expense data client-side with AES-GCM before it ever reaches the server, and stores it as opaque ciphertext on EU-hosted infrastructure (Hetzner Frankfurt). Even our database backups are ciphertext only.
- Which languages does Sesterce support?
- Sesterce ships French and English primarily, plus a few other mainstream languages. TripCount supports 50 languages including 11 regional European ones (Catalan, Basque, Galician, Occitan, Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Asturian, Frisian, Faroese, Romansh) — first-class translations, not Google Translate.
- Is Sesterce free?
- Sesterce has a free tier with a paid upgrade. TripCount is free for unlimited trips, members and exports forever; the only paid item is a one-time €3 per group to raise AI-scan and media-upload caps. No subscription.
- Can I migrate my Sesterce trip to TripCount?
- Sesterce exports group data; TripCount accepts manual entry with the same model. There's no auto-import yet, but for the common case of equal splits the CSV → paste workflow works fine. For complex migrations write to [email protected].
