Comparison

Tip Tip Tracker vs TipDiary

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

Head to head
About

Tip Tip Tracker

Easily log your daily earnings, including cash and card tips, hours worked, and sales, shift by shift. Visualize your income with a monthly calendar and access powerful statistics and forecasts with an optional VIP upgrade.

Highlights
  • Log cash and card tips separately
  • Track hours, wage, and sales
  • Manage multiple jobs with location-based auto-selection
  • Monthly calendar view of earnings
  • Shift reminders and notifications
  • Customizable themes and currency support
  • VIP features: advanced stats, forecasts, CSV export, backup
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Tip Tip is the simplest way for servers, bartenders and service workers to track their real take-home pay, shift by shift. Log your tips in seconds after every shift, then see exactly what you earn this week, this month and this year. No spreadsheets. No guessing. LOG A SHIFT IN SECONDS • Cash tips, card tips, tip-in and tip-out, each kept separate • Hours worked, hourly wage and total sales • Notes, guests served and more • Close the app mid-shift? What you typed is still there SEE YOUR MONEY ON A CALENDAR • A clean monthly calendar shows earnings at a glance • Tap any day to see every shift you worked • Show total earnings, net tips or wages KNOW WHAT REALLY PAYS • Breakdown, averages and totals: tip %, hourly rate, weekly pay • Charts by job, weekday and month (VIP) • Forecasts for your month-end and year-end income (VIP) • Any date range you like (VIP) CLOCK IN AND OVERTIME (VIP) • Clock in at work and watch your pay add up on your Lock Screen • Overtime from your state's rules, or your own, added to your pay TAX TIME, SORTED • See what you take home after taxes • Export a tax-ready PDF and spreadsheet, with No Tax on Tips and overtime worked out for you (VIP) BUILT FOR MORE THAN ONE JOB • Unlimited jobs, each with its own wage, color and pay period (VIP) • Work Location picks the right job when you arrive (VIP) • Shift times that fill in your hours for you SET GOALS • Save toward something and watch the ring fill up • 1 goal free, 3 with VIP NEVER FORGET A THING • Reminders tied to your shifts • Get a nudge at the end of a shift, hours before or any time you pick MAKE IT YOURS • 20+ themes: pastel, sweet, neon, metallic and more (VIP) • Light and dark mode • 40+ currencies • Your own fields and stats, like mileage or parking (VIP) • Your photo and your name on the lock screen (VIP) • Widgets for earnings, goals and payday on your Home Screen and Lock Screen (VIP) YOUR DATA, SAFE • Works offline. Your shifts stay on your phone unless you turn on iCloud backup. • Face ID or passcode lock • iCloud auto-backup (VIP) FREE TO START Log every shift and every tip field for one job, see your breakdown, averages and totals for the last 30 days, set 1 goal and add reminders, all free. Go VIP for unlimited jobs, Clock In, overtime, widgets, every chart and forecast, tax export, iCloud backup and every theme. Try VIP free for 30 days. Tax numbers are estimates to help you plan, not tax advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TipDiary

Features
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TipDiary is the daily tip diary built for U.S. service workers — servers, bartenders, barbers, dealers, delivery drivers — with the new "No Tax on Tips" deduction math built in. LOG A SHIFT IN 30 SECONDS — FREE FOREVER • Cash tips, card tips, tip-outs, pool share, hours, sales — multiple jobs supported • The IRS already expects a daily tip record (Pub 1244). TipDiary makes it effortless • Calendar history, weekly/monthly totals • Your data is yours: CSV/JSON export and local backups, always free. No account required. TIPDIARY PRO — THE TAX MATH ($24.99/yr, $3.99/mo, or $49.99 lifetime) • Deduction dashboard: qualified tips year-to-date, $25,000 cap progress, estimated tax savings • Year-end projection based on your real pace • Tax Packet PDF: your full daily record, monthly totals, and deduction summary — ready for your tax preparer • Quarterly estimate helper for 1099/self-employed • Income insights: which job and which nights actually pay best • iCloud sync across devices OUR PROMISES • Logging and export are free forever — we never hold your data hostage • No ads, no data collection, no account • No trial traps: what's free stays free Estimates only — not tax advice. Based on current IRS/Treasury guidance for tax years 2025-2028. Requires a valid SSN to claim the deduction; married filers generally must file jointly. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://byh1113710804.github.io/tipdiary-site/privacy.html

Screenshots

Tip Tip Tracker4 screens
TipDiary2 screens

Verdict

The call

Tip Tip Tracker and TipDiary are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tip Tip Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and TipDiary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tip Tip Tracker ships an update every 4 days, TipDiary every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tip Tip Tracker versus TipDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTip Tip TrackerTipDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSaratsanan Sasitvirarom雨宏 柏

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tip Tip Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly VIP$1.991 Month
  • Yearly VIP1 Month trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime VIP$24.99
3 purchases

TipDiary

Subscriptions2
  • TipDiary Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • TipDiary Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • TipDiary Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Tip Tip Tracker free?
Tip Tip Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TipDiary free?
TipDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tip Tip Tracker or TipDiary have ads?
Neither Tip Tip Tracker nor TipDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tip Tip Tracker or TipDiary?
Tip Tip Tracker ships an update every 4 days, and TipDiary every 5 days. Most recently, Tip Tip Tracker was updated on October 31, 2026 and TipDiary on October 31, 2026.

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