TipIsServed vs TipKeep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TipIsServed
Effortlessly track tips, shifts, and US taxes for service industry professionals. Features include real-time hourly wage calculation, cash vs. card tracking, and IRS-compliant tax reporting. Set goals and monitor progress with smart widgets and calendar sync.
- Tip tracking
- Shift planning
- US tax reporting (Form 4070)
- Real hourly wage calculator
- Cash vs. card tracking
- Goal setting and gamification
- Home screen widgets
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The #1 Tip Tracker app for servers, bartenders & delivery! Get 90% of all features completely for free. Track your tips, shifts, goals, and US taxes effortlessly. **WHY TIPISSERVED?** **The Most Comprehensive Tip Tracker on the App Store** Why settle for basic apps or pay for expensive subscriptions? TipIsServed offers over 20+ powerful features specifically designed for the service industry - and over 80% of them are 100% free! You get unlimited entries, shift planning, cloud backup, and PDF exports entirely for free. **EXCLUSIVE US TAX FEATURES:** - **Form 4070 & IRS Compliance:** Generate and sign your monthly tip report as a professional PDF in seconds. - **Tax Estimator & OBBBA:** Get real-time estimates for FICA, federal, and state taxes based on the No Tax on Tips Act. Stay ahead of your tax obligations with localized state tax data. **ESSENTIAL TRACKING TOOLS:** - **Real Hourly Wage Calculator:** We automatically combine your base salary with your tips across your hours worked to reveal your true hourly earnings. - **Cash vs. Card:** Accurately separate physical cash tips from digital card tips. - **Pending Tips Payout Manager:** Don't lose track of employer-withheld tips! Log pending card tips and match them when they actually hit your paycheck to easily catch discrepancies. - **Interactive Money Counter:** Calculate your exact start and end shift balances effortlessly using our pre-built coin and banknote calculators (supports over 160+ currencies!). - **Goal Tracking & Gamification:** Set weekly or monthly targets and unlock milestone badges as you build your winning streaks. - **Home Screen Widgets & Live Notifications:** Monitor your earnings, goal progress, and real-time shift updates without even opening the app. - **Smart Calendar Sync:** Seamlessly plan your work hours by syncing your shifts directly with your device's calendar. **ADVANCED INSIGHTS:** - **Interactive Shift Planner v2:** Intelligent heatmaps show exactly which days and hours are most profitable. - **Flexible Pay Models:** Supports Classic Hourly Wage, Monthly Fixed Salary, or Commission-based Income. **PERFECT FOR:** - Restaurant Servers and Waitstaff - Bartenders and Bar Staff - Hotel Service Staff - Delivery Drivers and Couriers - Event and Catering Staff **DATA PRIVACY:** Your finances are strictly your business. Sensitive identification data like SSN is stored strictly locally on your device and is excluded from cloud backups. **FAIR PREMIUM UPGRADE (Optional):** Want absolutely no ads, advanced analytics, live-tracking, CSV exports, or multiple job slots? Upgrade to Pro or unlock individual features in the Token Shop just by watching short ads! *(Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)*
TipKeep
Easily track your tips and income from tipped work. Log shifts in seconds, visualize your earnings with a filling jar, and generate tax-ready reports. All your data stays on your device with no account required.
- Log cash and card tips quickly
- Visualize earnings with a filling jar
- Track tip-outs and sales
- Generate tax-ready reports
- Offline functionality
- No account or login required
- Import data from CSV
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Know what you walked with. TipKeep is the tip tracker built for people who actually work for tips: servers, bartenders, baristas, delivery drivers, nail techs, barbers. Log your shift in about 10 seconds, watch a real glass jar fill with cash as your week builds, and finally know the number nobody's paystub shows: your real hourly, after tip-outs. THE 10-SECOND RITUAL • Cash tips, card tips, hours. Done before you've left the parking lot • Tip-outs, sales, and notes when you want the full picture • Double shifts, multiple jobs, editing past days, all supported • A receipt for every shift: "YOU WALKED WITH $243", made to share YOUR WEEK, VISIBLE • The jar fills toward your weekly goal as you log • Home screen and lock screen widgets: your week at a glance • See your real $/hour, your best nights, and what you're on pace for this month YOUR RANK, BRONZE TO DIAMOND • See where your real hourly ranks among TipKeep members, and among servers or bartenders • Climb from Bronze to Diamond and share your server card, with your own photo • Best shifts to pick up: which nights actually pay you the most • Your check before payday, from the shifts you logged TAX-READY BY DEFAULT Up to $25,000 of qualified reported tips may be federally deductible for 2025 to 2028. Your per-shift log is the documentation: TipKeep shows your year-to-date tips and exports a clean report at tax time. (TipKeep is a record-keeping tool, not tax advice.) YOUR MONEY IS YOUR BUSINESS We read hundreds of reviews of other tip trackers before building this one. The #1 complaint: years of records lost behind logins and servers. So TipKeep is built the other way: • No account. No login. Nothing to lose. • Your shifts stay on your phone, never on our servers. Ranks use only an anonymous weekly average, and you can turn them off. • No ads, ever • Works offline, even closing shift in a basement • Switching apps? Import your old shifts from ServerLife or any spreadsheet, free TIPKEEP PRO Start with 7 days free, then $29.99/year. Or $7.99/month, or $49.99 once for lifetime. Cancel anytime in your iPhone's Settings. No ads on any plan. Built for the industry. Drop tonight in the jar. Questions? Visit tipjarapp.app or email us. A human answers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tipjarapp.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TipKeep at 4.9 against TipIsServed's 4.0. TipKeep also leads on ratings volume (50 vs 2) and chart position (#151 vs unranked). TipIsServed's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. TipIsServed sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and TipKeep sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TipKeep holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TipKeep has 50 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | TipIsServed | TipKeep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #151 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SIMON PORTUGALL | DENYS IVASECHKO |
Customer experience
TipIsServed
TipKeep
In-app purchases
TipIsServed
- Premium subscription$1.991 Month
TipKeep
- TipKeep Pro$7.991 Month
- TipKeep Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- TipKeep Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- TipJar Pro - Lifetime$49.99







