Comparison

Tip Calculator vs Totalizer

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

Head to head
About

Tip Calculator

Easily calculate the correct tip amount for your bills, even with complex taxes and multiple people splitting the cost. This tool simplifies tipping to ensure you always leave the right amount, saving you hassle and potential financial missteps.

Highlights
  • Calculate service-based tipping
  • Exclude sales taxes from tip calculation
  • Split bills up to 100 ways
  • Per-person billing and tipping
  • Currency switching
  • Simple tap and swipe interface
  • Social media sharing
Features
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Hmmm so I have a bill of $259.65 including tax, so how much should I tip? Tipping used to be simple. Now with a truck load of taxes, service charges, per person splitting and what not, a simple restaurant etiquette has turned into a full on battle of the brains. Luckily, there’s Tap Tip to save you the hassle of tipping wrong. And even calculating it. Within seconds you can get the perfect amount of tipping needed to keep that waiter smiling, your reputation intact and your finances up and running. Imagine tipping incorrectly at every meal every time you eat out. Sounds simple but the damage builds up over time to be something serious. An app like Tap Tip can help you loads. Oh, and it has lots of other nice features too! • You can calculate service based tipping • You can exclude sales taxes from tipping • Up to 100 person split of the bill ( VERY convenient) with per person billing and tipping • Switch the currency with ease! • Just a simple tap and swipe action to operate • Oh and if you want, you can even share it on social media like Facebook, twitter etc.

About

Totalizer

A straightforward calculator designed for smartwatches, featuring large, easy-to-tap buttons and instant results. It offers a running total, equation preview, and a convenient percentage function for quick calculations.

Highlights
  • Large, easy-to-hit buttons
  • Running total updates as you type
  • Full equation preview
  • Accessible percentage button
  • Secondary layout with larger buttons
  • One-tap parentheses
Features
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The goal for the Totalizer was to make a watch calculator that you'll always enjoy using. It has: + Big, easy to hit buttons, while keeping everything you need on a single screen. + Running total will update as you type, no need for the "=" button. + Perfect button responsiveness. + Instant launch time. + Full equation preview as you type. + Easily accessible "%" button, which I think is the most used feature for an app of this kind (to calculate a tip, a sale, or a price after tax). + Percent works as you'd expect it to: 200+10% = 220 100-10% = 90 + Has the secondary layout where the buttons are as big as possible, and the operators can be reached with a button press or a screen swipe. + One tap to add parentheses around the equation - just tap the running total number. + Complications are available for the quick app launch, and to display the last result. The above may sound obvious, but it took a lot of thinking, designing, adding, and subtracting to get there, which comes through when you start using it. If you have an idea how to make it even better - I'm listening! Privacy Policy: Totalizer does not collect or transmit any kind of data whatsoever.

Screenshots

Tip Calculator4 screens
Totalizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tip Calculator and Totalizer both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Totalizer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Tip Calculator's. Totalizer also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Tip Calculator's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 3). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tip Calculator costs $4.99 and Totalizer $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Tip Calculator against 5.0 for Totalizer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tip Calculator has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Tip Calculator's written reviews are positive against 89% of Totalizer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tip Calculator versus Totalizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTip CalculatorTotalizer
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.9 (27 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTardent Apps Inc.Marko Radakovic

Customer experience

Tip Calculator

All ratings27 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Totalizer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tip Calculator

No in-app purchases

None

Totalizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tip Calculator free?
Tip Calculator costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Totalizer free?
Totalizer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tip Calculator or Totalizer?
Totalizer is rated higher. Tip Calculator averages 4.9 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Totalizer averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Tip Calculator or Totalizer have ads?
Neither Tip Calculator nor Totalizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tip Calculator or Totalizer?
Tip Calculator ships an update every 6 months, and Totalizer every 6 months. Most recently, Tip Calculator was updated on October 23, 2026 and Totalizer on October 24, 2026.

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