Comparison

Tips Buddy vs dwindle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head

Track your year visually

$1.99

📊 Productivity

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About

Tips Buddy

Features

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App to help you split the tips.

About

dwindle

This app offers a customizable widget to visualize your time and prevent it from slipping away. Choose from different widget sizes, personalize colors, pixels, and backgrounds, or set your own countdowns.

Highlights

Visual year tracking
Large and compact widgets
Customizable colors
Customizable pixels
Customizable background
Countdown timer option

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Dwindle makes your days visual. A customizable widget to not let time slip away unnoticed. · Your year, your time, made visual · Large widget and compact widget · Customize the colors, pixels and background · Set your own countdown if you prefer Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tips Buddy1 screens

dwindle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tips Buddy at Free against dwindle's $1.99. Tips Buddy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). dwindle's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). On ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tips Buddy is free to download; dwindle costs $1.99 up front. dwindle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Tips Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tips Buddy ships an update every 12 months, dwindle every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level

Tips Buddy versus dwindle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Tips Buddy	dwindle
Price	Free — better	$1.99
Positive reviews	—	71.4% of reviews
Update frequency	Every 12 months	Every 2 months — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Monetization	—	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPod — better	iPhone
Requires iOS	15.0 — better	17.6
Further details — not scored
Size	1 MB	5 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Konstantin Mishukov	Muhammad Adil Abdul Halim

In-app purchases

None

Tips Buddy

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

dwindle

Subscriptions1

dwindle$1.991 Year

One-time2

Dwindle$3.99
dwindle$4.99

Questions

Is Tips Buddy free?

Tips Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is dwindle free?

dwindle costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.

Do Tips Buddy or dwindle have ads?

Neither Tips Buddy nor dwindle shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Tips Buddy or dwindle?

Tips Buddy ships an update every 12 months, and dwindle every 2 months. Most recently, Tips Buddy was updated on October 18, 2026 and dwindle on October 5, 2026.