Comparison

TipCalculate vs Shopping and Task List

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

Head to head
About

TipCalculate

Easily calculate tips and split bills with friends. Save your spending history with notes and locations, and access a searchable guide for tipping suggestions. Offers quick calculations on Apple Watch and Siri Shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Fast tip calculation
  • Instant split totals
  • Save calculations with notes and locations
  • Tip history with map view
  • Searchable tipping guide
  • Siri Shortcuts support
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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The fast, beautiful tip calculator and bill splitter. Enter the bill, pick a tip, and instantly see the tip, the total, and exactly what each person owes, with shares rounded up so the whole check is always covered. Whether it's dinner with friends, a coffee run, a ride, a delivery, or a trip abroad, TipCalculate takes the math out of tipping and splitting the check. TIP AND SPLIT IN SECONDS • A big, easy keypad built for one-handed use • Quick tip buttons plus a slider for any gratuity percentage • Split the bill evenly between any number of people • See the tip amount, grand total, and per-person share at a glance • Currencies without cents, like yen and won, show whole amounts • Share a clean bill summary with your group SCAN A RECEIPT (PRO) Point your camera at a receipt and TipCalculate reads the total, subtotal, tax, and business name for you, using Apple Intelligence entirely on your device. Your receipt photos never leave your iPhone. TIP HISTORY AND MAP (PRO) Save every tip with the place, notes, and category. See a monthly overview of what you spent and tipped, browse past tips on a map, and open any entry to edit, share, or delete it. History syncs across your devices with iCloud, or with a free TipCalculate account. CURRENCY CONVERTER (PRO) Traveling? Convert your total into another currency with up-to-date exchange rates. TIPPING GUIDE Not sure how much to tip? The searchable guide covers restaurants, bars, rideshare, taxis, hotels, salons, spas, food delivery, and more. EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • iMessage: calculate and send a split right inside a conversation • Apple Watch: enter the bill with the Digital Crown or a keypad, and see your tip history on your wrist • Siri and Shortcuts: get a tip calculated hands-free • Control Center: open the calculator, converter, or receipt scanner in one tap • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Designed for iPhone Duo, with layouts for every pose, and for iPad with Split View MAKE IT YOURS • Pick from seven app icons that adapt to Light, Dark, Tinted, and Clear Home Screens • Premium removes ads and adds your own accent color and quick tip presets Available in English, Spanish, and French. Supports VoiceOver and larger text sizes. Love the app? An optional Tip Jar lets you support its development.

About

Shopping and Task List

Create and share collaborative shopping or task lists directly within iMessage. Everyone in the conversation can update the list in real-time, marking items as done, adding new ones, or removing them.

Highlights
  • Create shopping lists
  • Create task lists
  • Share lists via iMessage
  • Collaborative editing
  • Mark items as done
  • Add/remove items
Features
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Shopping and Task List is an iMessage app that allows you to create a shopping list or a task list. You and all recipients of your messages can then mark any item as done, remove it or add new items to the list.

Screenshots

TipCalculate4 screens
Shopping and Task List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shopping and Task List at none against TipCalculate's shown. Shopping and Task List also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). TipCalculate's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.7). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. TipCalculate sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Shopping and Task List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TipCalculate holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TipCalculate versus Shopping and Task List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTipCalculateShopping and Task List
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJustin HeintzEFRAC

Customer experience

TipCalculate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Shopping and Task List

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

TipCalculate

One-time7
  • Premium$0.99
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Upgrade to Pro$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Premium$2.99
  • Nice Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$5.99
  • Pizza Tip$9.99
1 purchases

Shopping and Task List

One-time1
  • Upgrade$2.99

Questions

Is TipCalculate free?
TipCalculate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shopping and Task List free?
Shopping and Task List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TipCalculate or Shopping and Task List?
TipCalculate is rated higher. TipCalculate averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Shopping and Task List averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do TipCalculate or Shopping and Task List have ads?
TipCalculate shows ads; Shopping and Task List does not.
Which is updated more often, TipCalculate or Shopping and Task List?
TipCalculate ships an update every 4 months, and Shopping and Task List every 4 months. Most recently, TipCalculate was updated on October 24, 2026 and Shopping and Task List on October 24, 2026.

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