The Honeydue alternative for couples
Looking for somewhere to move? Halfway splits by what each of you earns, and works on a laptop as well as a phone.
Still Being Built
Web and Mobile
Split by Income
Why couples start looking for a Honeydue alternative
Not because the app was bad. Because of what happened to the company behind it.
An App That Is Still Being Worked On
Honeydue was acquired in 2021, its debit card closed to new sign-ups in 2023, and it was divested into Moneydue, Inc. in 2024. The app still runs, but it is maintained by a very small team rather than actively grown.
A Proper Desktop View
Honeydue is mobile only. There is no web app, so there is no good way to sit down together at a laptop and go through the month properly.
Splitting That Keeps Up With You
Honeydue lets you set a split ratio like 60/40, but you set it and you maintain it. When someone gets a raise or changes job, the ratio silently stops being fair.
No Ads in the Way
Honeydue is free because it is ad-supported and asks for optional tips. That is an honest model, but it means adverts sit inside the app you use to talk about money.
What actually happened to Honeydue
Honeydue launched out of Y Combinator in 2016 and became the default recommendation for couples who wanted a shared view of their money without merging everything. It was genuinely good, and it got there first.
Then the corporate history took over. Mission Lane acquired it in 2021, the debit card closed to new enrollments in 2023, and in 2024 the app was divested into a separate company, Moneydue, Inc. It still works. It is just no longer the thing anyone is building.
We are not going to tell you it is dead, because it is not, and we are not going to guess at what happens next. We are giving you the dates so you can decide for yourself how comfortable you are keeping years of shared financial history there.
Fair does not always mean half
Honeydue can split a bill on a ratio you choose, and for a while that works. The problem is that it is a number you set once. Incomes change, jobs change, and the ratio you agreed two years ago quietly stops matching your actual situation until one of you notices and brings it up.
Halfway takes both incomes and works the split out from them, so every shared expense is proportional to what each of you actually earns right now. Nobody has to raise it, because nothing drifts.
Both partners contribute exactly 22% of their income.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
See exactly how Halfway compares with Honeydue for couples.
| Feature | Halfway | Honeydue |
|---|---|---|
| Income-Based Fair Splitting | ✓ Automatic proportional splits | Manual ratio you maintain |
| Settle-Up / Who Owes Who | ✓ Running balance, settle in app | Running balance, hands off to Venmo or PayPal |
| Privacy Controls | ✓ Per-transaction privacy | ✓ Account and transaction controls |
| Web + Mobile Access | ✓ Full web app + mobile | ✗ Mobile only |
| Active Development | ✓ Shipping regularly | Divested into Moneydue, 2024 |
| AI Financial Assistant | ✓ Penny AI | ✗ None |
| Net Worth Tracking | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Subscription Detection | ✓ Automatic | ✗ No |
| Financial Advisor Access | ✓ Free consultations | ✗ No |
| Shared + Personal Budgets | ✓ Combined and personal | Basic joint budgets |
| Bank Connection (Auto-sync) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Bill Reminders | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| In-App Chat | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| Ads | ✓ None | Ad-supported |
| Joint Cash Account | ✗ No | Closed to new sign-ups, 2023 |
What Honeydue gets right
Honeydue was first, and a lot of what it did well has not been improved on since.
Couples-First Design
One of the very first apps built from the ground up for two partners to manage money together, rather than a single-user app with sharing bolted on.
In-App Chat
Commenting directly on a transaction is a genuinely good idea for keeping money conversations specific instead of abstract. Halfway does not have this.
Privacy Controls
Honeydue lets each partner choose what to share, right down to hiding individual accounts and transactions. Halfway works the same way, so this is not a reason to switch.
Free to Use
Everything in the app is available without a subscription, funded by ads and optional tips.
If Honeydue is working for you, there is no urgent reason to move. This page is for the couples who have noticed it going quiet and want somewhere that is still being built.
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