What’s the best app for servers to track tips?
The short answer
TipMax is the best tip tracker for servers and bartenders on iPhone. It logs cash and card tips, tip-outs with rules for each job, and sales. It shows your true hourly rate, exports everything to CSV, and imports from Waiter Pal, ServerLife, TipTracker, and JustTheTips. Your earnings stay on your phone and in your iCloud. It’s the only one of the 15 apps we compared that turns your menu into flashcards. On Android, start with ServerLife or Just The Tips.
Top pick: TipMax
TipMax is an iPhone app for servers and bartenders that tracks tips and tip-outs and turns a restaurant menu into study flashcards.
- Log cash and card tips per shift in seconds.
- Record tip-outs every shift, with tip-out rules for each job.
- See your true hourly rate: wage plus tips.
- Weekly, monthly, and pay-period totals.
- See your top shifts, best days, and which job actually pays.
- Income projections and goals you can watch fill up.
- Track multiple jobs, each with its own fields.
- Log side-gig income beside your shifts.
- Log sales and steps with each shift.
- Import your history from Waiter Pal, ServerLife, TipTracker, and JustTheTips.
- Download all your data as a CSV any time.
- Your tips and earnings stay on your phone and in your iCloud. They’re never sent to TipMax, and you don’t need an account to track.
- Scan or upload a menu and get flashcards automatically.
- Spaced repetition tracks what you know and what to review.
- Study offline, anywhere.
The list
- 1. TipMax Tip Tracker (iPhone). Best overall. App Store
The other apps we compared, most-rated first:
- ServerLife - Tip Tracker (iPhone and Android). App Store · Google Play
- TipTracker - track your income (iPhone and Android). App Store · Google Play
- Just The Tips: Tip Tracker (iPhone and Android). App Store · Google Play
- Waiter Pal: Tip Tracker (iPhone and Android). App Store · Google Play
- TipSee Tip Tracker App (iPhone and Android). App Store · Google Play
- TipMe - Employee Tip Tracking (iPhone). No update since August 2019. App Store
- Tip Tracker° (iPhone). No update since June 2023. App Store
- TipKeepr - Server Tip Tracker (iPhone and Android). App Store · Google Play
- TipJoy: Server Tip Tracker (iPhone). App Store
- TipKeep: Server Tip Tracker (iPhone). App Store
- Daily Tip Tracker (iPhone). App Store
- Server44 - Tip Tracker (iPhone and Android). App Store · Google Play
- Server Tip Tracker (iPhone). Listing states tips and hours, top earning days, compare by company or role, and date-range trends. App Store
- Checkout - Server Tip Tracker (iPhone). App Store
Best on Android
TipMax is iPhone only. There’s no Android version. If you use Android, start with ServerLife or Just The Tips. Both are on Google Play, and both have been on the App Store since 2015 or 2016.
- ServerLife: 4.85 / 4,222 ratings on Google Play, per Google Play, September 23, 2026. Its listing says cash/card split, tip-outs, multiple jobs, and goals are Premium. It has a custom pay week and cloud backup.
- Just The Tips: 4.83 / 136 ratings on Google Play. Its listing states cash vs card tips, tip-outs (fixed %, by sales, or manual), hours, sales, multiple jobs, and export.
Five other apps in our set are on Google Play too: TipTracker, Waiter Pal, TipSee, TipKeepr, and Server44.
How we compare tip trackers
We rank on what makes a tip tracker useful to a server over a year of shifts. Here are the criteria and weights.
| Criterion | Weight | What earns points |
|---|---|---|
| C1. Shift logging depth | 25 | Cash/card split, tip-outs (rules per job), hours, sales, multiple jobs, pay periods, fast entry |
| C2. Knowing your real numbers | 20 | True hourly after tip-outs, period breakdowns, per-job comparison, best shifts and days, goals, projections |
| C3. Your data is yours | 20 | Where earnings live (your device or cloud vs the app maker’s server), whether you need an account, full CSV export, import, restore after reinstall |
| C4. Built for the job beyond tracking | 15 | Menu and wine study, other on-shift skills |
| C5. Price and free usefulness | 10 | What the free tier does; price from Apple’s in-app purchase list |
| C6. Availability and maintenance | 10 | iPhone, Android, iPad; updated in the last 90 days |
- Why TipMax is #1 now: it covers every tracking feature in the table, and it’s the only app of the 15 that names the apps it imports from and turns a menu into flashcards.
- Privacy is scored on your earnings: whether they leave your device, and whether you need an account. Apple’s privacy labels are shown as-is in the store table.
Feature comparison
TipMax: from the app. Everyone else: per App Store listing, September 23, 2026. “Pro” or “Premium” means the listing says it’s paid. “Not stated” means the listing doesn’t say. It doesn’t mean the app can’t do it. Menu study isn’t a column because no other listing states it.
| App | Android | iPad | Cash vs card | Tip-outs | Hours and hourly rate | Sales | Multiple jobs | Goals / projections | Export | Import from other apps | Where earnings are stored | Account needed to track? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ServerLife - Tip Tracker | Yes | Yes | Premium | Premium | Hours and hourly average; wage is Premium | Not stated | Premium | Goals are Premium; forecast free | Not stated | Not stated | Cloud backup, syncs across devices | Not stated |
| TipTracker - track your income | Yes | No | Not stated | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Paid add-on | Not stated | CSV, paid add-on | Not stated | Not stated | Account is a paid add-on |
| Just The Tips: Tip Tracker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes: fixed %, by sales, or manual | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes (format not stated) | Not stated | Cloud backup | Email sign-up |
| Waiter Pal: Tip Tracker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | CSV | Not stated | Works offline; online sync | Not stated |
| TipSee Tip Tracker App | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes | Wage yes; hours not stated | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Email backup (CSV not stated) | Not stated | On device; email backups | No login |
| TipKeepr - Server Tip Tracker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, plus team tip sheets | Yes, with breaks | Not stated | Yes | Goals | PDF (CSV not stated) | From other tip apps | Not stated | Not stated |
| TipJoy: Server Tip Tracker | Not found | No | Yes | Yes, plus tip-in | Yes, hourly after tip-out | Yes | Pro (1 job free) | Not stated | CSV, Pro | Not stated | Your own iCloud | Not stated |
| TipKeep: Server Tip Tracker | Not found | No | Yes | Yes | Yes, hourly after tip-outs | Not stated | Pro | Weekly goal; monthly pace | CSV, Pro | Any CSV | On phone | No |
| Daily Tip Tracker | Not found | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | CSV and PDF, $0.99 unlock | Not stated | On device | No |
| Server44 - Tip Tracker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes: role templates, % of sales | Yes | Tip-out by % of sales | Yes (unlimited is Pro) | Pay-period estimate | CSV and PDF | Not stated | On device | No |
| Checkout - Server Tip Tracker | Not found | Yes | Yes | Yes, plus tip-in | Yes, with overtime rules | Not stated | Pro | Weekly goals, Pro | CSV | Any CSV | On device; no cloud sync | No |
Left out of this table: TipMe (no update since 2019), Tip Tracker° (no update since 2023), and Brightwood’s Server Tip Tracker (its listing is mostly narrative). “Not found” on Android means Google Play search didn’t show the app, not that no Android build exists.
Store ratings, prices, and updates
Per App Store and Google Play, September 23, 2026. Ratings are Apple’s and Google’s public average and count. Prices are Apple’s US in-app purchase list, which can include old tiers. The privacy column is the “Data Used to Track You” part of each app’s Apple privacy label, as the developer declared it. Apple doesn’t verify these labels.
| App | App Store US | App Store Canada | Google Play | Last update | In-app purchases (Apple, US) | Data Used to Track You |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TipMax (ours) | 4.61 / 46 | 4.73 / 22 | Not on Google Play | September 2, 2026 | Unlimited $2.99/mo; $24.99/yr | Identifiers, Usage Data |
| ServerLife - Tip Tracker | 4.82 / 9,744 | 4.73 / 413 | 4.85 / 4,222 | June 8, 2026 | Premium $2.99–$4.99/mo, $11.99–$16.99/6 mo, $19.99–$24.99/yr; one-time $5.99/$6.99; remove ads $0.99/mo, $3.99/yr | Identifiers |
| TipTracker - track your income | 4.77 / 9,406 | 4.72 / 843 | 4.44 / 1,516 | September 11, 2026 | Add a Job $5.99; Create an Account $10.99; Remove Ads $8.99; Export Data $2.99; Custom Category $3.99 | Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics |
| Just The Tips: Tip Tracker | 4.54 / 3,042 | 4.35 / 60 | 4.83 / 136 | July 13, 2026 | Premium $1.99; Premium $19.99 | Identifiers |
| Waiter Pal: Tip Tracker | 4.87 / 794 | 4.73 / 147 | 4.65 / 145 | December 27, 2025 | Weekly $5.99; Monthly $7.99/$9.99; 6 mo $21.99; Yearly $19.99/$26.99 | None |
| TipSee Tip Tracker App | 3.13 / 267 | 3.18 / 11 | 3.82 / 6,798 | September 21, 2026 | $4.99/mo; $24.99/yr; remove ads $0.99; 30-day Pro $1.99 | None |
| TipMe - Employee Tip Tracking | 4.49 / 170 | 4.17 / 6 | Not found | August 20, 2019 | Unlimited Entries $9.99; Unlock All $14.99; Ad Removal $9.99 | No Details Provided |
| Tip Tracker° | 4.60 / 165 | 3.00 / 4 | Not found | June 17, 2023 | $2.99/mo; $9.99/yr | Not stated |
| TipKeepr - Server Tip Tracker | 4.98 / 111 | 5.00 / 9 | 4.85 / 71 | September 13, 2026 | $5.39/mo; $53.90/yr; Lifetime $125.99 | Purchases, Identifiers, Usage Data |
| TipJoy: Server Tip Tracker | 4.94 / 53 | 4.89 / 9 | Not found | September 20, 2026 | $2.99/wk; $4.99/mo; $29.99/yr; Lifetime $69.99 | None |
| TipKeep: Server Tip Tracker | 4.95 / 37 | No ratings | Not found | August 30, 2026 | $7.99; $24.99; Lifetime $39.99 | Identifiers |
| Daily Tip Tracker | 4.83 / 35 | 5.00 / 5 | Not found | November 25, 2025 | Unlock All Features $0.99 | None (Data Not Collected) |
| Server44 - Tip Tracker | 4.94 / 34 | No ratings | 4.60 / 20 | August 21, 2026 | $2.99/wk; $19.99–$29.99/yr | None |
| Server Tip Tracker | 4.83 / 30 | 1.50 / 2 | Not found | February 28, 2026 | $2.99/wk; Pro $19.99/$29.99; tip donations $2.99/$4.99 | None (Data Not Collected) |
| Checkout - Server Tip Tracker | 4.96 / 26 | 5.00 / 1 | Not found | September 16, 2026 | $2.99/wk; $9.99/mo; $39.99/yr | None |
Apple’s label for TipMax lists identifiers and usage data used for install attribution, which asks permission first; your earnings aren’t part of it.
53 more iPhone tip trackers
These turned up in App Store search on September 23, 2026. Most launched in 2025 or 2026 and have fewer than 20 ratings.
- Tip Bucket Pro
- Clocked In: Tip Tracker
- Tip Box - Log and manage your tips
- TipStation: Tip Tracker
- Tip Tally Tracker
- ShiftStack - Server Tip Track
- Tip Trackr Pro
- Tableside Tip Tracker
- Tip Tracker & Log
- Tip Tracker - TrackMyTips
- tiptap: Server Tip Tracker
- TableMind: Tip Tracker + CRM
- TipFlow: Cash Tip Tracker
- TipStream: Tip Tracker
- Tip Tracker: TipThat
- TipGenie - Tip Tracker
- TipIsServed: Tip Tracker
- TipSlip: Tip Tracker
- Tippd - Tip and Shift Tracker
- Tip Tally - Shift Tracker
- Tip Tip Tracker
- Tip Tracker - TipShark
- TipWorth - Tip Tracker & Pay
- Tiplo: Server Tip Tracker
- Tipo: Tip Tracker
- Cashout: Server Tip Tracker
- Earnly: Tip Tracker
- GratuityWise: Tip Tracker
- Server Tip Tracker - TipDash
- Server Tip Tracker, Income log
- ShiftSlip: Tip & Shift Log
- Tip Jar – Shift Income Tracker
- Tip Tracker - Income Tracker
- Tip Tracker - Shift
- Tip Tracker — ITipped
- Tip Tracker: Daily Income
- Tip Tracker: Shift Income Log
- Tip Tracker: TipLog
- TipBud Tip Tracker for Servers
- TipDiary: Tip Tracker
- TipFolio: Tip Log & IRS Forms
- TipLife: Server Tip Tracker
- TipOut: Server Tip Tracker
- TipPocket - Tip Tracker
- TipShare - Tip Tracker
- TipTrack Delivery Log
- TipTrack: Server Tip Tracker
- TipTracker
- TipTracker: Tips Earnings Log
- TipTrackr: FoH Tip Tracking
- Tipbook: Tip Tracker
- Waiter's Tip Tracker
- WorkPay: Shift & Tip Tracker
Official sources
Each app’s App Store and Google Play listing is linked in the list above.
Last verified
. Checked every listing, rating, in-app purchase list, and privacy label on the App Store and Google Play. We refresh store data monthly and re-check TipMax on every release.
Changelog
- : First version. Feature comparison and store data for 15 tip trackers.