Tip Calculator vs PalindReceipt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tip Calculator
Effortlessly calculate and split bills with smart tip suggestions and receipt scanning. Supports multiple currencies and international tipping etiquette. Includes a tip-out calculator for servers and home screen widgets.
- Receipt scanning with auto-read total and tax
- Smart tip suggestions by service type and rating
- Bill splitting for up to 50 people
- International tipping guide for 20+ countries
- Tip-out calculator for servers
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Siri Shortcuts integration
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Zero ads. Zero subscriptions. Zero tracking. Just the tip. GratuityPro is a fast tip calculator for the moment the bill arrives. Type or scan the total, rate the service, and see the tip, the total and each person's share update as you go. SCAN THE BILL Point your camera at a printed receipt. GratuityPro finds the total, locks onto it, and fills it in. Subtotal and tax lines are told apart from the real total. SMART TIP SUGGESTIONS Suggestions based on the kind of service and how it went: restaurant, bar, coffee, delivery, taxi, hairdresser, hair salon, spa, hotel and more. SPLIT FAIRLY Split between up to 50 people. Shares always add up to the cent, so nobody pays a cent too much. With Pro, split by what each person actually had. TIP LIKE A LOCAL A tipping guide for 20 countries: what is expected at restaurants, hotels, taxis and more, before you travel. TIP-OUT FOR SERVERS Servers and bartenders: enter your tips and the tip-out for bussers, bar and hosts, and see what you take home. WIDGETS AND SIRI Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your last tip, recent tips and this month's totals. Ask Siri to work out a tip without opening the app. SHARE A RECEIPT Send friends a clean receipt card of the split, in four styles and six colour palettes. FREE - Unlimited calculations - 5 saves to history per day - History of the last 7 days - Receipt scanner, splitting, tipping guide, tip-out, widgets, Siri PRO, ONE-TIME PURCHASE - Unlimited saves and full history - CSV and PDF export of your history - Custom split by person - All smart suggestions - 5 extra app icons - All receipt styles and palettes - This Month widget with trends No subscription. Pay once, keep it forever. The price is shown in your currency before you buy. 10 currencies, 7 languages, dark design, no ads ever, no tracking. Built by a solo developer who uses it at the table. Privacy Policy: https://gratuitypro.vercel.app/privacy Support: https://gratuitypro.vercel.app/support Terms: https://gratuitypro.vercel.app/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PalindReceipt
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Calculate tips that make your bill total a palindrome—a number that reads the same forwards and backwards. This simple technique helps protect you from tip fraud. This app lets you keep a pdf copy of your receipt on file for later reconciliation with your card statement. FEATURES: • Smart palindrome tip calculator • Customizable tip range (15-25% default) • Document scanner for receipts • PDF generation with transaction details • Location tagging (optional) • Receipt history with reconciliation tracking • Full localization: English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic WHY PALINDROMES? If someone modifies your tip after signing, the total won't be a palindrome anymore—instantly alerting you to potential fraud. PRIVACY-FIRST: • All data stored locally • No accounts required • No external servers
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Verdict
Tip Calculator and PalindReceipt are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Tip Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PalindReceipt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Tip Calculator | PalindReceipt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abdelkarime Achtaou | Bussière Organizational |
In-app purchases
Tip Calculator
- Premium Features$2.99
PalindReceipt
- Full Version$0.99
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