Comparison

Tips.md vs HaiLa for Restaurants Light

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

Head to head
About

Tips.md

Features
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Tips in 3 seconds. Show your QR code, the customer scans, the money is yours. Your MAIB and BPay balances sit on the same screen, each one separate, clear and up to date. * * * Run a café, shop or workshop? Put your QR code by the till and start receiving tips on day one. * * * HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app, your QR code is right in the center 2. The customer scans and leaves a tip 3. The tip shows up instantly in Transactions * * * YOUR QR CODE, FRONT AND CENTER Your most-used action lives in the most visible spot. A WALLET THAT SHOWS IT ALL MAIB on its own. BPay on its own. Withdraw through either one or send money to other users. TRANSACTIONS WITHOUT THE CONFUSION Every transaction you receive is tagged by source. One filter and you see exactly what you need. YOUR QR, YOUR STYLE Print it as a sticker, an A4 poster or a counter stand. Pick the design that fits your business. SECURE FROM THE FIRST TAP Secure connection, protected sessions, extra protection for transfers and withdrawals. ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU Manage your details and documents in Settings. Got an idea or an issue? Message us right from the app.

About

HaiLa for Restaurants Light

Features
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HaiLa LIGHT is the essential reservation app for restaurants — just the booking workflow, nothing more. WHO IT'S FOR Restaurants that want to leave the paper book behind without committing to a full management suite. If you take 10 to 100 reservations a day and want them organized in one place, this is for you. WHAT IT DOES • Take and view reservations • See today, tomorrow, and the week ahead at a glance • Confirm, cancel, mark seated • Multilingual — English, Romanian, Russian WHAT IT DELIBERATELY DOES NOT DO • No floor maps • No POS integration • No analytics dashboards • No staff management • No marketing tools If you want all of that, look at the full HaiLa Admin app. If you just want a clean reservation book on your phone, you're home. Free to start. No hardware required. Questions? Write us at support@haila.md

Screenshots

Tips.md4 screens
HaiLa for Restaurants Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HaiLa for Restaurants Light at weekly against Tips.md's every 4 weeks. Tips.md's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tips.md ships an update every 4 weeks, HaiLa for Restaurants Light weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Tips.md versus HaiLa for Restaurants Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTips.mdHaiLa for Restaurants Light
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB38 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTips.mdAlexandru Smirnov

In-app purchases

None

Tips.md

No in-app purchases

None

HaiLa for Restaurants Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tips.md free?
Tips.md is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HaiLa for Restaurants Light free?
HaiLa for Restaurants Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tips.md or HaiLa for Restaurants Light have ads?
Neither Tips.md nor HaiLa for Restaurants Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tips.md or HaiLa for Restaurants Light?
Tips.md ships an update every 4 weeks, and HaiLa for Restaurants Light weekly. Most recently, Tips.md was updated on November 3, 2026 and HaiLa for Restaurants Light on November 9, 2026.

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