Comparison

TipSight vs HomelabGlance

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

Head to head
About

TipSight

Effortlessly calculate tips by scanning receipts. Automatically reads amounts and computes tips on the pre-tax subtotal, offering quick 15%, 18%, or 20% options. Save meal details to history with custom notes.

Highlights
  • Receipt scanning for automatic amount reading
  • Pre-tax subtotal tip calculation
  • One-tap tip percentage selection (15%, 18%, 20%)
  • Full breakdown of subtotal, tax, tip, and total
  • Save meals to history with custom notes
Features
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TipSight makes tipping effortless. Just scan your receipt with your camera — TipSight reads the amounts automatically and calculates your tip on the pre-tax subtotal, so you're never overtipping. Choose 15%, 18%, or 20% with one tap. See a full breakdown of subtotal, tax, tip, and final total at a glance. Save meal to your history with a custom note so you can look back on where you've been.

About

HomelabGlance

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Homelab Glance is a native dashboard for the self-hosted server you already run. It reads from the open-source "glance" aggregator and shows your containers, media, downloads, and storage at a glance — on your Home Screen, in widgets, in a Live Activity, and in a Mac menu-bar app. There's no Homelab Glance account and no cloud. The app talks only to the glance server on your own hardware. Point it at your server once and everything appears. AUTO-DETECTED SERVICES Rich cards for the apps it recognizes — Jellyfin, Sonarr, Radarr, and more — and clean generic cards for everything else, built from what's actually running. WIDGETS & LIVE ACTIVITY A configurable at-a-glance view for Home Screen and Lock Screen, plus a Live Activity that tracks a download or job from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. CONTAINER CONTROLS Start, stop, and restart containers from the app — gated behind a separate control token you set, so read-only and control access stay distinct. ON YOUR MAC The same dashboard in a menu-bar app, one click away. SIRI & SHORTCUTS Actions are App Intents, so your homelab is scriptable and Siri-accessible. TRY IT WITHOUT A SERVER Demo mode is on by default with sample data, so you can explore the whole app before connecting. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Homelab Glance collects nothing. Your server address and tokens stay in your device's Keychain and traffic goes straight to your own machine — over your LAN or securely over Tailscale. The aggregator it talks to is open-source and self-hosted by you.

Screenshots

TipSight3 screens
HomelabGlance3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HomelabGlance at weekly against TipSight's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TipSight ships an update every 2 months, HomelabGlance weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
TipSight versus HomelabGlance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTipSightHomelabGlance
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLimaWorks LLCAnmol Saxena

In-app purchases

None

TipSight

No in-app purchases

None

HomelabGlance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TipSight free?
TipSight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HomelabGlance free?
HomelabGlance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TipSight or HomelabGlance have ads?
Neither TipSight nor HomelabGlance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TipSight or HomelabGlance?
TipSight ships an update every 2 months, and HomelabGlance weekly. Most recently, TipSight was updated on October 31, 2026 and HomelabGlance on October 31, 2026.

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