Hubitat Elevation vs TipCalculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hubitat Elevation
Control your smart home devices from anywhere with this mobile application. Customize your home screen for quick access to favorites, manage lights, locks, and thermostats, and automate tasks using geofencing. Receive push notifications for important events and monitor your home's security remotely.
- Customizable home screen
- Remote device management
- Grid-based dashboards
- Geofencing presence detection
- Push notifications and alert history
- Remote home monitoring
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Hubitat Elevation Mobile App: Seamless Smart Home Control Welcome to the future of smart home management. With the Hubitat Elevation Mobile App, you can effortlessly control your connected devices, whether you're at home or on the go. Simplify your experience, enhance automation, and enjoy the convenience of mobile control. Key Features: - Home: Customize your home screen to quickly access notifications and favorite devices for instant control. - Devices: Manage lights, locks, thermostats, and more from anywhere. Our app supports a vast range of devices from various manufacturers. - Dashboards: Enjoy a user-friendly, grid-based interface that offers quick access and easy customization for all your smart devices. - Geofence: Use your phone as a presence sensor. Enable geofencing to automate tasks based on your arrival or departure. - Notifications: Get push notifications for events and view alert history directly in the app. - Monitoring: Remotely monitor your home and manage security modes effortlessly with the Hubitat Safety Monitor app. Discover the difference with Hubitat Elevation and take control of your smart home like never before!
TipCalculator
Easily calculate tips and split bills with this straightforward application. Enter your bill amount, select a tip percentage or dollar amount, and optionally divide the cost among friends for instant, clear results.
- Enter bill amount
- Select tip percentage or dollar amount
- Split bill among multiple people
- Instant calculation of tip, total, and per-person cost
- Dismissible number keypad
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How it works: 1. Tap on the blank lines to enter your bill amount. 2. Tap off of the number keypad to dismiss the number keypad. 2. Choose tip percentage or dollar amount. 3. Optionally split between multiple people. 4. Get instant results – tip amount, total, and per-person cost.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TipCalculator at 100% against Hubitat Elevation's 24%. TipCalculator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Hubitat Elevation's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 2). On 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
Hubitat Elevation is free to download; TipCalculator costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TipCalculator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hubitat Elevation has 1.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Hubitat Elevation's written reviews are positive against 100% of TipCalculator's.
Hubitat Elevation ships an update every 3 weeks, TipCalculator every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hubitat Elevation | TipCalculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (1.2K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hubitat, Inc. | Susan Varnum |
Customer experience
Hubitat Elevation
TipCalculator
Bugs and requests
Hubitat Elevation
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on selecting hub
- Home screen not updating
- Unable to add devices
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Restore old app functionality
- Better customization options
TipCalculator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hubitat Elevation
No in-app purchases
TipCalculator
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hubitat Elevation free?
Is TipCalculator free?
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