Comparison

Tip Calculator & Split Total vs Wave

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

Head to head
About

Tip Calculator & Split Total

Quickly calculate tips and split bills at restaurants and cafes. Enter your bill total and desired tip percentage to see the final cost and individual shares. This app offers a clean interface for effortless bill management.

Highlights
  • Calculate tip percentage
  • Split bills among friends
  • View total and per-person cost
  • Clean and accessible interface
  • Works on iPhone and iPad
Features
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Tip Calculator makes it fast and effortless to calculate tips and split bills at restaurants, bars, and cafes. Enter your bill amount, choose a tip percentage, and instantly see the total and per‑person cost. Designed for speed and clarity, it works great on both iPhone and iPad with a clean, accessible interface. Whether you’re dining solo or with friends, Tip Calculator helps you tip confidently and check out quickly. Free to use with a small, unobtrusive ad banner.

About

Wave

Features
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Wave-USB Player is a professional-grade 8-channel audio playback app designed for laser show operators and live production environments. Built to work seamlessly with the Wave-USB device (MiniDSP MCHStreamer), it delivers studio-quality audio at 48kHz / 24-bit resolution — the standard for ADAT-based laser show systems. Key Features: Plays back 8-channel WAV files with industry-standard channel assignments for ADAT laser show output. Works standalone — no USB device required for file management or preview playback. Stream audio directly from a USB flash drive, keeping your iOS device storage free. Load files from USB flash drive or via cable from a Mac or PC. HDMI video output supported for flexible routing in live setups. Whether you're in the booth or on the bench, Wave-USB Player gives you reliable, professional multichannel audio playback in the palm of your hand. Images showing laser content from the Best of Echoes by FirstLight Laser Productions. Wave laser shows can be purchased directly from http://www.firstlight-laser.com

Screenshots

Tip Calculator & Split Total4 screens
Wave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wave at none against Tip Calculator & Split Total's 1. Tip Calculator & Split Total's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Tip Calculator & Split Total sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wave asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tip Calculator & Split Total ships an update monthly, Wave every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tip Calculator & Split Total versus Wave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTip Calculator & Split TotalWave
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThaer ZoriDavid Zurcher

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tip Calculator & Split Total

One-time1
  • Apple Watch Support$0.99
None

Wave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tip Calculator & Split Total free?
Tip Calculator & Split Total is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wave free?
Wave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tip Calculator & Split Total or Wave have ads?
Neither Tip Calculator & Split Total nor Wave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tip Calculator & Split Total or Wave?
Tip Calculator & Split Total ships an update monthly, and Wave every 2 months. Most recently, Tip Calculator & Split Total was updated on November 5, 2026 and Wave on October 31, 2026.

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