Comparison

Server Tip Tracker vs Checkout

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

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About

Server Tip Tracker

Effortlessly track your tips and hours to understand where and when you earn the most. Gain financial clarity, identify high-value shifts, and make informed decisions about your work. Designed for tipped and hourly workers seeking control over their income.

Highlights
  • Log tips and hours quickly
  • Visualize earnings trends
  • Identify top earning days
  • Compare income by company/role
  • Understand average daily earnings
  • Spot earning patterns
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Ever finish a long week of work and think: “I know I worked a lot… but which days actually made me the most money?” Maybe some shifts felt exhausting but didn’t pay off. Others flew by and somehow brought in way more than expected. If you’re juggling different days, roles, or companies, it’s surprisingly hard to tell what’s really worth your time. That’s the gap this app fills! Knowing what you earn isn’t enough - what really matters is knowing when, where, and why you earn the most. This app is built for tipped and hourly workers who want clarity, confidence, and control over their income. Whether you’re a server, bartender, freelancer, or working multiple roles, we help you turn scattered pay into clear insights. WHY TRACK EARNINGS? Research consistently shows that people track income to: - Gain financial awareness and reduce money stress - Identify high-value shifts, days, or employers - Improve scheduling decisions and avoid burnout - Maintain clean records for taxes and budgeting But spreadsheets are tedious, and most apps don’t reflect how real work happens. What this app does for you - Log tips and hours in seconds. No friction, no clutter - Visualize earnings trends over any date range - See your top earning days of the week - Compare income by company or role - Understand your true average per day - Spot patterns that help you earn more with less effort Everything is designed to be fast, intuitive, and actually useful so you spend less time tracking and more time making informed decisions about your work. TERMS OF SERVICE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.brightwoodapps.com/legal/server-tip-tracker/server-tip-tracker-privacy.html

About

Checkout

This app helps service industry workers track their tips, calculate their real hourly earnings, and understand their paychecks. It offers detailed breakdowns of income sources and allows for custom tracking fields. Advanced features for paycheck explanation and schedule management are available via subscription.

Highlights
  • Log tips, hours, and sales
  • Calculate real hourly rate
  • Handle custom tip out percentages
  • Explain paychecks with Pro version
  • Build custom tracking fields
  • Export shift history as CSV
  • No account or cloud sync required
Features
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Stop guessing what you made last night. Checkout tracks your tips, calculates your real hourly rate, and shows which shifts actually pay. Know exactly what you made, every single shift. Checkout is the tip tracker built for servers, bartenders, waiters, waitresses, hosts, and food runners. Log a shift in seconds. See your real hourly rate. No account required, and your data never leaves your phone. SIMPLE TIP TRACKING Enter your hours, sales, and tips and Checkout calculates your tip share, net tips, and real hourly rate automatically. Handles midnight crossovers, custom tip out percentages, and tip in for bartenders. No math. No guessing. Just your numbers. OVERTIME THAT KNOWS TIPPED WORK Tell Checkout how each job pays overtime, whether that is weekly, daily, or double time, with your own thresholds and payroll week start. If you are a tipped employee, your overtime is figured on full minimum wage instead of your cash wage, the way it is supposed to be. Every shift, total, and chart counts it from then on. YOUR SHIFTS AS RECEIPTS Every shift you log opens as a printed receipt, itemized line by line, with your total and hourly rate at the bottom. The only tip tracker that shows your money the way your restaurant does. WHY IS MY CHECK SO SMALL? (CHECKOUT PRO) Enter your paycheck and Checkout explains it in plain English: how much was wages, how much was tips you already took home, what got taxed, and what actually hit your account. See it as a plain language breakdown or a line by line receipt, your choice with a tap. If the numbers do not line up against the shifts you logged, you will know, and you will have the record to prove it. BUILD YOUR OWN TRACKER Choose exactly which fields appear on your shift form: tip out, tip in, total sales, covers, or anything custom. Create your own fields that add to, subtract from, or simply track alongside your earnings. Your tracker, set up for your restaurant. EARNINGS BREAKDOWN See exactly where your money comes from: cash tips, credit tips, tip share paid out, net tips, base wage, and total take-home pay, all calculated in real time as you type. YOUR SCHEDULE, ALREADY IN THE APP (CHECKOUT PRO) Log shifts before you work them. If you work the same days most weeks, save that schedule as a template and drop it onto any week in a couple of taps. Your calendar fills itself in and all you do after the shift is add the numbers. FULL HISTORY, ALWAYS FREE Every shift you have ever logged, available forever. No limits and no locks on your own data. SWITCHING FROM ANOTHER APP? Import your shift history from any CSV file in seconds. Positions, hours, and earnings map automatically. No starting over. EXPORT ANYTIME Export your complete tip history as a CSV for your own records or your accountant. Works with Excel, Numbers, and Google Sheets. PRIVACY FIRST No account required. No cloud sync. Your shift data never leaves your phone, and your earnings are yours alone. EVERYTHING IN CHECKOUT PRO - Explain My Paycheck: see exactly why your check is the size it is - Paycheck reconciliation: match what you were paid against what you worked - Scheduled shifts and weekly shift templates - Shift calendar with heat mapped earnings - Weekly goal tracking with home screen widgets - Multiple jobs, and every role you work at each one - Full analytics: projections, records, best days, earnings stability - Shift reminders on your own schedule $19.99 per year or $2.99 per week, both starting with a 7 day free trial. Save 87% with annual - cancel anytime. PERFECT FOR Servers, bartenders, waitstaff, hosts, bussers, and food runners, anyone whose income changes shift to shift. Download Checkout and stop guessing. Privacy Policy: https://flowstateindustries.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://flowstateindustries.com/terms

Screenshots

Server Tip Tracker4 screens
Checkout4 screens

Verdict

The call

Server Tip Tracker and Checkout both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Server Tip Tracker's written reviews are positive against 87% of Checkout's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Server Tip Tracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Checkout sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. 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 — 4.8 for Server Tip Tracker against 5.0 for Checkout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 27 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Server Tip Tracker's written reviews are positive against 87% of Checkout's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Server Tip Tracker ships an update every 5 days, Checkout every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Server Tip Tracker versus Checkout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterServer Tip TrackerCheckout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (30 ratings)5.0 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better86.7% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better27
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.018
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrightwood Apps LLCFlowstate Industries LLC

Customer experience

Server Tip Tracker

All ratings30 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Checkout

All ratings27 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Server Tip Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Tip Tracker Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Server Tip Tracker Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Tip Tracker Pro$19.991 Year
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  • Tip Tracker Pro$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tip - Small$2.99
  • Tip Medium$4.99
4 purchases

Checkout

Subscriptions4
  • Checkout Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Checkout Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Checkout Pro Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
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  • Checkout Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Server Tip Tracker free?
Server Tip Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Checkout free?
Checkout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Server Tip Tracker or Checkout?
Checkout is rated higher. Server Tip Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Checkout averages 5.0 from 27 ratings.
Do Server Tip Tracker or Checkout have ads?
Neither Server Tip Tracker nor Checkout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Server Tip Tracker or Checkout?
Server Tip Tracker ships an update every 5 days, and Checkout every 9 days. Most recently, Server Tip Tracker was updated on November 5, 2026 and Checkout on November 9, 2026.

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