Comparison

SimpleTip vs PsyTimer Stopwatch 2

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SimpleTip

Easily calculate tips and split bills with this intuitive app. Features one-handed use, customizable tip percentages, and various rounding options. Personalize your experience with different themes and dark mode.

Highlights
  • One-handed operation
  • Tip splitting
  • Customizable tip percentages
  • Multiple rounding modes
  • Dark mode and color themes
  • Landscape and portrait support
Features
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SimpleTip makes calculating tip's fast, easy, and accurate. With its clean intuitive design, everything is easily entered from a single screen. - The position of controls are especially designed to make it easy to use one-handed. - Tip splitting functionality makes finding per-person tips a breeze. - Different rounding modes let you choose how your tip is calculated. - Customize the preset star rating percentages to match what you think is fair. - Different color themes and a dark mode, allow you to personalize the look and feel. - Works in both landscape and portrait orientations.

About

PsyTimer Stopwatch 2

Features
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The PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 combines a stopwatch with an alarm clock. Thus, it may time an interval and warn when a pre-set time limit is reached at the same time. The PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 is carefully designed to present elapsed and remaining time as well as available options in a simple and distinct way. Prominently, a digital time display as well as an analogue clock is presented concurrently. The timing is very precise as it is continuously computed as the time elapsed since the timing was started. Thus, there is no accumulation of small timing errors. The PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 may be used in many different situations. The author first developed it for testing of intelligence and neuropsychological testing, but it has found many other uses, e.g. presentations, speeches, laboratories and broadcasting. Features: - Elapsed time will feature on a digital display as well as on an analogue clock. This makes it easy to collect information during testing, presentations, and other tasks that may demand most of your attention. - All functions can be accessed easily. A big Start-Stop button can be found at the bottom of the display where it is easy to reach, even while your are attending to the task, you are timing. - It is also easy to choose among pre-set time limits on the primary stopwatch display. - The display will not turn off while you are using the stopwatch. - The digital display will change color when the time limit has been reached. You can also choose for a sound signal to emit at this point (optional), and the screen may flash one or more times (optional). - A progress bar will display the elapsed time if a time limit has been chosen. - It is possible to select among a number of sounds for the alarm signal, including short and quiet sounds as well as long, loud, and attention catching sounds. - The main digital display may show either minutes and seconds, or the total number of seconds elapsed. - The repeat function makes it possible to cycle an interval. A cycle count is displayed (The author uses this for a concentration test, where the assessor has to give a prompt every 20 seconds). - You can choose to have the Reset button to the right or to the left of the Start-Stop button (for single hand use for both right and left handers). - A history log of previous timings. - Landscape view. You will probably want to put your iPhone in "Airplane Mode" when using the stopwatch for tasks like testing and presentations in order to avoid calls, mails etc. This app is continuously maintained. You might suggest a feature you miss: mail@cognisoft.dk. However, I will not include features that will impede the functionality and simplicity for the primary intended uses of the stopwatch.

Screenshots

SimpleTip4 screens
PsyTimer Stopwatch 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 at weekly against SimpleTip's every 8 months. SimpleTip's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SimpleTip costs $0.99 and PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleTip ships an update every 8 months, PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SimpleTip versus PsyTimer Stopwatch 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleTipPsyTimer Stopwatch 2
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (144 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings144 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick CateCognisoft ApS

In-app purchases

None

SimpleTip

No in-app purchases

None

PsyTimer Stopwatch 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpleTip free?
SimpleTip costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 free?
PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do SimpleTip or PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 have ads?
Neither SimpleTip nor PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleTip or PsyTimer Stopwatch 2?
SimpleTip ships an update every 8 months, and PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 weekly. Most recently, SimpleTip was updated on October 5, 2026 and PsyTimer Stopwatch 2 on October 11, 2026.

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