Tip It vs SMS Online
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tip It
This utility app quickly calculates tips on bills, offering the unique option to exclude tax from the tip calculation. Its simple interface allows for immediate updates as you adjust bill totals, tax amounts, and desired tip percentages.
- Fast tip calculation
- Option to exclude tax
- Simple user interface
- Real-time updates
- Dark Mode support
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Now updated for iOS 13 and Dark Mode! Tip It is a very clean, simple and fast tip calculator. It is unique in that it provides the option to not include tax in the tip calculation. The interface could not be any simpler to use. Simply input the total bill, the tax amount, and move the picker to the percentage for the tip. The output is the tip amount and the total bill including tip. If you would like to include the tax in the calculation for the tip amount, then simply move the slider at the bottom of the screen. All fields update immediately.
SMS Online
Protect your online privacy and simplify registrations with virtual phone numbers and email rentals. Avoid using personal information for sign-ups on various websites and apps, ensuring your digital identity remains secure.
- Virtual phone number rental for SMS verification
- Email account rental for website and app registration
- Business email rental with tiered plans
- Enhanced privacy protection
- Easy-to-use interface
- High compatibility with mainstream platforms
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Simplify online registration and protect your privacy with Verification Code, an all-in-one solution integrating virtual phone number rental, email rental, and business email services. Whether you need to sign up for mainstream websites or various apps, this app helps you get rid of the trouble of using personal information and ensures the security of your online identity. Core Features: • Virtual Phone Number Rental: Select the target service and the country of the phone number, then rent a virtual number to receive SMS verification codes. Fully compatible with most popular platforms, with functions consistent with SMS Virtual. • Email Account Rental: Provide multiple email suffixes, supporting registration requirements of almost all mainstream websites and apps. No complicated configuration, ready to use immediately after rental. • Business Email Rental: Three-tier plans tailored for enterprises: Standard Edition for daily office communication of small teams, AI Premium Edition with efficient functions such as intelligent filtering and automatic classification, and Group Edition supporting large-scale account management and permission customization. Why Choose Us? High Compatibility: Seamlessly adaptable to most mainstream websites and mobile apps. Privacy Protection: Avoid exposing personal phone numbers and emails, reducing spam interference and privacy leakage risks. Easy to Use: Intuitive interface, completing registration verification in just a few steps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tip It at none against SMS Online's 9. Tip It also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). SMS Online's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). On price 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. SMS Online sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Tip It asks for nothing beyond the download.
SMS Online holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMS Online has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tip It ships an update every 3 months, SMS Online weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tip It | SMS Online |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Wathen | 海 代 |
In-app purchases
Tip It
No in-app purchases
SMS Online
- 1 Coin$0.29
- 5 Coins$0.99
- 10 Coins$1.99
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- 18 Coins$3.99
- 45 Coins$9.99
- 98 Coins$19.99
- 198 Coins$39.99
- 298 Coins$59.99
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