CheckPlease Tip Calculator vs TipServ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CheckPlease Tip Calculator
Easily calculate tips and split bills with this intuitive application. It offers flexible options for tip calculation, including excluding tax, and allows for bill splitting among multiple people. Supports local and custom currencies.
- Quick tip calculation
- Option to exclude tax from tip
- Round tip and total
- Split bills among multiple people
- Supports local and custom currencies
- Integrates with PocketMoney LITE
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CheckPlease is a fast, simple tip calculator for calculating gratuity, rounding totals, and splitting restaurant bills with friends, family, or groups. Whether you are dining out, grabbing lunch, or sharing a meal with others, CheckPlease helps you quickly figure out the right tip and divide the bill fairly. FEATURES INCLUDE: - Quickly calculate tips based on your bill total - Split the bill between multiple people - Option to calculate the tip before tax - Round the tip or round the total - Always round up for easier payments - Simple, fast, and easy to use CheckPlease has been helping people calculate tips since 1995, starting on Newton OS, moving to Palm OS, and continuing today on iPhone. If you want a reliable tip calculator that makes restaurant bills quick and easy, CheckPlease is ready when the check arrives.
TipServ
Easily calculate tips and split bills. This app handles various payment methods, including rounding for cash tips or total payments. It also allows for easy check splitting among multiple people.
- Tip calculation
- Bill splitting
- Cash tip rounding
- Total payment rounding
- Multiple payment methods
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TipServ is an easy to use tip calculator that will figure out the tip amount however you pay your bill. It will round the tip for cash tips or it will round the total for quick whole number cash payments. It will even allow you to split the check multiple ways.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TipServ at 100% against CheckPlease Tip Calculator's 56%. TipServ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). CheckPlease Tip Calculator's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (66 vs 3). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. CheckPlease Tip Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TipServ asks for nothing beyond the download.
TipServ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CheckPlease Tip Calculator has 66 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of CheckPlease Tip Calculator's written reviews are positive against 100% of TipServ's.
CheckPlease Tip Calculator ships an update every 6 weeks, TipServ every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CheckPlease Tip Calculator | TipServ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (66 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nSoft Technologies | Benny Isbell |
Customer experience
CheckPlease Tip Calculator
TipServ
Bugs and requests
CheckPlease Tip Calculator
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect tip calculations
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Ads overlapping main functionality
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to calculate tips based on individual items, not just total bill
- Option to automatically calculate sales tax based on location
- Ability to save and view past tip history
TipServ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CheckPlease Tip Calculator
- CheckPlease Pro$0.99
TipServ
No in-app purchases
Questions
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