Tipwise vs Tip Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tipwise
Quickly calculate the perfect tip amount for any bill. This finance tool offers fast and accurate tip suggestions, making splitting bills and leaving gratuity effortless.
- Instant tip calculation
- Fast bill splitting
- Accurate gratuity suggestions
- User-friendly interface
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An app that calculates the desired tip for you in less than a second.
Tip Calculator
Effortlessly calculate and split bills with smart tip suggestions and receipt scanning. Supports multiple currencies and international tipping etiquette. Includes a tip-out calculator for servers and home screen widgets.
- Receipt scanning with auto-read total and tax
- Smart tip suggestions by service type and rating
- Bill splitting for up to 50 people
- International tipping guide for 20+ countries
- Tip-out calculator for servers
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Siri Shortcuts integration
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Zero ads. Zero subscriptions. Zero tracking. Just the tip. GratuityPro is a fast tip calculator for the moment the bill arrives. Type or scan the total, rate the service, and see the tip, the total and each person's share update as you go. SCAN THE BILL Point your camera at a printed receipt. GratuityPro finds the total, locks onto it, and fills it in. Subtotal and tax lines are told apart from the real total. SMART TIP SUGGESTIONS Suggestions based on the kind of service and how it went: restaurant, bar, coffee, delivery, taxi, hairdresser, hair salon, spa, hotel and more. SPLIT FAIRLY Split between up to 50 people. Shares always add up to the cent, so nobody pays a cent too much. With Pro, split by what each person actually had. TIP LIKE A LOCAL A tipping guide for 20 countries: what is expected at restaurants, hotels, taxis and more, before you travel. TIP-OUT FOR SERVERS Servers and bartenders: enter your tips and the tip-out for bussers, bar and hosts, and see what you take home. WIDGETS AND SIRI Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your last tip, recent tips and this month's totals. Ask Siri to work out a tip without opening the app. SHARE A RECEIPT Send friends a clean receipt card of the split, in four styles and six colour palettes. FREE - Unlimited calculations - 5 saves to history per day - History of the last 7 days - Receipt scanner, splitting, tipping guide, tip-out, widgets, Siri PRO, ONE-TIME PURCHASE - Unlimited saves and full history - CSV and PDF export of your history - Custom split by person - All smart suggestions - 5 extra app icons - All receipt styles and palettes - This Month widget with trends No subscription. Pay once, keep it forever. The price is shown in your currency before you buy. 10 currencies, 7 languages, dark design, no ads ever, no tracking. Built by a solo developer who uses it at the table. Privacy Policy: https://gratuitypro.vercel.app/privacy Support: https://gratuitypro.vercel.app/support Terms: https://gratuitypro.vercel.app/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tipwise at none against Tip Calculator's 1. Tipwise also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Tip Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tipwise asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tipwise against 5.0 for Tip Calculator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tipwise ships an update weekly, Tip Calculator every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tipwise | Tip Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Po Jui Juan | Abdelkarime Achtaou |
Customer experience
Tipwise
Tip Calculator
In-app purchases
Tipwise
No in-app purchases
Tip Calculator
- Premium Features$2.99
