Comparison

Tip Tonic vs ShiftSlip

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

Head to head
About

Tip Tonic

Features
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You work hard for your tips. Now you can see exactly what they add up to. Log a shift in seconds, split the tip-out, and see what you actually walked with — then find the patterns in your own history. WHAT'S FREE • Log tips and hours by hand, in seconds • Tip-out and pooling math, so you see what's actually yours • Your real per-shift hourly rate • "Hey Siri, log my tips" — saved straight to your shift • Apple Watch logging, Home Screen widgets, and a Lock Screen shift timer with a Busy tap (iOS 17 or later) • One workplace, one goal, and your last 90 days of history PRO — $1.99/month • Voice entry on iPhone and Apple Watch (Beta): say the shift, check the draft, save it • Unlimited history and unlimited workplaces • Shift scheduling, including recurring shifts • Weather and nearby events recorded with each shift • Interactive charts and goal streaks • Your true hourly rate — base wage plus tips after tip-outs, with a take-home estimate after taxes • CSV export PREMIUM — $3.99/month • Receipt and report scanning (Beta): snap a printed shift report, a pay stub, or an earnings screenshot. Includes reading guides for Uber, DoorDash, Lyft, Instacart, Square, Clover, Micros and more • Peak Time heatmap: the hours that actually pay • PDF and custom exports WHO IT'S FOR Bartenders, servers, baristas, delivery drivers, valets, hair stylists, barbers, massage therapists — anyone who works for tips. THE BOTTOM LINE A note app can hold your numbers. It can't tell you which shifts are worth picking up. Tip Tonic can. Download free. iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad. SUBSCRIPTIONS New subscribers start with a free month of Pro or Premium. After the free month, Pro is $1.99/month or $19.99/year and Premium is $3.99/month or $39.99/year. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings; nothing is charged before the free month ends. Terms of Use (EULA): https://tiptonic.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://tiptonic.app/privacy-policy

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ShiftSlip

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ShiftSlip is the notebook you fill in when the shift ends. Hours. Cash tips. Charge tips. What you tipped out. Four numbers, one screen, about fifteen seconds - and ShiftSlip tells you what that shift really paid you per hour once the tip-out came off. WHAT IT ANSWERS • What did that shift actually pay me, per hour, after the tip-out? • Is Tuesday lunch worth picking up, or worth trading away? • What did this pay period come to, and does it match my paycheque? • Where is the record my employer and my tax preparer are going to ask for? THE TIP-OUT, DONE PROPERLY Set a rule per job - a percentage of tips, a percentage of sales, a flat amount, or a figure you type - and split it across the bar, the bussers, the host and the runners by name. ShiftSlip resolves it, shows every share, and never quietly rounds a cent away. THE DAILY TIP RECORD IRS Publication 531 tells tipped employees to write down, every workday: cash tips, charge tips, the value of noncash tips, and the tips they paid out - and to give the month's report to their employer by the 10th of the next month. ShiftSlip keeps exactly those fields, day by day, with your employer and business name on it and the monthly total at the foot. It also keeps voluntary tips and service charges or auto-gratuities in two separate columns, because they are not the same thing. ShiftSlip produces records and does arithmetic on them. It is not tax advice, and it does not calculate tax, deductions or refunds. EXPORT IS FREE. ALWAYS. CSV for a spreadsheet, printable PDF for a person, any date range, straight to the share sheet. It is free and behind no purchase - and with no cloud in this version, it is also how you keep a copy. EVERYTHING ELSE IS FREE TOO • Effective hourly, tips per hour and tip percentage on every shift • Weekly, pay-period and monthly totals - weekly, biweekly, semimonthly or monthly cycles • Charts by week, by day of week and by job • Several jobs, for doubles and second jobs, each with its own rate, cycle and rules • An optional check against a minimum wage you enter yourself, so you can see a period worth asking about • A photo of the paper closeout slip attached to the shift, if you want one No feature is locked. No subscription. No trial. WORKS IN THE BACK OF HOUSE Your jobs, shifts, tips, tip-outs and reports are stored only on this iPhone. There is no account, no email sign-up, no cloud and no server, so it works with no signal at 1am and there is nothing to sync, sell or breach. FREE, WITH ADS - AND A WAY OUT ShiftSlip is free and supported by Google AdMob. A banner sits at the bottom of the dashboard, history, reports and jobs screens, and a single full-screen ad can appear on the summary after a shift has already been saved. No ad ever appears while you are entering a shift, splitting a tip-out, reading the daily tip record or exporting. One optional purchase removes all advertising forever, and unlocks nothing, because nothing else is locked. GOOD TO KNOW • iPhone, iOS 17 or later • Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Turkish, Arabic and Chinese • Light and dark, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver supported • Sample data on first run, so you can see it working before typing anything • This version has no notifications, no shift scheduling, no cloud sync, no CSV import and no receipt scanning

Screenshots

Tip Tonic4 screens
ShiftSlip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tip Tonic at none against ShiftSlip's shown. Tip Tonic also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Tip Tonic sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and ShiftSlip sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tip Tonic ships an update every 8 days, ShiftSlip every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Tip Tonic versus ShiftSlip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTip TonicShiftSlip
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoetic Architectsorlando florez

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Tip Tonic

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Pro Annual1 Month trial$19.991 Year
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  • Premium Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

ShiftSlip

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Tip Tonic free?
Tip Tonic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShiftSlip free?
ShiftSlip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tip Tonic or ShiftSlip have ads?
ShiftSlip shows ads; Tip Tonic does not.
Which is updated more often, Tip Tonic or ShiftSlip?
Tip Tonic ships an update every 8 days, and ShiftSlip every 5 days. Most recently, Tip Tonic was updated on October 31, 2026 and ShiftSlip on October 31, 2026.

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