Tipease vs Altitude Compass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tipease
This straightforward tip calculator simplifies calculating gratuities with intuitive sliders and advanced service rating options. Easily adjust tip ranges, subtract taxes, add discounts, and split bills. It offers smart rounding and convenient access via widgets or app icon shortcuts.
- Intuitive slider for service rating
- Advanced service speed and accuracy rating
- Customizable minimum and maximum tip settings
- Subtract tax/service fee or add discounts
- Split checks up to 10 ways
- Smart rounding options
- Notification Center widget for recent calculations
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Tip calculator: completely free and private. Tipease is a no-frills tip calculator. Launch Tipease and one screen does everything. No ads. No in-app purchases. No sign-in. Choose between a basic slider to rate your service experience or an advanced sliding scale rating of your service speed, accuracy, attention and hospitality. Change your minimum and maximum tip in Settings, and Tipease automatically customizes the app to match your personal tipping habits. Subtract the tax and service fee or add the value of a discount or coupon with no trouble. Effortlessly split the check up to 10 ways. Round your total or your tip. An advanced setting provides the option to round to the nearest ten for totals more than 100 and the nearest 100 for totals more than 1,000.
Altitude Compass
This tool provides real-time altitude, atmospheric pressure, and location data. It includes a camera with environmental watermarks, a level gauge, speedometer, and sunrise/sunset calculations. Customize the interface and view data via widgets.
- Switchable altitude data sources (GPS/altimeter)
- Real-time camera with environmental data watermarks
- Level gauge, speedometer, sunrise/sunset calculator
- Customizable UI with dark/light modes
- Widget support for home and lock screens
- Ad-free and privacy-focused design
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Altitude Compass is a focused, ad-free compass and altimeter for hiking, camping, and travel records. Core compass and altitude features are free, while Full Version adds an iPhone watermark camera and more personalization. Free core features • View heading, altitude, barometric pressure, coordinates, and nearby addresses • Switch the altitude source between GPS information and the device altimeter when supported • Check level, speed, sunrise, and sunset information • Choose from multiple compass dials, altitude display themes, light or dark appearance, fonts, and units • View altitude with Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets Full Version Choose Full Version when you want to record outdoor photos or further personalize Altitude Display: • High-quality iPhone watermark camera: capture directly with the iPhone camera and apply watermarks to high-resolution camera output rather than a screen or viewfinder capture • Photo information preservation: retain capture time, orientation, location, and other photo information whenever possible for continued recognition and organization in Photos and other apps • Custom watermark content: record altitude, pressure, coordinates, address, direction, time, and notes, with control over each field's visibility and order • HDR watermarked photos: supported iPhones can preserve richer highlight and shadow detail, with an option to save a more widely compatible JPEG instead • Custom background colors for Altitude Display You can try Full Version free for 3 days. The trial does not renew or charge automatically. A one-time in-app purchase permanently unlocks Full Version. There are no subscriptions. Customers who previously purchased the paid app automatically keep Full Version access and do not need to purchase it again. Network and privacy Core features such as heading, sensor altitude, and barometric pressure generally work offline. Nearby addresses, maps, in-app purchases, and purchase restoration require a network connection. The app contains no ads and does not collect personal data. Permissions • Location: GPS altitude, coordinates, speed, sunrise and sunset, maps, and addresses • Motion & Fitness: pressure and altimeter readings on supported devices • Camera and Photos: only when capturing and saving watermarked photos Device capabilities and readings may vary with hardware, system version, environment, and location signal. HDR watermarked photos require iPhone 12 or later with iOS 17 or later. The watermark camera is not available on iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Altitude Compass at 5.0 against Tipease's 4.3. Altitude Compass also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 71 months). Tipease's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Altitude Compass sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Tipease asks for nothing beyond the download.
Altitude Compass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Tipease's written reviews are positive against 95% of Altitude Compass's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tipease ships an update every 71 months, Altitude Compass every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tipease | Altitude Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 95.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 71 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shawn Brown | 锦滔 欧 |
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Tipease
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In-app purchases
Tipease
No in-app purchases
Altitude Compass
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