TipShift vs Checkout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TipShift
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TipShift — The Tip Tracker Built for Service Workers Whether you're a server, bartender, delivery driver, or salon pro, TipShift helps you take control of your tip income. Log Tips in Seconds Cash or card — just enter the amount and save. Add tags like Lunch, Dinner, or Event to organize your shifts. Track tip-outs to support staff so you know exactly what you keep. Know Your Real Hourly Rate Log your shift hours and TipShift calculates your actual $/hr. See which days and shifts pay the best. Multiple Workplaces Work at two restaurants? No problem. Create workplaces and tag each tip so your earnings stay organized. History Grouped by Day See your tips organized by date with daily totals. Search, filter by cash/card or payout status, and find any tip instantly. Weekly Goals & Streaks Set a weekly earnings goal and track your progress. Build a daily logging streak to stay motivated. Tax-Ready (Pro) TipShift tracks the IRS $20/month cash tip reporting threshold for you. Upgrade to Pro for: - Full 12-month history - CSV & PDF exports - Form 4070-A (Daily Tip Record) - Employer summary reports - Year-to-date income & FICA estimates Your Data, Secured Tips sync to the cloud so you never lose them. All data encrypted in transit. Delete your account anytime — we delete everything. Download TipShift and start tracking today. Your tips deserve better than a napkin.
Checkout
Easily log your shifts, sales, and tips to automatically calculate your real hourly rate and net earnings. Track multiple jobs, set weekly goals, and gain insights into your earning patterns. Export your data for tax purposes.
- Automatic tip calculation
- Multi-job and role tracking
- Shift calendar with earnings visualization
- Weekly goal setting with widgets
- Detailed earnings breakdown
- Tip out calculator
- CSV export for tax filing
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Stop guessing what you made last night. Checkout tracks your tips, calculates your real hourly rate, and shows which shifts actually pay. Know exactly what you made, every single shift. Checkout is the tip tracker built for servers, bartenders, waiters, waitresses, hosts, and food runners. Log a shift in seconds. See your real hourly rate. No account required, and your data never leaves your phone. SIMPLE TIP TRACKING Enter your hours, sales, and tips and Checkout calculates your tip share, net tips, and real hourly rate automatically. Handles midnight crossovers, custom tip out percentages, and tip in for bartenders. No math. No guessing. Just your numbers. OVERTIME THAT KNOWS TIPPED WORK Tell Checkout how each job pays overtime, whether that is weekly, daily, or double time, with your own thresholds and payroll week start. If you are a tipped employee, your overtime is figured on full minimum wage instead of your cash wage, the way it is supposed to be. Every shift, total, and chart counts it from then on. YOUR SHIFTS AS RECEIPTS Every shift you log opens as a printed receipt, itemized line by line, with your total and hourly rate at the bottom. The only tip tracker that shows your money the way your restaurant does. WHY IS MY CHECK SO SMALL? (CHECKOUT PRO) Enter your paycheck and Checkout explains it in plain English: how much was wages, how much was tips you already took home, what got taxed, and what actually hit your account. See it as a plain language breakdown or a line by line receipt, your choice with a tap. If the numbers do not line up against the shifts you logged, you will know, and you will have the record to prove it. BUILD YOUR OWN TRACKER Choose exactly which fields appear on your shift form: tip out, tip in, total sales, covers, or anything custom. Create your own fields that add to, subtract from, or simply track alongside your earnings. Your tracker, set up for your restaurant. EARNINGS BREAKDOWN See exactly where your money comes from: cash tips, credit tips, tip share paid out, net tips, base wage, and total take-home pay, all calculated in real time as you type. YOUR SCHEDULE, ALREADY IN THE APP (CHECKOUT PRO) Log shifts before you work them. If you work the same days most weeks, save that schedule as a template and drop it onto any week in a couple of taps. Your calendar fills itself in and all you do after the shift is add the numbers. FULL HISTORY, ALWAYS FREE Every shift you have ever logged, available forever. No limits and no locks on your own data. SWITCHING FROM ANOTHER APP? Import your shift history from any CSV file in seconds. Positions, hours, and earnings map automatically. No starting over. EXPORT ANYTIME Export your complete tip history as a CSV for your own records or your accountant. Works with Excel, Numbers, and Google Sheets. PRIVACY FIRST No account required. No cloud sync. Your shift data never leaves your phone, and your earnings are yours alone. EVERYTHING IN CHECKOUT PRO - Explain My Paycheck: see exactly why your check is the size it is - Paycheck reconciliation: match what you were paid against what you worked - Scheduled shifts and weekly shift templates - Shift calendar with heat mapped earnings - Weekly goal tracking with home screen widgets - Multiple jobs, and every role you work at each one - Full analytics: projections, records, best days, earnings stability - Shift reminders on your own schedule $19.99 per year or $2.99 per week, both starting with a 7 day free trial. Save 87% with annual. Cancel anytime. PERFECT FOR Servers, bartenders, waitstaff, hosts, bussers, and food runners, anyone whose income changes shift to shift. Download Checkout and stop guessing. Privacy Policy: https://flowstateindustries.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://flowstateindustries.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Checkout at weekly against TipShift's every 23 months. Checkout also leads on device support. TipShift's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18). On price 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. TipShift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Checkout sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TipShift ships an update every 23 months, Checkout weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TipShift | Checkout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 86.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Monaco IT Services, LLC | Flowstate Industries LLC |
In-app purchases
TipShift
- TipShift Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- TipShift Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Checkout
- Checkout Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Checkout Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Checkout Pro Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
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- Checkout Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year







