BigTipper™ vs Insect Food Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Insect Food Scanner
Quickly check food items for potential insect contamination without opening packaging. Utilizes a vast global food database for accurate results, making shopping safer for everyone.
- Scan food items for insects
- Global food database
- Intuitive user interface
- Check before buying
- Suitable for all diets
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Insects in your food? Insect Scanner tells you in seconds whether a product contains insect-based ingredients, no need to study long ingredient lists. UNLIMITED FREE BARCODE SCANS Scan as many products as you like. Each barcode is instantly checked against a database of millions of foods worldwide. NO BARCODE? SNAP THE LABEL Take a photo of the ingredient list. Text recognition reads it and checks every ingredient. 3 label scans per month are free; get more with a short video ad or go unlimited with Pro. CLEAR RESULT AT A GLANCE • Green: no insect-based ingredients found • Red: contains insect ingredients • Yellow: contains substances you flagged Detects carmine/cochineal (E120), shellac (E904), beeswax (E901) and insect flour from house cricket, mealworm or migratory locust. MORE THAN JUST SCANNING • Database search with insect status • History and favorites (unlimited with Pro) • Nutrition facts, Nutri-Score, NOVA and Green-Score • Help and FAQ built in • Available in 13 languages INSECT SCANNER PRO • Completely ad-free • Unlimited label scans • Unlimited history and favorites • Your own watchlist (e.g. gelatin, palm oil) • Local backup and export Monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel. Cancel anytime in your App Store settings. The free version contains ads. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://insectfoodscanner.com/appdatenschutz/datenschutz
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BigTipper™ at 86% against Insect Food Scanner's 29%. BigTipper™ also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Insect Food Scanner's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On monetization model, device support 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
Insect Food Scanner is free to download; BigTipper™ costs $1.99 up front. Insect Food Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. BigTipper™ asks for nothing beyond the download.
BigTipper™ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BigTipper™ has 136 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of BigTipper™'s written reviews are positive against 29% of Insect Food Scanner's.
BigTipper™ ships an update every 3 months, Insect Food Scanner weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BigTipper™ | Insect Food Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (136 ratings) — better | 2.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 136 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #96 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PureBlend Software | Marcel Bartecki |
Customer experience
BigTipper™
Insect Food Scanner
Bugs and requests
BigTipper™
Reported bugs
2 issues- App freezes when hitting martini, clock, email button
- App no longer automatically locates restaurants
Requested features
6 requests- Zoom in on receipts
- Add option for dinner vs. drinks tip percentages
- Location aware sales tax
- Disable sounds
- Built-in calculator for forgotten separate bills
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- Split food and drink tabs separately
Insect Food Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BigTipper™
No in-app purchases
Insect Food Scanner
- Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro - Yearly$17.991 Year
- Pro - Lifetime$34.99
Questions
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