Feature idea — collaborative item claiming for large groups

I'm excited to share a feature idea for group expense splitting.

Context: splitting mechanics vary by group

Different groups split bills differently:

1. Equal split — most common, everyone pays the same share.

2. Itemized by consumption — each person pays only for what they had.

3. Hybrid — usually splits equally, but occasionally itemizes (e.g., one person just had dessert while another had a full meal).

The gap: itemizing doesn't scale to large groups

Recently I was in a group where consumption varied a lot — one full dinner, one small meal, one just a juice — so itemizing was clearly the right call. One person paid, and I used the Snap feature to go through each line item and assign it to the person who consumed it.

This worked fine because the group was small. But for larger groups, manually assigning every line item to the right person becomes tedious and doesn't scale.

Proposed feature: collaborative item claiming

For large groups, let people "claim" their own items from a submitted invoice instead of one person assigning everything manually:

1. Someone submits the invoice/receipt to the group.

2. Group members collaboratively go in and claim the items they consumed.

3. Once all items are claimed, the individual expenses are automatically submitted to the group.

Monetization angle

I'd suggest gating this so at least one person in the group needs a Pro subscription to enable it. This could also work well as a soft on-ramp — a way for non-paying users to experience a premium feature and get nudged toward upgrading. This is a similar monetization strategy as https://www.airconsole.com/