Comparison

Just The Tips vs Northstar personal development

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Northstar personal development

This app provides a unified system for personal growth, helping users build habits, manage daily tasks, and pursue long-term goals. Its focused design aims to reduce reliance on multiple productivity tools, promoting clarity and consistency in personal development efforts.

Highlights
  • Habit tracking with streak visualization
  • Daily to-do list management
  • Long-term goal setting and progress tracking
  • Simple, distraction-free design
  • Unified personal growth system
Features
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Northstar is a focused personal development system designed to help you build better habits, manage your daily tasks, and pursue long-term goals — all in one place. Instead of juggling multiple productivity apps, Northstar brings the core pillars of personal growth together into a single, simple system built for clarity and consistency. FEATURES Habit Tracking Stay consistent with the habits that matter most. Northstar’s habit grid makes it easy to track your daily progress and visualize streaks over time. Daily To-Do Lists Organize and complete tasks with a clean, distraction-free task manager designed to help you focus on what needs to get done today. Long-Term Goals Set meaningful goals and track your progress over time so you can stay aligned with the bigger picture of where you want to go. Simple, Focused Design Northstar is intentionally minimal so you can spend less time managing tools and more time taking action. Your progress, your system. Northstar helps you stay disciplined, organized, and focused on becoming the person you want to be.

Screenshots

Just The Tips4 screens
Northstar personal development4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Northstar personal development at 100% against Just The Tips's 57%. Northstar personal development also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Just The Tips's advantage is ratings volume (2.9K vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.1). On price 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. Just The Tips sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Northstar personal development asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Northstar personal development holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Just The Tips has 2.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Just The Tips's written reviews are positive against 100% of Northstar personal development's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Just The Tips versus Northstar personal development: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust The TipsNorthstar personal development
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.9K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB15 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developerwww.justthetips.comManny Baron

Customer experience

Just The Tips

All ratings2,936 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews182 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral11.5%
Negative31.3%

Northstar personal development

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Northstar personal development

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Just The Tips

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$1.991 Month
  • Premium$19.991 Year
None

Northstar personal development

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Just The Tips free?
Just The Tips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Northstar personal development free?
Northstar personal development is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Just The Tips or Northstar personal development?
Northstar personal development is rated higher. Just The Tips averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while Northstar personal development averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Just The Tips or Northstar personal development have ads?
Just The Tips shows ads; Northstar personal development does not.

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