Tip Calculator‰ vs Find a Grave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tip Calculator‰
Easily calculate accurate tips while dining out or on the go. This straightforward tool focuses on reliable calculations, cutting out unnecessary features for a quick and user-friendly experience.
- Accurate tip calculations
- User-friendly interface
- Quick calculations
- Basic reliable calculations
- No frills design
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This tip calculator is simple and user-friendly. It's perfect for calculating accurate tips while dining out and great for quick calculations while in a hurry. This App does away with the frills of other tip calculator apps and provides basic reliable calculations that satisfy customer and server alike.
Find a Grave
Access the world's largest free online collection of burial information. Search millions of graves, add new memorials with photos and GPS, and find loved ones' resting places. Honor ancestors by creating memorials and sharing discoveries.
- Search 250+ million graves
- Add memorials and photos
- Record GPS locations
- Create ancestor memorials
- Share discoveries
- Manage user profiles
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The Find a Grave app is a great way to use and add to the world’s largest free online collection of burial information. Quickly search more than 265 million graves in half a million cemeteries around the world. Add a new memorial or a photo and GPS location to an existing memorial. Easily add information for multiple graves by photographing and then uploading them for future transcription. Find and visit a loved one’s final resting place anywhere, anytime. Request a headstone photo or snap one yourself and share it instantly. Honor your ancestors by creating memorials. All this and more with just a few taps. Features: + Access the largest online collection of burial info for free + Find cemeteries near you and locate grave sites of your loved ones through a simple search + Add headstones photo and GPS coordinates + Create memorials with bios and photos + Share discoveries through Facebook, emails, text messages + Manage your profile and see the profiles of others + Track your own memorials, photos, and virtual cemeteries
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Find a Grave at none against Tip Calculator‰'s shown. Find a Grave also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 15 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Tip Calculator‰'s advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (71% vs 60%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tip Calculator‰ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9.1K and 3.7K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Tip Calculator‰'s written reviews are positive against 60% of Find a Grave's.
Tip Calculator‰ ships an update every 15 months, Find a Grave fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Tip Calculator‰ | Find a Grave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.1K ratings) — better | 4.6 (3.7K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.1K — better | 3.7K |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #188 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tim O's Studios, LLC | Ancestry.com |
Customer experience
Tip Calculator‰
Find a Grave
User reviews
Tip Calculator‰
From 9.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Quick and accurate calculations
- 💡 Customizable tip percentages
- 🚀 Saves time compared to manual calculations
- 👍 Helpful for those not good at math
Room to improve
- 🐛 Ads interfere with usability
- 🐛 Ads cover the entire screen, making the app unusable
- 🐛 Defaults to 20% tip, should have option to change default
- 🐛 Slider to adjust tip percentage not working on some devices
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Find a Grave
From 3.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent app for family history research
- 🚀 Easy to use and navigate
- 🚀 Helpful for finding and visiting graves
- 🚀 Valuable resource for genealogy
- 🚀 Great for volunteering and contributing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
- 🐛 Inaccurate or incomplete information
- 🔒 Privacy concerns with strangers creating memorials
- 🔒 Difficult to manage memorials and correct errors
- 💡 Limited functionality compared to website
Bugs and requests
Tip Calculator‰
Reported bugs
3 issues- Defaults to 10% tip and won't let user change it
- Switches to Japanese ads that can't be closed
- Full-screen ads that can't be dismissed
Requested features
3 requests- Split bill functionality
- Rounding up/down option for tip
- Paid ad-free version
Find a Grave
Reported bugs
4 issues- Server errors and inability to load memorials
- Issues with uploading and editing photos
- Problems with signing in and accessing account features
- Inconsistent behavior across iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to message other users within the app
- Improve search functionality and allow for more flexible searches
- Integrate with Ancestry.com for seamless family tree integration
- Add option to set default location/cemetery preferences
- Improve GPS and mapping features to better locate graves
In-app purchases
Tip Calculator‰
No in-app purchases
Find a Grave
No in-app purchases
Questions
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