Tip Simple vs TaxTool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Simple tip calculation mode
- Customizable tip percentages
- US tipping standards guide
- Receipt capture for expenses
- Party size calculation
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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.
TaxTool
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Tip Simple | TaxTool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 14.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Dressler | PAYSLIP SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD |
In-app purchases
Tip Simple
No in-app purchases
TaxTool
No in-app purchases









