Comparison

Waiter Pal vs TipKeep

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

Head to head
About

Waiter Pal

Easily track cash and credit tips, calculate your average hourly pay, and monitor daily, weekly, and monthly income. This app helps tipped workers manage their earnings accurately and efficiently, even offline.

Highlights
  • Hourly rate calculation
  • Categorize cash and credit tips
  • Offline tip entry
  • Customizable reminders
  • Track multiple jobs
  • Income summaries (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Data export to CSV
Features
Currently charting
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Are you tired of using pen and paper to track your tips manually? Looking for an accurate way to figure out how much you're really making in tips? With Waiter Pal, tracking your income has never been easier. Easily track your cash and credit tips, figure out your average hourly pay, know how much you made per month, and more with Waiter Pal. Join 28,000+ tipped workers who are now free from the stress of tedious tip tracking by installing Waiter Pal now! App Features: HOURLY RATE Figure out your hourly pay, which the app conveniently calculates for you. CATEGORIZE YOUR TIPS Input your cash and credit tips, tip in, total sales, tip outs and more. You can also create your own custom categories and subcategories. OFFLINE ACCESS No need for an internet connection to use the app. Update your tips wherever you are. REMINDERS The app will notify you to update your tips at the time and day you specify, so that you will never forget to do so. WAGES Input your hourly wage at a certain job, and the app will add it to your total income. DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY INCOME Know how much you're making on average per day, week, or month. TRACK MULTIPLE JOBS Track your income, hourly rate, and hours for your different jobs. BEAUTIFUL UI DESIGN A tip tracking app doesn't need to have a bland design. Input your tips on a beautifully designed app. APP LOCK Lock the app so that others won't have access to your income data. ONLINE SYNC Backup your data online and sync across multiple devices. EXPORT DATA Export your data to CSV and use third party spreadsheet apps to further analyze your data. MEMOS Add text and photo memos to help you remember certain information about the tips you've entered. Terms of use: https://magonapps.wixsite.com/apps/waiter-pal-terms-of-use Privacy policy: https://magonapps.wixsite.com/apps/waiter-pal-privacy-policy

About

TipKeep

Easily track your tips and income from tipped work. Log shifts in seconds, visualize your earnings with a filling jar, and generate tax-ready reports. All your data stays on your device with no account required.

Highlights
  • Log cash and card tips quickly
  • Visualize earnings with a filling jar
  • Track tip-outs and sales
  • Generate tax-ready reports
  • Offline functionality
  • No account or login required
  • Import data from CSV
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Know what you walked with. TipKeep is the tip tracker built for people who actually work for tips — servers, bartenders, baristas, delivery drivers, nail techs, barbers. Log your shift in about 10 seconds, watch a real glass jar fill with cash as your week builds, and finally know the number nobody's paystub shows: your real hourly, after tip-outs. THE 10-SECOND RITUAL • Cash tips, card tips, hours — done before you've left the parking lot • Tip-outs, sales, and notes when you want the full picture • Double shifts, multiple jobs, editing past days — all supported • A receipt for every shift: "YOU WALKED WITH $243" — made to share YOUR WEEK, VISIBLE • The jar fills toward your weekly goal as you log • Home screen and lock screen widgets — tap to log a shift in one step • See your real $/hour, your best nights, and what you're on pace for this month TAX-READY BY DEFAULT Up to $25,000 of qualified reported tips may be federally deductible for 2025–2028. Your per-shift log is the documentation — TipKeep shows your year-to-date tip total and exports a clean report at tax time. (TipKeep is a record-keeping tool, not tax advice.) YOUR MONEY IS YOUR BUSINESS We read hundreds of reviews of other tip trackers before building this one. The #1 complaint: years of records lost behind logins and servers. So TipKeep is built the other way: • No account. No login. Nothing to lose. • Your shifts and your money stay on your phone — never on our servers • No ads, ever • Works offline, even closing shift in a basement • Switching apps? Import your old shifts from any CSV — free FREE & PRO Logging is free forever, with this week's totals and 30 days of history. TipKeep Pro unlocks your full history, month & year stats with best-nights insights, multiple jobs, and CSV export — $19.99/year with a 7-day free trial, $7.99/month, or $39.99 once for lifetime. No tricks, no per-feature fees. Built for the industry. Drop tonight in the jar. Questions? Visit tipjarapp.app or email us — a human answers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tipjarapp.app/privacy

Screenshots

Waiter Pal4 screens
TipKeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

Waiter Pal and TipKeep both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of TipKeep's written reviews are positive against 62% of Waiter Pal's. Waiter Pal's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (788 vs 30). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Waiter Pal sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and TipKeep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Waiter Pal against 4.9 for TipKeep. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Waiter Pal has 788 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Waiter Pal's written reviews are positive against 100% of TipKeep's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Waiter Pal ships an update every 11 days, TipKeep weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Waiter Pal versus TipKeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaiter PalTipKeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (788 ratings)4.9 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings788 — better30
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#191#173 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaervince GonzalesDENYS IVASECHKO

Customer experience

Waiter Pal

All ratings788 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive61.9%
Neutral23.8%
Negative14.3%

TipKeep

All ratings30 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Waiter Pal

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to set custom work week start day
  • Automatic tip-out calculation
  • Option to track shift times, not just hours
  • Annual income reporting

TipKeep

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Waiter Pal

Subscriptions7
  • Waiter Pal PRO - Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Waiter Pal PRO - Monthly2 variants$7.991 Month
  • Waiter Pal PRO - Monthly2 variants$9.991 Month
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  • Waiter Pal PRO - Yearly2 variants$19.991 Year
  • Waiter Pal PRO - 6 Months$21.996 Months
  • Waiter Pal PRO - Yearly7 Days trial2 variants$26.991 Year
  • Waiter Pal PRO - Yearly$26.991 Year
3 purchases

TipKeep

Subscriptions2
  • TipJar Pro$3.991 Month
  • TipJar Pro$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • TipJar Pro - Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Waiter Pal free?
Waiter Pal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TipKeep free?
TipKeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Waiter Pal or TipKeep?
Waiter Pal and TipKeep are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 788 and 30 ratings respectively.
Do Waiter Pal or TipKeep have ads?
TipKeep shows ads; Waiter Pal does not.
Which is updated more often, Waiter Pal or TipKeep?
Waiter Pal ships an update every 11 days, and TipKeep weekly. Most recently, Waiter Pal was updated on September 28, 2026 and TipKeep on September 17, 2026.
Which is more popular, Waiter Pal or TipKeep?
Waiter Pal currently peaks at #191 in the App Store charts, and TipKeep at #173. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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