Comparison

TipCalculate vs Tipster

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

Tipster

Easily calculate tips and split bills with friends. This application offers a straightforward way to determine individual costs, including gratuity, for group outings.

Highlights
  • Calculate tips
  • Split bills
  • Send cost messages
  • Sleek design
  • Easy to use
Features
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Tipster is a sleek, simple to use tip calculator to help make calculating tips significantly easier to the user. It will also allow you to send messages to your friends letting them know what their split of the bill is, including tips.

Screenshots

TipCalculate4 screens
Tipster1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tipster at 5.0 against TipCalculate's 4.0. Tipster also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TipCalculate sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Tipster asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tipster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TipCalculate ships an update every 4 months, Tipster daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TipCalculate versus Tipster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTipCalculateTipster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB0 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJustin HeintzMohamed Boutaleb

Customer experience

TipCalculate

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

Tipster

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
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

Tipster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TipCalculate free?
TipCalculate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tipster free?
Tipster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TipCalculate or Tipster?
Tipster is rated higher. TipCalculate averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Tipster averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do TipCalculate or Tipster have ads?
TipCalculate shows ads; Tipster does not.
Which is updated more often, TipCalculate or Tipster?
TipCalculate ships an update every 4 months, and Tipster daily. Most recently, TipCalculate was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tipster on October 24, 2026.

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