SwiftTip vs Grape Base
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwiftTip
Effortlessly calculate tips and split bills with this intuitive tool. Quickly enter your bill amount, select custom tip percentages, and see instant breakdowns for the total and per-person cost. Personalize your experience with theme colors and enjoy smart rounding options.
- Customizable tip percentages
- Smart rounding options
- Bill splitting up to 20 people
- Quick keypad for fast entry
- Theme color customization
- Remembers last bill details
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SwiftTip is a fast, focused tip calculator for restaurants, bars, delivery, and anywhere else you want to leave a tip. Enter the bill with the large keypad and instantly see the tip and total. Splitting the check? SwiftTip keeps the full amounts visible while also showing exactly what each person owes. FEATURES • Choose from up to seven customizable quick tip percentages • Enter any custom tip from 0% to 100% • Use exact amounts, round the tip, or round the total • Split a bill between 1 and 20 people • See both full and per-person tip and total amounts • Clear or correct the bill quickly with dedicated controls • Personalize the calculator with twelve color themes • Automatically use your local currency format • Remember your bill, tip, split, rounding, and theme choices • Support larger text and clear VoiceOver descriptions PRIVATE BY DESIGN SwiftTip does not collect your data. Your calculator choices stay on your device.
Grape Base
Discover perfect wine and food pairings with this intelligent assistant. It suggests wines for your meals or dishes for your wine, offering insights on serving, aging, and vintage quality. Explore global wine regions and grape varietals with data-driven vintage scores.
- Food and wine pairing suggestions
- Dish and cuisine recommendations
- Wine serving temperature
- Bottle aging advice
- Vintage charts with scores
- Region and grape exploration
- Machine learning vintage predictions
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Grape Base is your personal food and wine pairing assistant. Grape Base uses data collected from years of research to suggest the top wines to pair with the food you're eating. Know what wine you want to drink? Grape Base has you covered and will suggest dishes, cuisines, and flavors to pair with your bottle. Know what food you want to eat? Grape Base pairs the perfect wine to whatever you're eating. Try new combinations or learn more about the classics. Wine and food pairing has never been easier. No complicated filters or quizzes, just search for what you want to eat or drink and we'll pair the perfect wines or dishes for you. You'll immediately see what you should definitely try, what's worth trying and even what to avoid. Want more? Grape Base will take your wine pairings to an all new level. Learn what temp to serve each wine at, what type of decanter to use or even how long you can age a bottle at home. We've introduced a revolutionary new way to explore wine. After discovering the perfect pairing you can explore the best vintages of the region or grape you're pairing with. Our vintage "charts" make finding the perfect year, or the ones to avoid, simple and easy. Select the region or grape, and instantly see scores for that pair. No more scouring the internet or squinting at tiny tables to get the data you want. Grape Base takes vintage "charts" one step further - our machine learning and proprietary weather model allow us to provide vintage scores for any officially recognized region in the world and the primary grapes grown there. Want to know how the current year ended up? We can provide scores the minute harvest ends so you don't have to wait for scores to be published in a year's time. Grape Base is the ultimate food and wine pairing app. From wine pairings to vintage charts to serving and aging suggestions, Grape Base is the only wine app you'll ever need.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SwiftTip at 5.0 against Grape Base's 4.5. SwiftTip also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Grape Base's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. SwiftTip sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Grape Base sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SwiftTip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grape Base has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SwiftTip ships an update every 10 months, Grape Base monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwiftTip | Grape Base |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Doug Diego | Wine Grounds LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
SwiftTip
- Excellent Tip$0.99
- Awesome Tip$1.99
- Epic Tip$4.99
Grape Base
- The Almanac3 Months trial$0.991 Month
- The Vintner3 Months trial$1.991 Month
- Serving and Aging$0.99
- Top Vintages$0.99
- Pairing types$0.99









