TippingTracker vs DeskLedger
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
DeskLedger
This app simplifies bookkeeping for freelancers and solo business owners. It tracks income and expenses, provides a real-time tax picture, and helps manage invoices and client payments. An optional subscription offers advanced features like receipt scanning and unlimited clients.
- Real-time profit margin dashboard
- Cash-basis tax estimation
- Invoice creation and tracking
- Client payment history and reminders
- Expense sorting and categorization
- Receipt scanning (Pro feature)
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DeskLedger is bookkeeping for people who never wanted to be bookkeepers. If QuickBooks feels like it was built for a company with staff, this is the opposite: a focused ledger for freelancers, Etsy sellers and solo owners who just need to know who owes them money and how much of it is really theirs. SEE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY STAND The dashboard tilts a balance scale by your real profit margin for the period, with income, expenses and the change since last month — no setup, no chart of accounts. KNOW WHAT YOU OWE BEFORE TAX SEASON Every transaction you file feeds a live cash-basis tax picture: year-to-date net profit, an estimated self-employment tax figure, your own set-aside target, and a countdown to the next quarterly deadline. FILE A MONTH OF EXPENSES IN ONE SITTING Anything uncategorized lands in the Sort Deck — one tap files each entry under a tax-form-aligned category. INVOICES THAT CLOSE THE LOOP Build an invoice with line items, tax and terms, share it as text, and track draft to sent to paid. Marking one paid books the income for you, so revenue is never double counted. The aging strip shows exactly where money is stuck. YOUR CLIENT BOOK, WITH MEMORY Each client shows twelve-month revenue, their share of your income, what's unpaid, and how many days they typically take to pay — plus a nudge when one has gone quiet. DESKLEDGER PRO (optional subscription) - Unlimited clients and projects - Receipt scanning that reads the text and keeps only the text — the photo is never stored - Drafted payment reminders and client check-ins - The subscription radar for recurring charges - The CSV accountant pack, ready for tax season Pro is $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year, after a 14-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. The subscription auto-renews at the same price unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel it any time in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you subscribe. Your books stay yours: your data is private to your account, you can export it, and you can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app. DeskLedger provides general bookkeeping tools and estimates. It is not tax, legal or financial advice — check anything important with a qualified professional. Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/239/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/239/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DeskLedger at fortnightly against TippingTracker's every 5 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 DeskLedger sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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 DeskLedger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TippingTracker ships an update every 5 weeks, DeskLedger fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TippingTracker | DeskLedger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| 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 | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Victoria Julin | The Women's Career Transformation Network LLC |
Customer experience
TippingTracker
DeskLedger
In-app purchases
TippingTracker
- TippingTracker Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- TippingTracker Pro Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
DeskLedger
- DeskLedger Pro Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- DeskLedger Pro Annual14 Days trial$99.991 Year
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