Comparison

Tippy Tracker vs TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers

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

Head to head
About

Tippy Tracker

Easily log tips, wages, and hours worked after each shift. Track income across days, weeks, and months with a clear dashboard. Manage multiple jobs and review your earnings history.

Highlights
  • Log tips, hours, and pay
  • Manage multiple jobs
  • Earnings dashboard
  • Shift history browsing
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Pro features: charts, scheduling, export
Features
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Know your worth. Track every dollar. TippyTrack is the easiest way for bartenders, servers, baristas, delivery drivers, and anyone who earns tips to track their income. Log your tips and wages after every shift in seconds, then see your earnings add up across days, weeks, and months. Privacy Policy: https://royalblue-hawk-125044.hostingersite.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ TRACK TIPS & EARNINGS Log tips, hours worked, and hourly pay after every shift. Add notes, rate your shifts, and keep a detailed record of your income — all in a few taps. MANAGE MULTIPLE JOBS Work at more than one spot? No problem. Create separate jobs with custom names, colors, and icons. See earnings broken down by workplace so you always know which gig pays best. DASHBOARD AT A GLANCE Your earnings snapshot — front and center. See today's tips, weekly totals, and monthly summaries on a clean, card-based dashboard designed to give you the full picture fast. BROWSE YOUR HISTORY Search, filter, and review every past entry. Tap into any shift for a full breakdown including tips per hour and total pay. SYNCS ACROSS DEVICES Your data stays with you. TippyTrack syncs automatically across all your Apple devices with iCloud. UPGRADE TO PRO Unlock powerful tools to take your earnings tracking to the next level: • Charts & Analytics — Interactive charts showing tip trends, earnings by job, and performance over time. • Schedule Manager — Plan upcoming shifts on a visual calendar. • Export Reports — Generate PDF and CSV reports for tax prep or personal records. • AI Assistant — Ask questions about your data in plain English using on-device AI. • Goals & Tip Jar — Set earnings goals and watch your progress with a visual tip jar tracker. Pro is available as a monthly ($1.99/mo), yearly ($19.99/yr — save 16%), or lifetime ($39.99) purchase.

About

TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers

Easily track your hourly earnings by logging tips, wages, and tip-outs. This app calculates your true hourly rate and provides historical data for multiple jobs. Securely back up your data with private iCloud sync and export it anytime.

Highlights
  • Ten-second shift entry
  • True hourly rate calculation
  • Customizable tip-out rules
  • Monthly calendar breakdown
  • Home screen widget
  • CSV export
  • Private iCloud sync
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TipBud is the tip tracker for servers and bartenders: log a shift in ten seconds, see your true hourly rate, and keep a history that syncs between your iPhone and iPad with no account. TipBud logs a shift in about ten seconds and shows your true hourly rate: wages + tips − tip-outs. And your history survives anything — private iCloud backup, CSV export, no account, no ads. Built for servers, bartenders, baristas, and anyone who works for tips. WHY TIPPED WORKERS SWITCH TO TIPBUD • Ten-second shift entry that learns your patterns — it fills in your usual Saturday, you just fix the numbers • True hourly rate on every shift and every week (wage + tips − tip-outs ÷ hours) • Tip-out rules per job — busser 2%, bar 1.5%? Set it once, it's computed every shift • Your month on a calendar, night by night, with a tap-any-day breakdown • Home screen that knows you: last night's take-home, week trend, month pace, and what your best weekday actually pays • Weekly recap on YOUR pay week, not the calendar's • Home-screen widget — last shift and your week, at a glance • Cash vs card split, day-of-week averages, personal bests • Multiple jobs with separate wages — all included, nothing extra to buy • New U.S. federal tip deduction (2025–2028): keep the daily tip log the IRS expects, export it any time • CSV export, always — your tips are your data • Switching apps? Import your history from a CSV in minutes • Private iCloud sync + backup files — no account, no login, nothing to lose • Face ID app lock — your money stays your business • Share a night as a clean card — with a $-hidden mode that shows the shape, never the dollars • Optional reminders computed from your own history, off by default • Light, dark, or system appearance — and built to respect your text-size settings ONE PURCHASE, YOURS FOREVER Your first 14 shifts include every feature, nothing held back. After that, a single one-time unlock keeps TipBud yours for good — no subscription, no ads, ever. And your history stays viewable and exportable even if you never buy. No account. No tracking. Just your tips, added up honestly.

Screenshots

Tippy Tracker4 screens
TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers at 18.0 against Tippy Tracker's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Tippy Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tippy Tracker versus TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTippy TrackerTipBud Tip Tracker for Servers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndres MadeShakti Thakran

Customer experience

Tippy Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tippy Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Tippy Track Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • TippyTrack Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tippytrack Pro Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers

One-time1
  • TipBud Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Tippy Tracker free?
Tippy Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers free?
TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tippy Tracker or TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers have ads?
Neither Tippy Tracker nor TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers shows ads.

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