TipStation vs Earned Tip Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TipStation
This app helps service industry workers track tips, manage expenses, and gain insights into their earnings. It offers AI-powered coaching, job listings, and community features to maximize income and plan for taxes. All features require a Pro subscription after a free trial.
- Shift and tip logging
- AI earnings coach (SAM)
- Expense tracking for taxes
- Earnings insights and analytics
- Service industry job board
- Community forums
- Goal setting and tracking
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Track your tips, maximize your earnings, and take control of your income — all in one app built for service industry workers. TipStation is the complete earnings toolkit for servers, bartenders, baristas, delivery drivers, valets, and everyone who earns tips. Log shifts in seconds, track expenses for tax time, and get AI-powered insights to help you earn more. All features require a TipStation Pro subscription. Start with a free 3-day trial. SHIFT & TIP TRACKING • Log cash tips, card tips, tip-outs, and hourly wages • Quick-log a shift in under 10 seconds • Track hours worked across multiple workplaces AI ASSISTANT (SAM) • Talk to SAM — your AI-powered earnings coach • Real-time voice conversations with instant responses • Log shifts, expenses, and goals using natural language • Get personalized tips to increase your earnings • Snap a receipt photo and SAM extracts the data INSIGHTS & ANALYTICS • See your hourly rate, earnings trends, and best shifts • Compare performance across workplaces and time periods • Monthly and yearly breakdowns for tax planning DOCUMENTS • Generate tax reports and income verification letters • Professional PDF documents from your shift data • Expense summaries organized by category CAREERS • Browse service industry job listings near you • Filter by role, location, and pay range • Save jobs and track applications COMMUNITY • Connect with other service industry workers • Join groups based on your role or location • Share tips, ask questions, and support each other GOALS • Set earnings, hours, and savings targets • Weekly, monthly, and yearly goal periods • Track progress with visual dashboards SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION TipStation Pro is required to use the app. Start with a free 3-day trial, then choose a plan: • Monthly: $5.99/month • Yearly: $59.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://tipstation.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://tipstation.app/privacy-policy Questions? Contact support@tipstation.app
Earned Tip Tracker
This app helps servers and service workers track their earnings per shift. It logs tips, sales, hours, and expenses to provide clear insights into take-home pay, hourly rates, and progress towards goals. Make informed decisions about future shifts with detailed financial summaries.
- Log tips, sales, and hours
- Calculate net tips after tip-out
- Track hourly pay rate
- Compare shifts by day and type
- Review calendar and export history
- Set and track financial goals
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Earned is a private tip tracker for servers and service workers who want to know what every shift is really worth. Log tips, sales, hours, tip-out, cash, card, and notes in seconds. Earned turns each shift into clear take-home pay, hourly pace, tip percentage, weekly progress, and goal movement. Use Earned to track net tips after tip-out, see your real hourly rate, compare shifts by day and type, review your calendar, export shift history, and make smarter shift decisions with Earned Plus. Built for the after-shift moment: fast logging, calm numbers, and private records that help you choose better shifts. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://earned-05141841.web.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Earned Tip Tracker at freemium against TipStation's subscription. Earned Tip Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). TipStation's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. TipStation sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Earned Tip Tracker sells 3 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 TipStation against 5.0 for Earned Tip Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TipStation has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TipStation ships an update every 5 weeks, Earned Tip Tracker every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TipStation | Earned Tip Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TipStation LLC | Menfi Rodriguez |
Customer experience
TipStation
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In-app purchases
TipStation
- TipStation Pro3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- TipStation Pro3 Days trial$59.991 Year
Earned Tip Tracker
- Earned Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- Earned Plus Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Earned Plus Lifetime$59.99
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