TippingTracker vs PurchaseGuard v1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TippingTracker
Easily track your earnings from tips and tip-outs. Calculate your real hourly pay after each shift and get a clear overview of your weekly income. The app also helps estimate tax savings.
- Log shifts and tip-outs
- Calculate real hourly pay
- Track weekly income overview
- Estimate tax set-asides
- View shift history (Pro)
- Analyze weekly trends (Pro)
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TippingTracker is the simple way for servers and bartenders to know what they really earn. Log each shift in seconds, track your tip-outs, and see your true take-home — no more guessing. CLOSE OUT EVERY NIGHT Log your tips, hours, and tip-outs (busser, barback, kitchen, host) right after your shift and instantly see your real hourly pay. SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE Your week at a glance: gross tips, total tip-outs, net take-home, and average hourly across every venue you work. SET ASIDE FOR TAXES Pick a rate and TippingTracker estimates what to set aside from your tips, so tax season is never a surprise. (Estimates only — not tax advice.) TIPPINGTRACKER PRO (optional subscription) Unlock your full shift history, weekly trends, best-nights analysis, per-venue breakdowns, and quarterly tax projections. - Monthly ($4.99) or annual ($29.99), with a 14-day free trial - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase - Auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings Logging shifts, tonight's take-home, and this week are always free. Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/329/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/329/terms
PurchaseGuard v1
Track online order return deadlines and warranty expirations. Get timely reminders and see your protected purchase value. Offers advice on whether to keep, return, or exchange items.
- Track return deadlines
- Track warranty expirations
- Automated reminders
- Purchase value protected dashboard
- Item return advice
- Chronological purchase timeline
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Every online order comes with a clock you can't see. PurchaseGuard makes it visible. Add a purchase in seconds — photograph the receipt with the in-app camera, choose one from your library, or type it in — and PurchaseGuard works out when the return window closes and when the warranty runs out. Then it reminds you before either one does. SEE WHAT IS STILL PROTECTED The dashboard leads with Purchase Value Protected: the money still eligible for a refund, exchange or warranty claim. Alongside it sits what is at risk this week and how reliably you act before a deadline lapses. DEADLINES FILLED IN FOR YOU Pick the retailer and the return window is applied from its published policy — 30 days at one store, 90 at another, 15 at the next — with a 12-month warranty as the default. Every number stays editable, because your receipt is the real authority. REMINDERS ON YOUR LADDER Choose your own lead times — 30, 14, 7, 3 or 1 day before a return closes, and the same for a warranty expiring. They arrive on this device. There is no push server, no SMS, and reminders are never behind the paywall. YOUR PURCHASE TIMELINE Every item in one chronological list with its photo, retailer, days remaining and a colour-coded status: protected, action needed soon, deadline today, or expired. Search it, filter it, and act on any row. AN ADVISOR FOR THE HARD ONES Not sure whether to keep it? Answer five quick questions — used, packaging, damaged, wrong size or colour, restocking fee — optionally attach a photo of the damage, and get a clear call: Keep It, Exchange It, Return It, or File a Warranty Claim, each with plain-language reasoning and a transparent 0-100 urgency score you can see the workings of. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your purchases live in your own account. There is no email or inbox scraping, no bank connection, and no data sale. Product photos stay on your device and are never uploaded. A receipt or damage photo is read once for its text and then discarded — never stored. PURCHASEGUARD PRO (optional subscription) The whole safety net — reminders, automatic return windows, warranty tracking and the protected-value headline — is free. Pro adds the depth: - Unlimited tracked items (free covers 5 active) - Money-protected trends over time - Category and retailer breakdowns - The price-adjustment radar and recovery-rate history - Export a protection report $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. RETURN WINDOWS ARE TYPICAL PUBLISHED POLICIES, NOT PROMISES PurchaseGuard is an awareness tool. Retailers change their terms, and individual items and receipts can differ. Always check with the retailer before you rely on a date. Nothing here is financial advice. Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/98/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/98/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: TippingTracker at 7 against PurchaseGuard v1's 1. On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. TippingTracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PurchaseGuard v1 sells 2 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 TippingTracker against 5.0 for PurchaseGuard v1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TippingTracker has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | TippingTracker | PurchaseGuard v1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Victoria Julin | Christian Adrian Harvey-Michael |
Customer experience
TippingTracker
PurchaseGuard v1
In-app purchases
TippingTracker
- TippingTracker Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- TippingTracker Pro Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
PurchaseGuard v1
- PurchaseGuard Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- PurchaseGuard Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Questions
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