Comparison

TipJoy vs ShiftTip AI

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

Head to head
About

TipJoy

This app helps individuals who earn tips track their earnings, hours, and hourly rates across multiple jobs. It provides detailed insights into income, expenses, and performance, with features designed to simplify tax reporting.

Highlights
  • Track cash and credit tips
  • Log hours worked and hourly pay
  • Manage multiple jobs separately
  • View daily, weekly, and monthly summaries
  • Calculate true hourly rate after tip outs
  • Export data for tax reporting
  • Offline tip logging
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Know what you really make per hour, after tip out. TipJoy logs a shift in seconds and keeps every one of them for years. Tips, hours, and earnings across all your jobs, backed up automatically to your own iCloud. No ads, and no paying extra for the parts you need. MADE FOR TIPPED WORK Built for servers, bartenders, delivery drivers, casino workers, hairstylists, and anyone whose income changes shift to shift. BUILT TO KEEP YOUR HISTORY Your earnings record should outlast your phone. - Every shift backs up automatically to your own iCloud - Logging works offline and syncs when you reconnect - Past shifts stay accurate even when your pay rate or tip out changes - Export everything to CSV with Pro. It is your data - Your tip data stays on your devices and in your iCloud. We never see your earnings TRACK THE WHOLE SHIFT - Cash and credit tips, kept separate - Tip outs and tip ins, so you see real take home - Hours worked and hourly pay - Guests, sales, deliveries, rides, and miles - Notes and photos on any shift - Reminders so you never forget to log - Pick the fields you track for each kind of job KNOW WHAT EACH SHIFT REALLY PAID - Your true hourly rate after tip outs, not the number on your paycheck - Tips per hour, earnings per shift, tip percentage of sales - Calendar view with daily totals at a glance - Weekly, monthly, and yearly summaries - Best shifts, biggest tips, and personal records - Trends over time, so you learn which shifts are worth taking MORE THAN ONE JOB Track each job separately, with its own pay rate, tip out rules, and fields. See what each one actually pays you. TAX TIME A clean daily tip log to help meet IRS reporting requirements, and CSV export with Pro. No scrambling in April. SIMPLE PRICING, NO ADS Track one job free, with full tip logging, calendar, and weekly stats. TipJoy Pro unlocks unlimited jobs, advanced analytics, and CSV export. One upgrade, everything included. No add-ons, no per-feature charges. No ads, ever, on any plan. Subscriptions: Weekly ($2.99/wk), Monthly ($4.99/mo), Annual ($29.99/yr). All include a free 7-day trial. Lifetime access available as a one-time purchase ($69.99). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://tipjoy.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://tipjoy.app/terms

About

ShiftTip AI

This app helps restaurant and hospitality workers understand their shift earnings. It allows users to scan checkout reports or log shifts manually to track tips, wages, and other income components. All data is processed on-device for privacy, with an optional Pro version for advanced insights.

Highlights
  • Scan checkout reports
  • Track tips, wages, and fees
  • Calculate effective hourly earnings
  • Automatic private event tip pool calculation
  • On-device data processing
  • Widget and Siri Shortcuts integration
Features
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ShiftTip AI helps restaurant and hospitality workers see what each shift is really worth. Scan a checkout report or log a shift manually, then track tips, wages, tip-outs, card fees, and your effective hourly earnings in one clear place. Your earnings history stays on your device, so you can review your best shifts without creating an account or sharing your data. Key features: • Scan checkout reports to reduce manual entry. • Review and approve every extracted amount before saving. • Track tips, wages, card fees, tip-outs, total earnings, and hourly rate. • Calculate shared Private Event tip pools automatically. • Review earnings by day, month, or custom date range. • Use the widget and Siri Shortcuts for quick earnings updates. • Unlock ShiftTip AI Pro with a one-time purchase for private shift coaching and personalized earning observations. No subscription. Checkout images and shift information are processed on-device. ShiftTip AI has no account requirement, ads, analytics, or per-scan fee.

Screenshots

TipJoy4 screens
ShiftTip AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: TipJoy at 64 against ShiftTip AI's 1. TipJoy also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. TipJoy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and ShiftTip AI sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 TipJoy against 5.0 for ShiftTip AI. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TipJoy has 64 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TipJoy ships an update fortnightly, ShiftTip AI every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TipJoy versus ShiftTip AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTipJoyShiftTip AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (64 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings64 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGilded Ratio LLCDylan Dalmeida

Customer experience

TipJoy

All ratings64 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ShiftTip AI

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TipJoy

Subscriptions3
  • TipJoy Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • TipJoy Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • TipJoy Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • TipJoy Pro Lifetime$69.99
1 purchases

ShiftTip AI

One-time1
  • TipTracker Pro$9.99

Questions

Is TipJoy free?
TipJoy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShiftTip AI free?
ShiftTip AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TipJoy or ShiftTip AI?
TipJoy and ShiftTip AI are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 64 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do TipJoy or ShiftTip AI have ads?
Neither TipJoy nor ShiftTip AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TipJoy or ShiftTip AI?
TipJoy ships an update fortnightly, and ShiftTip AI every 6 weeks. Most recently, TipJoy was updated on October 14, 2026 and ShiftTip AI on October 8, 2026.

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