tip.69 vs SimpleCalc.
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 :)
SimpleCalc.
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Just a simple calculator. Use this calculator as your every day simple calculator with no ads, while having one of our beautiful tailor-made themes. Enjoy using it, and please put a nice review if you like it. Thanks! @Himnerom
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimpleCalc. at none against tip.69's 8. SimpleCalc. also leads on device support (4 vs 2). tip.69's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price and ads 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. SimpleCalc. asks for nothing beyond the download.
tip.69 ships an update every 2 months, SimpleCalc. every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tip.69 | SimpleCalc. |
|---|---|---|
| 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 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mushroom DAO Holdings Corp. | Romain Rousseau |
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
SimpleCalc.
No in-app purchases
