Comparison

BTECH GMRS Programmer vs TipVision

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

Head to head
About

BTECH GMRS Programmer

This app provides wireless control and programming for a specific GMRS radio. Manage channels, create custom groups, and update firmware. It also offers offline maps and text messaging capabilities for enhanced communication.

Highlights
  • Wireless radio programming
  • Channel and group management
  • Custom group lists
  • Firmware update notifications
  • Offline map downloads
  • Text messaging
  • Location sharing
Features
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Transform your BTECH GMRS-PRO radio experience with the GMRS Programmer App – a robust tool designed for intuitive, wireless control and programming. This app turns your smartphone into a command center for your radio, allowing you to effortlessly manage channels and groups, craft custom group lists for efficient communication, and fine-tune your radio's settings with just a few taps. Stay informed and up-to-date with automatic notifications for essential GMRS-PRO firmware updates, and ensure your radio is always operating with the latest features and enhancements. Additionally, the app offers offline map downloads for navigation when you're beyond the reach of cellular networks. Enhance your communication capabilities by sending text messages to fellow GMRS-PRO users. For added safety and community support, the app enables you to share your location with other users in your vicinity, or request theirs, particularly useful during emergencies. The GMRS Programmer App is more than an accessory; it's an indispensable partner for your GMRS-PRO radio, empowering you with connectivity and control wherever your adventures may lead.

About

TipVision

Effortlessly calculate tips and split bills with this modern tool. It handles everything from simple individual checks to complex itemized group expenses, even reading receipts with your camera. Supports international travel with local tipping guidance and multi-currency options.

Highlights
  • Scan receipts with camera
  • Even and itemized bill splitting
  • Smart tip calculation
  • International tipping guidance
  • Multi-currency support
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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TipVision is a modern tip calculator and bill splitter built for real restaurant receipts, travel meals, group dinners, bar tabs, and quick everyday checks. Whether you are paying alone, splitting evenly with friends, or assigning individual receipt items, TipVision helps you calculate what everyone owes with less guesswork. Use Read Bill to scan a receipt with your camera, review the detected bill total, tax, fees, gratuity, and items, then calculate the tip and final amount in seconds. Key Features: • No Split Quickly calculate a tip for your own bill using the bill total before tip. • Even Split Split a bill between multiple people and see each person’s share. • Itemized Split Add people, enter or scan receipt items, then assign items to each person for a more accurate split. • Receipt Reading Use the camera to read restaurant bills and detect totals, tax, fees, included gratuity, and receipt items. • Smart Tip Calculation Choose a percentage tip or enter a custom dollar amount. • Included Gratuity Support When a receipt already includes gratuity, TipVision can use that amount instead of adding another tip. • Travel-Friendly Tipping Select a country to see local tipping guidance and use the appropriate default tip behavior. • Multi-Currency Support View itemized split summaries in the local currency and estimated USD values when traveling. • Final Split Summary Review what each person owes and share the result by text message. • Apple Watch Companion Use quick tip and split tools from your wrist for fast, glanceable calculations. TipVision is designed to make restaurant math clearer, faster, and more reliable, whether you are at home, traveling internationally, or splitting a meal with friends.

Screenshots

BTECH GMRS Programmer4 screens
TipVision4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BTECH GMRS Programmer at Free against TipVision's $1.99. BTECH GMRS Programmer also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). TipVision's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

BTECH GMRS Programmer is free to download; TipVision costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BTECH GMRS Programmer ships an update monthly, TipVision every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BTECH GMRS Programmer versus TipVision: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBTECH GMRS ProgrammerTipVision
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperB-Tech Distribution, IncROBERT SCOTT FOGGIA

Customer experience

BTECH GMRS Programmer

Written reviews46 reviews
Positive28.3%
Neutral21.7%
Negative50.0%

TipVision

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

BTECH GMRS Programmer

Reported bugs

24 issues
  • App crashes immediately after starting
  • App crashes when trying to connect to Bluetooth
  • App opens and shuts on its own
  • App crashes within five seconds of launching
  • App crashes as soon as you pair a radio
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  • Login functionality doesn't work
  • Checking for new firmware doesn't work
  • App drains battery overnight
  • Location info for other users missing on iOS
  • App won't open after new update
  • Version 1.2.6 constantly crashing at startup
  • New update is crashing iPhone
  • App is not accessible with VoiceOver screenreader
  • Unable to pair radio to iPhone
  • App does not work like advertised
  • Will not let me pair my radio to my iPhone
  • Doesn't work on Macbook Air
  • Unsupported for iPhone iPad
  • Pairing unsuccessful
  • App is full of glitches
  • Connected to radio but doesn't program it
  • App closes when try to sync channels
  • App closes when clicking on various settings
  • Very glitchy and difficult to sync channels / groups

Requested features

16 requests
  • Monitor and talk via app (like Android)
  • TX and RX via the app
  • Pass through audio
  • Show other users' positions on map (iOS)
  • Activate tone scanning from app
Show 11 more
  • Add onX maps for iOS
  • Program TX within the app
  • Ability to change groups in the app
  • Export, import, and share channel groups
  • Edit channel groups offline
  • Import channels from CSV files
  • Add support for GMRS-V2 via dongle
  • Listen and talk through phone remotely
  • Add phone number for support
  • Add VOX setting
  • Add ability to program VHF transmissions

TipVision

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BTECH GMRS Programmer

No in-app purchases

None

TipVision

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BTECH GMRS Programmer free?
BTECH GMRS Programmer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TipVision free?
TipVision costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BTECH GMRS Programmer or TipVision have ads?
Neither BTECH GMRS Programmer nor TipVision shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BTECH GMRS Programmer or TipVision?
BTECH GMRS Programmer ships an update monthly, and TipVision every 9 days. Most recently, BTECH GMRS Programmer was updated on October 14, 2026 and TipVision on October 3, 2026.

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