TipCalculate vs Tip Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Tip Time
Quickly calculate and split tips with ease. This straightforward utility app simplifies bill splitting for various dining scenarios.
- Quick tip calculation
- Easy bill splitting
- User-friendly interface
- Fast processing
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It's time for the tip! Here is a simple app that will crunch those numbers with ease. It's quick.... It's easy... and... It will split that tip in no time!
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The clearest difference is rating: Tip Time at 4.8 against TipCalculate's 4.0. Tip Time also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). TipCalculate's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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. TipCalculate sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Tip Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tip Time holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.
TipCalculate ships an update every 4 months, Tip Time every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | TipCalculate | Tip Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Heintz | Michael Andrew Pujol |
Customer experience
TipCalculate
Tip Time
In-app purchases
TipCalculate
- Premium$0.99
- Small Tip$0.99
- Upgrade to Pro$1.99
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- Premium$2.99
- Nice Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$5.99
- Pizza Tip$9.99
Tip Time
No in-app purchases
Questions
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