Tabbi vs Straight Tab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tabbi
Discover live venue insights, connect with people nearby, and manage your tab seamlessly from your phone. Make plans on the fly, meet new friends, and enjoy transparent transactions for a smarter nightlife experience.
- Live venue insights
- Connect with people nearby
- Direct messaging
- Mobile tab management
- Transparent transaction review
- Instant invites
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Tabbi helps you discover nightlife, open a tab from your phone, and stay connected to the places you love. Whether you’re meeting friends, grabbing drinks, finding dinner, or looking for something happening nearby, Tabbi gives you a smarter way to experience local hospitality. Find restaurants, bars, breweries, and nightlife spots near you, and decide where to go next. At participating venues, open a tab from your phone, view your live check, tip, and close out without waiting. Keep up with local specials, events, promotions, and experiences from venues around you. See where your friends are going, invite them out, and make plans around places and real experiences. Stay connected to the spots you care about and get updates when they have something new happening. Tabbi is built for the way people actually go out: discover a place, meet up, open a tab, enjoy the experience, and come back again. Available features may vary by venue and location.
Straight Tab
Discover restaurants that have adopted a no-tipping or service charge pricing model. Find eateries with clear, upfront pricing and support businesses committed to fair employee wages. Explore options with an interactive map and direct links to websites and reviews.
- No-tipping eatery discovery
- Interactive map
- Direct website and review links
- Offline access
- Apple Maps integration
- Location suggestions
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Straight Tab helps you discover eateries that have moved to a no-tipping or a service charge pricing model. This app focuses only on places that explicitly state tipping as optional and do it explicitly. A select group of eateries have embraced this business model, and we're dedicated to highlighting them. This app is perfect for: • Locals exploring options without the dine-in guilt • Travelers who prefer clear, upfront pricing • Supporters of fair employee wages • Anyone tired of surprise bills Key Features: • Interactive map showing nearby eateries • Direct links to websites and reviews • Offline access • Easy navigation with Apple Maps integration Currently available in: • Washington State (Greater Seattle area and surrounding cities) • Oregon (Portland area) • California (San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles area) Help us expand by suggesting new locations through our in-app feedback. Download and try the app now! Note: Restaurant policies can change. While we strive to maintain accurate information from businesses' public sites, if you encounter a place that no longer fits the optional tipping model, please let us know!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tabbi at none against Straight Tab's 5. Tabbi also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Straight Tab's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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. Straight Tab sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Tabbi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Straight Tab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabbi has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Tabbi | Straight Tab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tabbi Inc | SWD Creative Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Tabbi
Straight Tab
In-app purchases
Tabbi
No in-app purchases
Straight Tab
- Buy us an Espresso$1.99
- Buy us a Cappuccino$2.99
- Buy us an Americano$3.99
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- Buy us a Latte$4.99
- Buy us a Mocha$5.99









