eTip.io vs Tipon Payments
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eTip.io
Manage your digital tips, view customer reviews, and receive instant disbursements to your bank account. This app is exclusively for employees of businesses using the eTip platform.
- Manage tips and transactions
- View customer reviews
- Initiate instant disbursements
- Real-time feedback
- Direct deposit via Visa Direct
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eTip, hospitality's leading digital tipping solution, is proud to present our employee mobile app. With the employee app, team members at businesses using eTip get access to manage their tips, reviews and disbursements. - View all transactions and tips made to your account - Get real-time feedback with customer reviews - Initiate instant disbursements to your preferred account thanks to our partnership with Visa Direct Please note: This app is only for users who work at a company with an active eTip plan.
Tipon Payments
Accept tips digitally through QR codes or NFC tags. Receive instant notifications, access earnings quickly, and gather customer feedback to enhance service. Built on Stripe for secure payouts, it's perfect for service professionals.
- Cashless tipping via QR code
- NFC tipping support
- Real-time earning notifications
- Instant access to earnings
- Integrated customer feedback
- Secure Stripe payouts
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Tipon is the ultimate platform for cashless tipping. Service providers can now accept tips effortlessly using QR codes, offering a seamless payment experience for customers. With real-time notifications, instant access to earnings, and integrated feedback collection, Tipon is designed to improve service quality and make tipping more convenient. The app is built on top of Stripe for secure and fast payouts, making it ideal for freelancers, small businesses, and service professionals in industries like hospitality, personal services, and retail.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tipon Payments at 5.0 against eTip.io's 4.0. Tipon Payments also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 16.0). eTip.io's advantage is ratings volume (101 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Tipon Payments holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eTip.io has 101 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of eTip.io's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tipon Payments's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eTip.io | Tipon Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (101 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Etip App | Tipon Inc. |
Customer experience
eTip.io
Tipon Payments
In-app purchases
eTip.io
No in-app purchases
Tipon Payments
No in-app purchases
