Comparison

Tip Simple vs TaxTool

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

Head to head
About

Tip Simple

Easily calculate tips with simple or custom modes. Includes US tipping standards and receipt capture for expense tracking. Streamline your tipping and expense management.

Highlights
  • Simple tip calculation mode
  • Customizable tip percentages
  • US tipping standards guide
  • Receipt capture for expenses
  • Party size calculation
Features
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Tip Simple is a convenient, easy-to-use tip calculator application with a receipt scanner to make entering tip details a snap! Additionally we've included tipping standards to help with common questions about tip etiquette. You can also share your receipts with others, making it easy for record keeping when you spit the bill. Tipping Standards: We've included information about standard tipping practices for different types of services. Receipt Capture: Needs to capture your receipts for expense purposes? We've got you covered with our receipt capture feature and the ability to save them to retrieve later. Settings: Allows you to customize your experience with different visual themes and haptics to make text entry more tactile.

About

TaxTool

Features
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A simple and quick tool to lookup the tax due on any taxable amount entered into the calculator for a specific year (from March 2019 to February 2024 ). Specify the age, medical dependants and the pay frequency (weekly, monthly or annual) and tap on the calculate button to produce the resultant tax due. This calculator can be used by anyone wanting to check their payslip or for employers that manually calculate payrolls or want to spot check a computer calculation. Our Software Support Consultants use this tool to check the tax calculated in our various software versions and to do salary structuring or outsourcing tax checks. The calculator adjusts for the relevant tax rebate and tax bracket and computes the correct tax bracket calculations using the tax rates applicable from March 2019 to February 2023. (Please select the tax year for the relevant tax rate) The tax rates tables and additional information can be viewed as a pdf document accessed from the Information button on the top right of the screen. This pdf document is a "Cheat Sheet" of Payroll Legislation and is used daily by Payslip Support Staff for easy reference. If you require payroll software or services, please consider our product offering at shop.payslip.co.za or contact help@payslip.co.za

Screenshots

Tip Simple4 screens
TaxTool2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TaxTool at Free against Tip Simple's $0.99. TaxTool also leads on iOS requirement (14.4 vs 18.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

TaxTool is free to download; Tip Simple costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tip Simple ships an update every 6 months, TaxTool every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tip Simple versus TaxTool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTip SimpleTaxTool
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.614.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris DresslerPAYSLIP SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD

In-app purchases

None

Tip Simple

No in-app purchases

None

TaxTool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tip Simple free?
Tip Simple costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TaxTool free?
TaxTool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tip Simple or TaxTool have ads?
Neither Tip Simple nor TaxTool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tip Simple or TaxTool?
Tip Simple ships an update every 6 months, and TaxTool every 10 months. Most recently, Tip Simple was updated on September 29, 2026 and TaxTool on September 8, 2026.

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