Comparison

BigTipper™ vs Tip Calculator % Tap Tip

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

Tip Calculator % Tap Tip

Easily calculate service-based tips and split bills with this intuitive app. It handles complex scenarios like taxes and multiple people, ensuring you tip correctly and manage expenses efficiently. Features include bill splitting, tax exclusion, and currency conversion.

Highlights
  • Service-based tipping calculation
  • Up to 100 person bill splitting
  • Per person billing and tipping
  • Exclude sales taxes from tipping
  • Round tip or total
  • Switch currency with ease
  • Share results via text or email
Features
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Hmmm so I have a bill of $259.65 including tax, so how much should I tip? Tipping used to be simple. Now with a truck load of taxes, service charges, per person splitting and what not, a simple restaurant etiquette has turned into a full on battle of the brains. Luckily, there’s Tap Tip to save you the hassle of tipping wrong. And even calculating it. Within seconds you can get the perfect amount of tipping needed to keep that waiter smiling, your reputation intact and your finances up and running. Imagine tipping incorrectly at every meal every time you eat out. Sounds simple but the damage builds up over time to be something serious. An app like Tap Tip can help you loads. Oh, and it has lots of other nice features too! • You can calculate service based tipping • Up to 100 person split of the bill ( VERY convenient) with per person billing and tipping • Just a simple tap and swipe action to operate • You can exclude sales taxes from tipping • You can round the tip or the total • Switch the currency with ease! • Oh and if you want, you can even share results by text or email • And, you can tip even faster with the companion Apple Watch app • Currency change, rounding and sales tax exclusion are available via in-app purchase. • Fully compatible with Dark Mode. PS: That would be $00.00 for the app (tip included!)

Screenshots

BigTipper™4 screens
Tip Calculator % Tap Tip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tip Calculator % Tap Tip at Free against BigTipper™'s $1.99. Tip Calculator % Tap Tip also leads on ratings volume (2.6K vs 136) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). BigTipper™'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, update cadence 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

Tip Calculator % Tap Tip is free to download; BigTipper™ costs $1.99 up front. Tip Calculator % Tap Tip sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. BigTipper™ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for BigTipper™ against 4.7 for Tip Calculator % Tap Tip. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tip Calculator % Tap Tip has 2.6K ratings behind it against 136, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of BigTipper™'s written reviews are positive against 60% of Tip Calculator % Tap Tip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BigTipper™ ships an update every 3 months, Tip Calculator % Tap Tip every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
BigTipper™ versus Tip Calculator % Tap Tip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBigTipper™Tip Calculator % Tap Tip
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (136 ratings) — better4.7 (2.6K ratings)
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews — better60.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1362.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#78 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPureBlend SoftwareTardent Apps Inc.

Customer experience

BigTipper™

All ratings136 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.8%

Tip Calculator % Tap Tip

All ratings2,574 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive60.2%
Neutral7.5%
Negative32.3%

User reviews

BigTipper™

From 136 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast and quick to load
  • ✨ Polished and well-thought-out UI
  • 💡 Automatically subtracts sales tax
  • 🔄 Supports various rounding options

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Requests excessive permissions (location, photos, contacts, camera)
  • 🐛 App freezes on certain buttons
  • 📍 Location services no longer automatic

Tip Calculator % Tap Tip

From 2.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Reliable and accurate
  • 👍 Customizable tip percentages
  • 👍 Divides bill and tip among party

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Slow performance and lags
  • 🔍 Too many ads and intrusive pop-ups
  • 💰 Paid features too expensive

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

Tip Calculator % Tap Tip

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Share feature not working properly
  • Crashes when opening app
  • Dictation not working on Apple Watch

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to tip on pre-tax amount
  • Custom tip percentage options
  • Improved Apple Watch integration

In-app purchases

None

BigTipper™

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Tip Calculator % Tap Tip

One-time6
  • Change Currency$1.99
  • No Ads$1.99
  • Share Results$1.99
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  • Remove Sales Tax$2.99
  • Rounding Options$2.99
  • All Upgrades$4.99

Questions

Is BigTipper™ free?
BigTipper™ costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tip Calculator % Tap Tip free?
Tip Calculator % Tap Tip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BigTipper™ or Tip Calculator % Tap Tip?
BigTipper™ is rated higher. BigTipper™ averages 4.9 out of 5 from 136 ratings, while Tip Calculator % Tap Tip averages 4.7 from 2.6K ratings.
Do BigTipper™ or Tip Calculator % Tap Tip have ads?
Tip Calculator % Tap Tip shows ads; BigTipper™ does not.
Which is updated more often, BigTipper™ or Tip Calculator % Tap Tip?
BigTipper™ ships an update every 3 months, and Tip Calculator % Tap Tip every 4 months. Most recently, BigTipper™ was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tip Calculator % Tap Tip on October 23, 2026.

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