Tip Out vs TipCrew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tip Out
Easily split tip pools among restaurant and bar staff with multiple calculation methods. Save crew details, deduct credit card fees, and track shift history. Designed for efficient end-of-shift tip distribution.
- Fair tip pool splitting
- Hours-based, points-based, and equal splits
- Save and load crew templates
- Deduct credit card processing fees
- Exclude exempt staff
- Share shift breakdowns
- Offline shift history tracking
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Split your tip pool fairly in seconds, then see exactly what you took home. Tip Out is the free tip split and tip pool calculator built for servers, bartenders, barbacks, bussers, hosts, and restaurant teams closing out a shift. Free to download. Your first 3 shifts are on us. Unlock unlimited shifts, history, sharing, export, and crew templates with one purchase. No subscription, no ads, no account required. HOW IT WORKS Add your crew, enter the total tip pool, and get an instant payout breakdown showing what each person takes home. It takes under a minute, whether you have 3 people on the floor or 15. FOUR WAYS TO SPLIT Hours: Divide the pool by hours worked. A bartender who worked 8 hours gets twice the share of someone who worked 4. Perfect for shifts where staff arrive and leave at different times. Points: Assign point values by role. Give servers 10 points, bussers 5, and barbacks 3. The pool divides by the weight of each position. Great for restaurants that use a point system. Percent: Give each person or role a set percentage of the pool. Tip Out checks that everything adds up to 100. Equal: Split the pool evenly among everyone. Ideal for small teams or nights when everyone worked the same shift. Switch between methods anytime to see which approach works best for your team. TIP OUT THE BACK OF HOUSE Enter a kitchen, barback, or host tip-out and it comes off the top before the split. Every person's share of the tip-out is shown, so the math is never a mystery. TRACK YOUR OWN TAKE-HOME Tap "This is me" on a shift and Tip Out follows your pay over time: your tips, your tip-outs, your hours, and your dollars per hour. Your name is remembered, so future shifts track automatically. INSIGHTS See your take-home by week, month, or all time. Find your best shifts, watch pool totals over time, and see a breakdown by role and by cash versus credit. Tap any bar for the details. CREW TEMPLATES Save your regular crew once and load them on every shift. No more re-adding the same servers, bartenders, and barbacks every night. Templates remember names, roles, hours, points, and exempt status. CREDIT CARD FEE DEDUCTION When tips come through credit cards, processing fees eat into the pool. Toggle on CC fee deduction, enter your rate, and the fee is subtracted before anyone's share is calculated. Everyone sees the math. EXEMPT STAFF SUPPORT Managers and other exempt employees can be flagged so they are excluded from the pool. Tip Out keeps them visible in the breakdown for transparency without separate spreadsheets. SHARE THE BREAKDOWN Tap Share to send a clean summary to your group chat, email, or anywhere else. It includes every name, role, payout, and the split method. No more writing tip amounts on napkins. EXPORT AND BACKUP Export any shift as a PDF tip sheet or a CSV for payroll. Back up every shift to a file and restore it on a new phone anytime. TYPE A SHIFT IN PLAIN WORDS On newer iPhones, describe the shift in a sentence and your crew fills itself in. It runs on your phone, so nothing is sent anywhere. SHIFT HISTORY Every completed shift is saved. The latest 3 stay free, and unlocking keeps them all. Scroll back to review payouts, verify payroll, settle disputes, or check your tip earnings over time. Search by name, filter by month, and share any shift again. BUILT FOR RESTAURANT AND BAR WORKERS Tip Out was designed for the real end-of-night workflow: cash tips, credit tips, barback tip-outs, server and host roles, exempt staff, stray pennies, and payout totals that need to add up. Works completely offline. Your data never leaves your device. No server, no cloud, no login. Free to download. Unlock unlimited use with a one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://jamesmckinney.xyz/tipout/privacy Terms of Service: https://jamesmckinney.xyz/tipout/terms
TipCrew
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Fair tip pooling without spreadsheets. TipCrew helps restaurant and hospitality teams calculate tip distributions in seconds. Enter the total tips, add each crew member, choose a split method, and see a clear breakdown before payout. BUILT FOR REAL SHIFTS • Split equally, by hours worked, by points, or by custom weights • See each person’s share and percentage instantly • Adjust rounding and verify the final total • Save crews for faster repeat calculations • Keep shift history on your device • Export professional summaries for records and team transparency PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your crew and shift data stays on your device. No account is required. TipCrew is useful for servers, bartenders, baristas, salons, delivery teams, and any workplace that pools tips. TipCrew Pro is available as a one-time purchase for unlimited access. No subscription.
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Verdict
Tip Out and TipCrew are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Tip Out sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TipCrew sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Tip Out | TipCrew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James McKinney | 建辉 刘 |
In-app purchases
Tip Out
- Full Unlock$4.99
TipCrew
- Lifetime Pro$9.99









