Bill Bud vs Tip Calculator°
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bill Bud
Effortlessly split restaurant bills with friends. Scan your receipt, assign items, and instantly calculate totals including tax and tip. Send payment requests directly through Venmo or Cash App.
- Receipt scanning
- Item assignment
- Automatic tax and tip calculation
- Group bill splitting
- Venmo/Cash App payment requests
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Dining out with friends is fun—until the bill arrives. Bill Bud makes splitting the restaurant check a breeze, so you can focus on the good times, not the math. Snap & Scan Take a photo of your receipt, and Bill Bud's smart scanner does the rest. No more squinting at blurry numbers! Add Friends Invite your dining companions to your Bill Bud group. It's like a virtual table, minus the crumbs. Assign Items Tap each item to assign it to its rightful owner. Sushi for Alex, pasta for Jamie—everyone pays for what they ordered. Calculate Instantly Bill Bud crunches the numbers, including tax and tip. No more calculator juggling or mental math mishaps. Request via Venmo/Cash App With one tap, send payment requests to each friend through Venmo or Cash App. Fast, fair, and fuss-free. Perfect For: - Group dinners - Ground restaurant outings - Birthday bashes - Roommate expenses Bill Bud turns receipt anxiety into splitting simplicity. Download now and make every shared meal end on a high note. Eat, enjoy, and let Bill Bud handle the rest! Have any feedback? We'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions! Reach out to us at help@billbud.app
Tip Calculator°
Easily calculate and split bills with customizable tip percentages. Save or share receipts with friends, making group dining and payments seamless.
- Customizable tip percentage
- Split bill with friends
- Save receipts
- Share receipts
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Welcome to 2026! Ready to try a modern, stylish tip calculator? With our tip calculator, you can: 1. Customize your tip percentage 2. Split the bill with your friends 3. Save your receipt or share it with friends
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bill Bud at every 2 weeks against Tip Calculator°'s every 5 months. Bill Bud also leads on ratings volume (38 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bill Bud against 5.0 for Tip Calculator°. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bill Bud has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bill Bud ships an update every 2 weeks, Tip Calculator° every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bill Bud | Tip Calculator° |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glacier Labs, Inc. | 胜君 夏 |
Customer experience
Bill Bud
Tip Calculator°
In-app purchases
Bill Bud
No in-app purchases
Tip Calculator°
No in-app purchases
