Insight Software Phone App vs Just The Tips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Insight Software Phone App
Manage your salon or spa business remotely from your iOS device. View schedules, book client appointments, and access contact information on the go. Requires an active Insight Cloud subscription or the Insight Salon and Spa App Server.
- View employee schedules
- Book client appointments
- Access company contacts
- Remote salon management
- Mobile access to Insight data
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The Insight Salon and Spa Client App allows you to connect remotely from your iOS device to your Insight data at your salon.* This app allows you to do things such as: –View you and your employees' schedules on the run –Book appointments for your clients from anywhere –Access your company's contact information The use of this app requires that you have either: –An active Insight Cloud subscription, or –The Insight Salon and Spa App Server running on your Insight server machine * - Requires an active internet connection
Just The Tips
This app helps tipped workers easily track their income from various sources like cash and credit tips. It offers detailed insights into earnings, supports multiple jobs, and provides customizable reports to understand financial trends. Secure cloud backup and data export ensure your financial information is safe and accessible.
- Track cash and credit tips
- Support for multiple jobs and workplaces
- Customizable reports and data visualization
- Log hourly pay and shift hours
- Secure cloud backup and data export
- Track tip outs and sales
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Just the Tips – Tip Tracker for Tipped Workers The best way for tipped workers to track their income and better control their finances. Track your tips. Know your worth. Take control of your money. Whether you’re a server, bartender, stylist, valet, dancer, casino worker, or anyone else who earns income from tips, Just the Tips is your go-to tool for logging your shifts and leveling up your finances. This powerful (and free) app helps you track income, view trends, and get real insight into how much you’re really making. Key Features: Track all your tipped income with ease -Cash and credit tips -Customize your starting day -Tip outs (fixed percentage, by sales, or manual) -Hourly pay and shift hours -Shift notes, covers, and sales -Weekly pay structure support Built for people with one or even multiple jobs -Track multiple workplaces and positions -Custom settings for each role: server, bartender, host, hairdresser, valet, dog walker, casino dealer, and more! -Highly configurable reports that combine or filter data however you like, including comparing your tips by day, month, job, or year. Cash vs credit, heat maps to visualize performance by section, and more amazing and highly visual modules! Keep your data safe -Secure cloud backup -Export your data anytime -You're always in control Easy setup. No more spreadsheets. No guesswork. Just sign up with your email and start tracking your money in minutes. Download Just the Tips and take control of your financial life - one shift at a time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ By using this App, you agree to our Privacy Policy: https://www.justthetips.com/Privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Just The Tips at 60% against Insight Software Phone App's 8%. Just The Tips also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 33). Insight Software Phone App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, monetization model and device support 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. Just The Tips sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Insight Software Phone App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Just The Tips holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Just The Tips has 3.1K ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Insight Software Phone App's written reviews are positive against 60% of Just The Tips's.
Insight Software Phone App ships an update every 2 months, Just The Tips fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Insight Software Phone App | Just The Tips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (33 ratings) | 4.5 (3.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.5% of reviews | 59.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 3.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Syntec Business Systems, Inc. | www.justthetips.com |
Customer experience
Insight Software Phone App
Just The Tips
User reviews
Insight Software Phone App
From 33 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Handy for scheduling
- 👍 Useful for checking client info
- 👍 Can book appointments from home
- 👍 Great customer service
- 👍 Always improving
Room to improve
- 🐛 Outdated and glitchy
- 🐛 Many bugs to work around
- 🐛 Doesn't work
- 🐛 Hard to use
- 🐛 Rarely loads on first try
Just The Tips
From 3.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Great customer service
- 💡 Highly customizable
- 📊 Helpful data tracking and analysis
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 💸 Annoying ads
- 🤔 Confusing UI changes after updates
- 🔍 Missing features (e.g. hourly wage tracking)
Bugs and requests
Insight Software Phone App
Reported bugs
131 issues- Bugs and glitches
- Super outdated and glitchy
- Many bugs
- Doesn't work
- Rarely loads on first try
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- Takes 15 minutes to load
- Error message
- Freezes up
- Doesn't work for older iPhones
- Worst and slowest booking system
- Horrible and often unusable
- Clunky UI
- Difficult to navigate
- No option for monthly or weekly view
- Took three tries to log in
- Can't look at schedule
- Error message after login
- Always down
- Constantly crashing
- Constant error messages
- Not user friendly
- Annoying re-downloading app
- Won't let me log in unless deleted and re-downloaded
- Slow at times
- Connection to server issues
- Always have to delete and reinstall
- Keeps having glitches
- Half the time can't open the app
- Problems when logging in
- Needs some improvement
- Book each service separately
- Go back to beginning and select client again
- App doesn't do timing automatically
- Takes minutes to load
- Gives error messages
- Completely closes itself
- Subpar desktop version
- Slow loading desktop version
- Not user friendly desktop version
- Glitches often
- System won't let you log in
- Stops working often
- Support line always busy
- A lot of bugs
- Cool features unable to be used
- Hard to manage from phone
- Terrible delays and glitches
- Seems to have glitches constantly
- Every update causes a new one
- Hoping for consistency
- Can't be on salon's WiFi to use it
- Using data up all day
- Can't check schedule for double booking times
- Inconsistent for looking up formula
- Always crashing
- Not loading
- Makes the app inconvenient
- Having trouble
- Still has many glitches
- Spend a lot of time calling tech support
- Extremely slow at all times
- Can't get it right
- Blame everything on user
- It's THEIR servers
- System could use more work
- Looks like old Windows computer
- Speed of dial up
- Lack of updating
- Extremely slow system
- Extremely slow phone app
- Rarely worked on iPhone
- Try to tell you it's something you're doing wrong
- System not working right
- Slow due to being a cheap link
- See one day schedule at a time
- Slowly book someone
- Slow loading one day view
- Watch your data usage
- Inconvenient
- Background links to online main software
- Constantly loading
- Saying to check connection
- Frequently doesn't load
- Always glitching
- Very frustrating
- Any time there's an update, not have access for a week or two
- App does not work anymore after update
- Freezing
- Shutting down
- Works 3 days out of the year
- Constant "errors"
- Worst one used
- Ridiculous
- Caveman slow
- Not up to par
- Glitch up when scrolling
- Needs an update
- Could not check server version
- Can't find any fix
- Lands on "Settings" screen each time
- Risk of losing saved information
- Should land directly on login page
- Should land directly on "Welcome" screen
- Needs iOS9 update
- Can't use app
- Doesn't work with new phone update
- App doesn't catch up to the rest of the world
- Outdated app
- Not working now that phone is updated
- WILL NOT OPEN ON IOS9
- App won't open now
- Since iOS9 update
- Lost without this app
- Not compatible with iOS 9
- App won't open
- Never works 6 months later
- Not worth the $$
- More of a hassle
- Fix an issue, cause 10 more
- Never ever works
- Hasn't worked for months
- Still does not work on new iPhone
- App keeps crashing
- Depend on this as scheduler
- Hasn't worked for 2 weeks
- Doesn't even open
- Frickin expensive software is worthless
- Software isn't worth anything if app isn't working
- Won't work on 5s
- Does not work for iPhone 6
- Does not work on iPhone 6!
Requested features
21 requests- Tanning beds visible on the app
- Monthly or weekly view of schedule
- Book all services for a client at once
- Automatic timing for processing like computer version
- See double booking times
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- See client purchase history
- Set client ticket from the app
- See schedule by week and month
- Sales features view
- Report options
- See all employees for a day
- Toggle between employees for day view
- See openings without stumbling
- iPad version screen view is good
- iOS9 update
- Update for iPhone 6
- Update for iPhone 5s
- Update for iPhone 5c
- Update for iOS 9
- Update for new iPhone
- Update for phone updates
Just The Tips
Reported bugs
3 issues- Calendar issues (missing days, scrolling problems)
- Data loss and sync issues after device changes
- Frequent crashes and app freezes
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to change pay period start day
- Separate cash and credit tip tracking
- Automatic tax and deduction calculations
- Improved data backup and sync across devices
In-app purchases
Insight Software Phone App
No in-app purchases
Just The Tips
- Premium$1.991 Month
- Premium$19.991 Year
Questions
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