Comparison

TipJoy vs TipKeep

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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Currently charting
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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 — tap to log a shift in one step • See your real $/hour, your best nights, and what you're on pace for this month TAX-READY BY DEFAULT Up to $25,000 of qualified reported tips may be federally deductible for 2025–2028. Your per-shift log is the documentation — TipKeep shows your year-to-date tip total 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 and your money stay on your phone — never on our servers • No ads, ever • Works offline, even closing shift in a basement • Switching apps? Import your old shifts from any CSV — free FREE & PRO Logging is free forever, with this week's totals and 30 days of history. TipKeep Pro unlocks your full history, month & year stats with best-nights insights, multiple jobs, and CSV export — $19.99/year with a 7-day free trial, $7.99/month, or $39.99 once for lifetime. No tricks, no per-feature fees. 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

Screenshots

TipJoy4 screens
TipKeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: TipJoy at none against TipKeep's shown. TipKeep's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and chart position (#186 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 TipKeep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. 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 — 4.9 for TipJoy against 4.9 for TipKeep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 30 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TipJoy ships an update fortnightly, TipKeep weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
TipJoy versus TipKeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTipJoyTipKeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (53 ratings)4.9 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings53 — better30
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
Best chart rank—#186 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGilded Ratio LLCDENYS IVASECHKO

Customer experience

TipJoy

All ratings53 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TipKeep

All ratings30 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 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
3 purchases

TipKeep

Subscriptions2
  • TipJar Pro$3.991 Month
  • TipJar Pro$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • TipJar Pro - Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is TipJoy free?
TipJoy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TipKeep free?
TipKeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TipJoy or TipKeep?
TipJoy and TipKeep are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 53 and 30 ratings respectively.
Do TipJoy or TipKeep have ads?
TipKeep shows ads; TipJoy does not.
Which is updated more often, TipJoy or TipKeep?
TipJoy ships an update fortnightly, and TipKeep weekly. Most recently, TipJoy was updated on September 27, 2026 and TipKeep on September 17, 2026.

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