TipCalc Lite vs Tipster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TipCalc Lite
Easily calculate tips and split bills with this straightforward utility. Input your total bill amount, desired tip percentage, and the number of people to split the cost. Get instant results for quick calculations.
- Calculate tips
- Split bills
- Enter total bill amount
- Set tip percentage
- Specify number of people
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Tip Calc Lite is a very simple tip calculator. Simply enter the total of your bill, the tip percentage you would like to leave the wait staff and if you'd like, the number of people who will be splitting the bill.
Tipster
Easily calculate tips and split bills with friends. This application offers a straightforward way to determine individual costs, including gratuity, for group outings.
- Calculate tips
- Split bills
- Send cost messages
- Sleek design
- Easy to use
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Tipster is a sleek, simple to use tip calculator to help make calculating tips significantly easier to the user. It will also allow you to send messages to your friends letting them know what their split of the bill is, including tips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tipster at daily against TipCalc Lite's every 12 months. Tipster also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TipCalc Lite against 5.0 for Tipster. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TipCalc Lite ships an update every 12 months, Tipster daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TipCalc Lite | Tipster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MicosTechnologies LLC | Mohamed Boutaleb |
Customer experience
TipCalc Lite
Tipster
In-app purchases
TipCalc Lite
No in-app purchases
Tipster
No in-app purchases
