Comparison

TipCalculate vs Bill Slicer

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

Bill Slicer

Effortlessly divide bills and customize individual amounts. This app automatically adjusts everyone's share when one person's contribution changes, making group payments simple and fair.

Highlights
  • Automatic share adjustment
  • Customizable individual amounts
  • Fair bill splitting
  • Generous tipping options
  • Simple group payments
Features
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Splits bills fast and *adjusts individual amounts!* Who bought those 3 expensive drinks? Maybe they should pay more! Did someone arrive at dessert? Perhaps they pay less! Adjust one person’s share and all other shares adjust automatically. Be generous to your friends and servers! If it’s just you and a friend, a quick suggestion: You buy it this time, they buy it next time. The Idea: From a post-dinner discussion after splitting a bill seven ways (and two people had drinks) Made by Sadie Contini + Bryan Wu over a few sessions of paired programming. We’ve got some more ideas for this app, so keep your eyes peeled. :)

Screenshots

TipCalculate4 screens
Bill Slicer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TipCalculate at Free against Bill Slicer's $0.99. Bill Slicer's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TipCalculate is free to download; Bill Slicer costs $0.99 up front. TipCalculate sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Bill Slicer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bill Slicer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bill Slicer has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TipCalculate ships an update every 4 months, Bill Slicer every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
TipCalculate versus Bill Slicer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTipCalculateBill Slicer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.8 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings216 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJustin HeintzBryan Wu

Customer experience

TipCalculate

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

Bill Slicer

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
None

Bill Slicer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TipCalculate free?
TipCalculate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bill Slicer free?
Bill Slicer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TipCalculate or Bill Slicer?
Bill Slicer is rated higher. TipCalculate averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Bill Slicer averages 4.8 from 16 ratings.
Do TipCalculate or Bill Slicer have ads?
TipCalculate shows ads; Bill Slicer does not.
Which is updated more often, TipCalculate or Bill Slicer?
TipCalculate ships an update every 4 months, and Bill Slicer every 2 months. Most recently, TipCalculate was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bill Slicer on October 24, 2026.

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