tip.69 vs KuCalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
tip.69
This app merges social sharing with bill splitting, allowing users to add fun to their tips. Scan receipts with OCR to automatically capture bill totals and share them with a unique emoji.
- OCR receipt scanning
- Automatic bill total extraction
- Social sharing of receipts
- Unique emoji claims
- Funny tip rounding
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IT'S FINALLY HERE ON iOS! the tipping app your mother warned you about we've all wondered what would happen if you merged Instagram with your calculator app, and now we can find out! add some spice to your tips by rounding your bill total to something funny. It's our humble assault on the commonplace * Take a picture of your receipt and we will scan it with state of the art OCR and automatically grab the total from it easing you from having to manually enter your bill amount. * Share your receipts to our feed so everyone can see what clever tipping amounts you have assembled * Claim your emoji that shows up when you share your receipt. Each emoji can only be claimed by one person, so act fast :)
KuCalc
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It is a calculator with basic functions. We pursued ease of use with a minimum number of buttons. It has a history function. It can copy the results to clipboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KuCalc at none against tip.69's 8. tip.69's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, update cadence, 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. tip.69 sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. KuCalc asks for nothing beyond the download.
tip.69 ships an update every 2 months, KuCalc every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tip.69 | KuCalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mushroom DAO Holdings Corp. | Mineaki Sakatoku |
In-app purchases
tip.69
- Coffee$1.99
- Beer$4.99
- Lunch$9.99
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- Night out$39.99
- Watch$42.99
- Snow$46.99
- Trip$49.99
- Shoes$69.99
KuCalc
No in-app purchases
