Good app - but need tax line
Does the job, but would be better if tax and tip shown separately. User types in cheque amount then tax and tip displayed, with amount total and tip for each person. $100 bill with13% tax and 15% tip should show $128 total with $15 tip and $13 tax.
Try "Tip" by Carlos Perez instead.
To say that this application takes its inspiration from Carlos Perez's "Tip" application, would be putting things quite euphemistically. I'm not usually a person that gets into the fray of one applications design over another, but in this case, it is quite galling to think that a developer would redesign his application to look (and to attempt to function) just like another developer's app.
I'm pretty sure that most folks won't care or will not know what has happened here, so I will say this: Before buying "Tip" I tried out "CheckPlease" first, and found countless mathematical errors in it. At first I thought it was just me, so did the computations (simple stuff) over and over again, but each time I would find that "CheckPlease" would get the math (this is especially true when "Rounding") wrong. While it's a bit disconcerting, I suppose one shouldn't expect anything else from CheckPlease.
Update: I just checked again, and the calculation (and Rounding) errors are still there. They aren't difficult to find if you take the time to look.
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Great Tip Calculator!
This is a great tool for calculating tips. I like that the tip percentage can go all the way up to 99%.
One thing I would like to see is the option to delete the current amount entered for the bill in one tap, instead of tapping "Del" multiple times.
As for other reviews stating there are calculation errors, it's a false accusation. CheckPlease is 100% correct in it's "Exact" calculations and rounds the total bill in "Rounded" calculations.
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3.0 version has great interface
There are so many tip calculators for the iPhone, but I was unimpressed with most of them. Most have an interface that is a bit too complex - after all, all one is doing is calculating 15 or 20 % and occasionally dividing between a few people. This is not hard math - so to take the trouble to take out your iPhone, unlock it, launch an app, and then enter the data is not clearly an advantage unless it is quick. So the key is having a very quick way to enter the data and getting results without multiple screens and pop-up dials, calculators, etc.. With this quick and simple interface, it may actually be worth using.
ONE SMALL FIX NEEDED - Either a button to clear whole amt at once and/or have reset after closing to take new number without needing to delete first.
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Won't accept the correct tax rates
I had this and liked it but have held off on reviewing most apps until at least 1 update came out (I hate all those reviews from people that did not even buy and use the app). The last update ruined this app. It is useless in a city where the sales tax is 7.75% because it keeps rounding it to 7.8%. I know, minor difference but come on. If you ask me for a tax so my bill calculates correctly then you have to know that many tax rates are to 2 decimal places. I am giving it a 2 instead of a one to balance out the 3 I would have given before the update. Hopefully the next update will fix it and I will update my review. Thanks for the free price but it has to work correctly, even for free.
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Great app for the price
Does exactly what it says it will. I haven't had any crashes with this app as some others might have reported. The only thing is I wish it would show the whole tax on the main screen instead of to only one decimal place. Our tax here is 8.25%, and you can enter 8.25 on the pref screen but it only says 8.2% on the main screen. I haven't checked whether it's still using 8.25 as I put in, but it would be nice to have it show what I put in on the main screen.
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Useless update
Don't update! I made the mistake and I updated to the new version. I lost the functionality to see the dollar amount after choosing the tip percentage. Why would you remove this feature? I now have to use my calculator to calculate my tip so I can know how much to leave. Therefore once I do that in my calculator all I have to do is divide by how many people there are and I get my answer while using my calculator. So why would I use this app now? Please bring back the old features! I used this app all the time. Otherwise this app is useless.
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Ugly but does the job
Perfectly adequate app. Something that did pleasently surprise me was the fact it knew to work in GBP because I'm on the UK.
It works great after the update
It's a great app after the software update.
tips
ok, so i like that they ut 15% for the tip, but that should be bare minimum for any restaurant. I work in a restaurant, and i have to tip out four percent to the other staff, and at least 1 percent to a breaker. plus our dinner is not free...
so say my sales are 1000 dollars. and if everyone tips 15%, im definitely walking with less that 100 dollars, which is not enough for what we have to deal with. And im gonna rant a little here.... people, when u go to a restaurant... realize that u are not the only person in the world, and that the person waiting on u is indeed a PERSON.
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