Comparison

BigTipper™ vs Cook kitchen timers

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

Head to head
About

BigTipper™

Easily calculate restaurant tips, split bills, and generate detailed meal expense reports. Save transactions with photos and notes, and get automatic GPS location for restaurants. Supports international currency and customizable input methods.

Highlights
  • Calculate restaurant tips
  • Split bills among groups
  • Generate meal expense reports
  • Save transactions with photos
  • Automatic GPS restaurant lookup
  • International currency support
  • Customizable tip/split controls
Features
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BigTipper is the fastest, easiest way to calculate restaurant tips, split the bill among your group, photograph the bill, save to the app’s History, and quickly send beautiful Meal Expense Reports. When the waiter delivers your bill, just type the amount into BigTipper’s bright blue display, and view the results instantly. As you type, BigTipper continuously calculates the tip amount and totals the bill. Quickly set the tip percentage with the slider control at the top of the screen-- without the need to type any numbers. In fact, you may never have to enter the tip percentage again because BigTipper remembers your preference. If you’re dining with friends, use the other slider control to set how many ways you’d like to split the bill. BigTipper automatically calculates each party’s share. To make it easier for each friend to pay with cash, tap the “round” button to round each party’s share to an even amount. BigTipper adjusts the tip accordingly. For those who prefer the keypad over slider controls: tap the TIP or SPLIT display, then enter values using BigTipper’s keypad (the active display is always highlighted in blue). Or set a preference to use dedicated buttons instead of sliders. Save the transaction to the app’s History with the tap of a button. BigTipper uses GPS to find the restaurant name and address. You can optionally add notes to the history, and take pictures of the paper bill, the meal, or members of your party. Best of all, BigTipper quickly generates and sends Meal Expense Reports, complete with pictures and notes. BigTipper is international-- properly displaying currency symbols, thousands separators, and decimal points for your country or locale. FEATURES • Builds and sends beautiful Meal Expense Reports • History: saves transactions with optional comments and photos • Elegant design with easy-to-read displays • Fast data entry with built-in, oversized keypad • Tip and Split slider/button controls to reduce typing • Customizable interface (choose buttons or sliders) • Sales tax support • Rounding function (on either total or just the tip) • Mirroring function: helps detect credit card slip tampering • Drink calculations (so non-drinkers don’t overpay) • All values are remembered between uses • Automatic calculation; no need to tap an equals key • GPS finds restaurant name and address for history and reports • International currency formatting • Costs less than a drink! REQUIREMENTS • iOS 12+ • iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

About

Cook kitchen timers

Manage multiple cooking timers simultaneously with adjustable durations. Track title, set time, remaining time, and readiness for each dish. Functions independently on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Run multiple timers simultaneously
  • Adjust timer duration while running
  • Display dish title, set time, and remaining time
  • Set timers for hours, minutes, and seconds
  • Preset customization for favorite dishes
  • Apple Watch functionality
Features
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With this kitchen timer app you can run multiple timers simultaneously and independently of each other. You can also easily shorten or prolong the timer while cooking. For each dish Cook will display the title, set time, remaining time and at what time the dish will be ready. Functions independently from your iPhone, so that you can set your Timers directly on your Watch! Cook is so easy and fast! • Tap a Preset or Recent and your timer starts running. • Customise the Presets with your favourite dishes. • Easily pause, resume, shorten or prolong the timer while cooking. • Cook displays the title, set time, remaining time and at what time the dish will be ready. • Set hours, minutes, seconds. Privacy Policy: https://www.devart.nl/cook/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BigTipper™4 screens
Cook kitchen timers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BigTipper™ at 86% against Cook kitchen timers's 0%. BigTipper™ also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 36 months) and chart position (#76 vs unranked). Cook kitchen timers's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). 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

BigTipper™ costs $1.99 and Cook kitchen timers $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BigTipper™ ships an update every 2 months, Cook kitchen timers every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
BigTipper™ versus Cook kitchen timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBigTipper™Cook kitchen timers
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.9 (135 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 36 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#76 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPureBlend SoftwareDevart B.V.

Customer experience

BigTipper™

All ratings135 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.8%

Cook kitchen timers

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

BigTipper™

No in-app purchases

None

Cook kitchen timers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BigTipper™ free?
BigTipper™ costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cook kitchen timers free?
Cook kitchen timers costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do BigTipper™ or Cook kitchen timers have ads?
Neither BigTipper™ nor Cook kitchen timers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BigTipper™ or Cook kitchen timers?
BigTipper™ ships an update every 2 months, and Cook kitchen timers every 36 months. Most recently, BigTipper™ was updated on September 23, 2026 and Cook kitchen timers on September 10, 2026.

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