Tipsy vs Airport Shell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tipsy
Calculate tips quickly and easily with this app. Features a convenient on-screen keyboard for input and a spinning wheel for adjusting tip percentages. Supports splitting bills and rounding up totals, with Apple Watch integration for on-the-go calculations.
- Fast tip calculation
- Customizable designs
- On-screen keyboard input
- Spinning tip wheel
- Split bill up to 8 ways
- Round up tip/total
- Apple Watch app
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Tipsy is a fast and easy tip calculator for iPhone and Apple Watch with beautiful full color designs that let you customize your look. Tipsy’s iPhone keyboard is always onscreen and ready to type, just start entering the amount of your check. Spin the tip wheel up and down to quickly calculate different tip and total values. Optionally round up the tip or total to the nearest dollar. Split the check up to 8 ways. Use Tipsy to quickly and discreetly calculate a tip on your Apple Watch. Spin the digital crown to see different different tip and total values. Complications are available on many Apple Watch faces for fast access.
Airport Shell
Easily order food online from airport restaurants. View menus, promotions, delivery costs, and operating hours. Track your order history and discover more features.
- Online food ordering
- View menus and promotions
- Check delivery costs
- Restaurant working hours
- Order history tracking
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Order online in Airport Shell App also allows: -see actual menu and promotions -delivery costs -restaurant working hours -orders history -and many more...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Airport Shell at 5.0 against Tipsy's 4.5. Airport Shell also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). Tipsy's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 2). On price, ads and device support 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. Tipsy sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Airport Shell asks for nothing beyond the download.
Airport Shell holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tipsy has 52 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tipsy ships an update every 4 months, Airport Shell every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tipsy | Airport Shell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (52 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Recurring Dream LLC | UpMenu |
Customer experience
Tipsy
Airport Shell
In-app purchases
Tipsy
- Nice Tip$0.99
- Great Tip$1.99
- Super Tip$2.99
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- Tipsy Pro$2.99
Airport Shell
No in-app purchases
