ShiftSlip vs TimeCard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
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
TimeCard
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Log a shift in three taps and see exactly what it pays. TimeCard is a timesheet for people paid by the hour. It opens on the pay period you are in right now ā weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly ā with every day's hours on a calendar and the period's gross pay across the top. No account, no sign-up, no sync. CLOCK IN, CLOCK OUT ⢠Tap + to add a shift: in, out, break. Overnight shifts are handled. ⢠Several shifts in one day, each with its own break. ⢠Overlapping entries are caught before you can save them. ⢠Optional punch rounding ā 5, 6, 10 or 15 minutes. OVERTIME THAT MATCHES YOUR RULES ⢠Daily, weekly, both, or off. ⢠Your thresholds (8h a day, 40h a week ā or whatever your employer uses) and your multiplier (1.5Ć, 2Ć). ⢠Overtime is resolved across the whole pay period, so a week that spills into the next month still counts correctly. ⢠Every shift shows which of its hours were overtime and what they earned. PAY CODES FOR THE WHOLE TIMESHEET Not every hour is a worked hour. Add codes for vacation, sick days, holidays, unpaid leave or premium overtime ā each with its own colour, badge and rate. Paid time off never eats into an overtime threshold. HOLIDAYS FOR YOUR STATE OR PROVINCE Built-in holiday calendars for all 50 US states and DC, and for every Canadian province and territory ā federal days plus the local ones. SEE WHERE THE MONEY WENT The Stats tab breaks out a pay cycle, a month or a whole year: regular, overtime and total hours, days worked, regular pay, overtime pay and gross ā over a chart of hours per pay code. EXPORT TO EXCEL ā FREE Send any pay cycle, month or year as an .xlsx workbook: a Summary sheet, a row per day, and a row per entry. Hours and money are real numbers with number formats, so you can total, sort and pivot them. Hand it to payroll or keep it for your own records. Export is not a paid feature. BUILT FOR HOURLY WORK Nurses, servers, drivers, tradespeople, retail and warehouse staff, contractors, caregivers, and anyone working two jobs ā anyone who wants to know the paycheck is right before it arrives. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No login. No cloud. Your hours are stored on your device and none of them are uploaded. The app works in airplane mode. ALSO ⢠US and Canadian dollars. ⢠English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese. ⢠Light, dark, or follow the system. ⢠12- or 24-hour time; 1 to 3 decimal places. ⢠Week starts Sunday or Monday. FREE AND PRO The app is free, with one small banner on two screens. Pro removes every ad and unlocks pay codes of your own: $0.99 a week, $1.99 a month, $5.99 a year, or $9.99 once for lifetime. Everything else ā unlimited shifts, overtime rules, holidays, stats and Excel export ā is free. Hours logged while subscribed keep paying out if the subscription lapses. Weekly, Monthly and Yearly are auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; the account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings āŗ Apple Account āŗ Subscriptions. Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://only4study.com/apps/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TimeCard at none against ShiftSlip's shown. ShiftSlip's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. ShiftSlip sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TimeCard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ShiftSlip ships an update every 5 days, TimeCard every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | ShiftSlip | TimeCard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days ā better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 17.6 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | orlando florez | Gang Chen |
In-app purchases
ShiftSlip
- Remove Ads$2.99
TimeCard
- TimeCard Pro ā Weekly$0.997 Days
- TimeCard Pro ā Monthly$1.991 Month
- TimeCard Pro Yearly$5.991 Year
- TimeCard Pro Lifetime$9.99









