Comparison

Scan Tip vs AI Tips

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

Head to head
About

Scan Tip

Effortlessly calculate tips with this intuitive tool. Quickly determine the correct amount to leave based on your bill and desired percentage. Perfect for diners and service industry professionals.

Highlights
  • Easy tip calculation
  • Intuitive interface
  • Bill splitting
  • Customizable tip percentages
  • Fast results
Features
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Scan Tip helps you quickly calculate restaurant tips and totals. Enter a bill amount, choose a preset tip, adjust a custom percentage or dollar amount, and see the final total instantly. The app can save dining history, sync SwiftData history and presets with iCloud, summarize recent totals, and detect possible duplicate visits. Receipt scanning uses the device camera to read receipt totals and warn when service charges or included gratuity may already be present. On supported iOS versions, Apple Intelligence can refine receipt details on device. Scan Tip also supports Scan Tip Pro, an auto-renewable subscription for unlimited saved history, Smart Check insights, custom tip presets, history charts, and history export/share. Private iCloud sync is available independently of Pro when iCloud is available. Users can manage built-in and custom preset visibility, restore purchases, change appearance themes, replay onboarding, delete local data, and use App Shortcuts for common calculator actions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AI Tips

Effortlessly track your dining expenses by scanning receipts. Get instant insights into spending, set budgets, and discover new restaurants based on your history. Capture memories with multimedia entries and generate AI-powered reviews.

Highlights
  • AI receipt scanning
  • Smart tip calculator
  • Spending history and insights
  • Budget management
  • Favorite places tracking
  • Restaurant recommendations
  • Multimedia dining journal
Features
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Snap a receipt and know exactly what to tip in seconds. AI Tips reads the subtotal, tax, total and restaurant name for you, turns your rating of the service into a fair tip, and keeps every meal organized so you always know what dining is really costing you. SCAN, RATE, DONE • Point the camera at any receipt. Edges are detected and straightened automatically. • AI reads the amounts, the place and the date. Fix anything with a tap. • Rate the service from Bad to Amazing and the tip is calculated with your own percentages. • Round the tip up or down, or round the whole bill to an even number. • Split the total between up to 12 people. • Out of AI credits or offline? The free on-device reader still gets the numbers. STAY ON BUDGET • Color-coded categories for dining, coffee, bars, takeout, groceries and anything else you add. • Weekly, monthly or yearly limits with alerts before you overspend. • See this month against last month, and how much is left. REMEMBER EVERY MEAL • Searchable history with photos, ratings, notes and locations. • A map of everywhere you've eaten, with directions in one tap. • Favorite the places worth going back to. • Attach photos and videos of the experience. UNDERSTAND YOUR SPENDING • Spending over time, category breakdowns, average ticket and average tip. • Premium: AI-written insights about your habits, tipping patterns and budget risks. SHARE THE EXPERIENCE • An AI-drafted review you can edit, then share anywhere — with shortcuts for Yelp, YouTube and TikTok. • Premium: export PDF or CSV expense reports for reimbursement or taxes. TRAVELING? • A built-in tipping guide covers customs and typical percentages for 45 countries, with your current region highlighted. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Receipts, photos and budgets stay on your device and in your private iCloud, synced across your iPhone and iPad. • Receipt photos are sent to our secure server only to be read, never stored. • No account or sign-up required. FREE AND PREMIUM The free version includes 20 AI credits every month, shared across AI receipt reading, restaurant recommendations and review writing, plus unlimited on-device receipt reading, tip calculation, budgets and history. AI Tips Premium removes ads and adds unlimited AI credits, AI spending insights and PDF/CSV reports: • Monthly: $4.99 per month • Yearly: $39.99 per year (save 33%) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://whitecrowsecurity.com/ai-tips-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Scan Tip4 screens
AI Tips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Scan Tip at none against AI Tips's shown. Scan Tip also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). AI Tips's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Scan Tip sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and AI Tips sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scan Tip against 5.0 for AI Tips. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scan Tip ships an update fortnightly, AI Tips every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scan Tip versus AI Tips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan TipAI Tips
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChirag Narendra KularRoman Khomitch

Customer experience

Scan Tip

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AI Tips

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Scan Tip

Subscriptions2
  • Scan Tip Pro Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Scan Tip Pro Annual7 Days trial$7.991 Year
2 purchases

AI Tips

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Scan Tip free?
Scan Tip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Tips free?
AI Tips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scan Tip or AI Tips?
Scan Tip and AI Tips are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Scan Tip or AI Tips have ads?
AI Tips shows ads; Scan Tip does not.
Which is updated more often, Scan Tip or AI Tips?
Scan Tip ships an update fortnightly, and AI Tips every 2 days. Most recently, Scan Tip was updated on October 2, 2026 and AI Tips on October 24, 2026.

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