Subscriptions vs Gratuity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subscriptions
Easily track and manage all your recurring subscriptions in one place. Get timely notifications for upcoming payments and cancellation deadlines. Organize your finances with detailed insights and customizable features.
- Subscription overview and management
- Payment and cancellation notifications
- Price change tracking
- Document attachment
- Search and pinning functionality
- iCloud Sync
- Multi-currency support
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Get a better overview of your subscriptions, manage them and receive notifications about payments that are due. You can add a subscription in a few seconds or take your time and enter detailed information. • iCloud Sync • Decide which subscriptions you want to receive notifications for and set the exact time • Enter price changes and create price histories for subscriptions • Enter cancellation periods and receive notifications about cancellation deadlines • Add multiple documents to a subscription • Search through your subscriptions by name or keyword • Pin subscriptions to a section on the Home page • Lock the app with Face ID / Touch ID / passcode • Support for more than 150 currencies • Export your subscriptions as a CSV or Text file • Save, share and import subscriptions with Subscriptions files • Calendar integration • Apple Watch app • Widgets • Customize the app color theme • Alternative app icons • Dark Mode Your data is only stored on your devices and in iCloud. The app is ad-free. You can add up to 5 subscriptions for free. You can remove this restriction with the one-time purchase of Subscriptions+.
Gratuity
Easily calculate and split bills with friends. This intuitive tool provides instant tip and total calculations, with options to customize themes and save presets for faster use. Enjoy a clean interface designed for simplicity and privacy.
- Instant tip and total calculations
- Easy bill splitting
- Customizable color themes
- Saved tip presets
- Privacy-focused design
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Gratuity - Tip & Split Calc is a beautifully simple tip calculator designed to make splitting bills easier, faster, and more intuitive. Whether you’re out with friends, dining solo, or managing a group meal, Gratuity - Tip & Split Calc helps you calculate tips and totals in seconds. Calculate Tips Instantly - Enter your bill amount and see tip and total calculations update in real time. It’s clean, fast, and frustration-free. Split the Bill With Friends - Quickly generate a clean bill breakdown and send it to your group with a single tap. No more confusion over who owes what. Customize Your Theme - Choose from multiple color themes to match your style. Gratuity - Tip & Split Calc keeps things simple while still feeling personal. Save Time With Tip Categories - Create categories with default tip percentages, splits, and more. Quickly select them from the main screen for faster calculations. Why You’ll Love Gratuity - Tip & Split Calc - Clean, modern interface - Simple bill and tip calculations - Easy bill sharing - Theme of choice - Saved presets for faster tipping - Built with privacy in mind - no tracking, no analytics Gratuity - Tip & Split Calc is designed with simplicity and usability at its core. A tip calculator that just works. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gratuity at 5.0 against Subscriptions's 4.1. Gratuity also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). Subscriptions's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Subscriptions sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gratuity sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gratuity holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subscriptions has 65 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Subscriptions ships an update every 6 weeks, Gratuity every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Subscriptions | Gratuity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (65 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Feist | HyperAppDev LLC |
Customer experience
Subscriptions
Gratuity
In-app purchases
Subscriptions
- Subscriptions+$8.95
Gratuity
- Gratuity Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$1.991 Year
- Gratuity Premium - Lifetime$4.99
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