TipJoy vs PerkPulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
PerkPulse
This app helps you maximize credit card rewards and benefits. It tracks reward rates, optimizes spending categories, and monitors recurring credits to prevent expiration. Discover new cards and compare options to make informed financial decisions.
- Credit card reward rate tracking
- Spending category optimization
- Recurring credit tracking
- Points valuation and redemption
- Card recommendations
- Side-by-side card comparisons
- Wallet scoring and reports
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PerkPulse helps you get the most out of each of your credit cards; never leave money on the table again. Add your cards once and PerkPulse does the math so you don't have to. What PerkPulse does: Wallet — see all your cards and their reward rates at a glance Optimizer — tap any spending category to instantly see your best card and the exact cash back percentage Benefits Tracker — track recurring credits so you never let a $10 dining credit or $300 travel credit expire unused Points Portfolio — see what your Amex, Chase, Capital One or other bank points are worth and what you could redeem them for Card Recommendations — get card recommendations based on your goals, and the cards already in your wallet Card Comparison — See side by side comparisons on credit cards to help you decide which one you want next or to keep Summary — Get a score for your wallet, quarterly and yearly reports and more Pro features ($4.99/month or $34.99/year): - Unlimited card wallet - Full benefits tracking - Benefits expiry alerts - Transfer bonus alerts - Annual fee alerts Terms of Use (EULA): http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: TipJoy at 72 against PerkPulse's 7. PerkPulse's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. TipJoy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and PerkPulse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TipJoy against 5.0 for PerkPulse. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TipJoy has 72 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TipJoy ships an update fortnightly, PerkPulse every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TipJoy | PerkPulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (72 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gilded Ratio LLC | Code Atoll LLC |
Customer experience
TipJoy
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In-app purchases
TipJoy
- TipJoy Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- TipJoy Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- TipJoy Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- TipJoy Pro Lifetime$69.99
PerkPulse
- Pro1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Pro1 Month trial$34.991 Year









