Comparison

Bruvi vs TipMate

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

Head to head
About

Bruvi

This app enhances your coffee brewing experience with a smart single-serve system. Enjoy personalized brews, shop for a wide variety of sustainable coffee pods, and set up convenient auto-delivery. Track your brewing history and discover new craft coffees.

Highlights
  • Remote brewing with personalization
  • Shop for B-Pods®
  • B-Pod® auto-delivery setup
  • View brewing history
  • Discover craft coffees
Features
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Make Life Tastier® Bruvi® is a whole new kind of single-serve system. Remarkably tastier coffee: hotter, stronger, smoother brewed coffee with noticeably less bitterness. Ingenious Guilt Free Toss® B-Pods® for more responsible disposal. Beverage variety that includes brewed coffee, true espresso and Americanos, cold brew and more. Plus super premium, verified sustainable craft coffees including offerings from your favorite roasters. That’s what we call Coffee Genius. With the Bruvi® App, you can connect to added features, including: - Brew remotely, including personalizing your brew. - Shop our selection of B-Pods®. - Set up and manage B-Pod® auto-delivery so you never run out. - View your brewing history on your personalized MyBruvi dashboard.

About

TipMate

Effortlessly calculate restaurant tips and split bills with friends. This app provides smart calculations, custom splitting options, and an international guide to tipping customs. Enjoy a beautiful, simple design for stress-free bill management.

Highlights
  • Smart tip calculation
  • Easy bill splitting
  • Custom split options
  • International tipping guide
  • Bill summary and sharing
  • Elegant and simple design
Features
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TipMate makes tipping simple, accurate, and stress-free. Quickly calculate restaurant tips, split bills with friends, and understand tipping customs around the world — all in one elegant and easy-to-use app. Whether you're dining out with friends, traveling internationally, or just want a quick tip calculation, TipMate helps you get the numbers right every time. Key Features Smart Tip Calculator Instantly calculate tips based on your bill amount with recommended percentages like 15%, 18%, and 20%. Bill Splitting Made Easy Split the bill between multiple people and instantly see how much each person should pay. Custom Split Options Adjust percentages for each person when friends pay different amounts. International Tip Guide Learn tipping customs in countries like the United States, Canada, UK, France, Japan, and Australia. Bill Summary & Sharing See a clear summary of the bill, tip, and per-person total, and easily share it with friends. Beautiful & Simple Design Enjoy a modern interface with smooth animations and a clean, Apple-style design.

Screenshots

Bruvi4 screens
TipMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bruvi and TipMate both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of TipMate's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bruvi's. Bruvi's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bruvi is free to download; TipMate costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bruvi against 5.0 for TipMate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Bruvi's written reviews are positive against 100% of TipMate's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bruvi versus TipMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBruviTipMate
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIVERGENTIP LLCJetRise IT Solutions LLC

Customer experience

Bruvi

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

TipMate

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bruvi

No in-app purchases

None

TipMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bruvi free?
Bruvi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TipMate free?
TipMate costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bruvi or TipMate?
Bruvi and TipMate are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Bruvi or TipMate have ads?
Neither Bruvi nor TipMate shows ads.

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