Comparison

Tip Bucket Pro vs Tip & Shift Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Tip Bucket Pro

Easily track your tips, hours, and earnings in the service industry. Log income instantly, monitor clock-in/out times, and view your financial performance with a clear dashboard. Stay organized and understand your true income potential.

Highlights
  • Log tips instantly
  • Track clock-in/out times
  • View daily, weekly, monthly earnings
  • Sync with web app
  • Intuitive dashboard
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Tip Bucket is the easiest way for service industry workers to track their tips, hours, and earnings. • Log tips instantly after every shift • Track clock-in and clock-out times accurately • View daily, weekly, and monthly earnings at a glance • Sync seamlessly with the Tip Bucket web app • Stay on top of your income with a clean, intuitive dashboard Whether you're a server, bartender, delivery driver, or anyone who earns tips — Tip Bucket keeps your earnings organized so you always know where you stand.

About

Tip & Shift Tracker

Track hours, tips, and take-home pay across multiple jobs. Visualize your schedule with a color-coded calendar and see earnings broken down per job or combined. All data stays on your device.

Highlights
  • Log multiple jobs with custom rates and locations
  • Track tips, tip-outs, and calculate take-home pay
  • View earnings by job or combined
  • Color-coded calendar for shifts and availability
  • Seniority tracking per job
  • Data export for tax season
Features
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Built for anyone working more than one job. MULTIPLE JOBS Add as many jobs as you work. Each gets its own color, position, hourly rate, start date and location. Worked two jobs in one day? Log both — they stay separate everywhere in the app, and saving one no longer locks the other. TIPS, TIP-OUTS AND TAKE-HOME Enter your hours, the tips you collected and what you tipped out. The app does the math: hourly pay + tips − tip out = your real take-home. EARNINGS THAT ADD UP See what you made this week, this month and year to date — broken out per job and combined, with tips and tip-outs shown separately. A CALENDAR YOU CAN READ AT A GLANCE Green for worked, blue for pass, orange for refusal, gray for off, purple for FMLA, red for call out. Multi-job days show a bar per job. SENIORITY WHERE IT BELONGS Seniority lists moved into the Contacts tab, under Must Know Contacts, and are tracked per job. NEW HERE? START WITH THE WALKTHROUGH A visual tutorial in the More tab walks you through logging a shift, reading the calendar and tracking earnings. ALSO IN THIS UPDATE • Exporting now opens the share sheet, so you can save to Files, email it or send it anywhere • CSV export adds hourly rate, hourly pay, tip out and take-home columns for tax season • Overtime is not calculated — rates vary too much between employers Everything stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tip Bucket Pro4 screens
Tip & Shift Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tip & Shift Tracker at 100% against Tip Bucket Pro's 47%. Tip & Shift Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Tip Bucket Pro's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Tip Bucket Pro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Tip & Shift Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tip & Shift Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Tip Bucket Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tip & Shift Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tip Bucket Pro ships an update fortnightly, Tip & Shift Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tip Bucket Pro versus Tip & Shift Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTip Bucket ProTip & Shift Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (12 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrand ERP, LLCHospitality is Life LLC

Customer experience

Tip Bucket Pro

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral13.7%
Negative39.2%

Tip & Shift Tracker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tip Bucket Pro

One-time3
  • Buy Me a Coffee$1.99
  • Pizza Slice$4.99
  • Big Tip$9.99
2 purchases

Tip & Shift Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Tip Bucket Pro free?
Tip Bucket Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tip & Shift Tracker free?
Tip & Shift Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tip Bucket Pro or Tip & Shift Tracker?
Tip & Shift Tracker is rated higher. Tip Bucket Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Tip & Shift Tracker averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Tip Bucket Pro or Tip & Shift Tracker have ads?
Neither Tip Bucket Pro nor Tip & Shift Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tip Bucket Pro or Tip & Shift Tracker?
Tip Bucket Pro ships an update fortnightly, and Tip & Shift Tracker weekly. Most recently, Tip Bucket Pro was updated on October 10, 2026 and Tip & Shift Tracker on September 22, 2026.

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