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Type the bill amount on the keypad, then tap one of the tip buttons (10, 15, 18 or 20 percent) or drag the slider for any other percentage. The tip, the total and each person’s share update as you type.

You can change the preset percentages in Settings.

Use the Split control under the tip buttons. Tap plus or minus to set how many people are paying, and TipCalculate shows the amount per person, including the tip.

A searchable reference of typical US tipping amounts for over a hundred services, from restaurants and rideshares to movers and hotel housekeeping. Open it from the Guide tab in the app, or read it on the web at tipcalculateapp.com/guide.

Yes. TipCalculate runs on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, with an iMessage extension and Siri Shortcuts on iOS, and there is a separate Android app on Google Play. Your history and preferences follow you on every device where you sign in to the same TipCalculate account.

Yes. Ask Siri to calculate a tip with TipCalculate, or add the “Calculate Tip” action to your own shortcuts in the Shortcuts app.

After working out a tip, tap Save. You can add the place, notes and a category, and attach a map location. Tip history is part of TipCalculate Pro.

When you sign in to a TipCalculate account, your saved tips and preferences (currency, accent color and similar settings) are stored in your account and kept in step across your devices. Accounts are run on Google Firebase. If you don’t sign in, your history stays only on the device you saved it on.

Yes. Sign in at tipcalculateapp.com/account with the same account you use in the app to see your totals, browse and search your history, edit or delete entries, and export everything as a CSV file.

In the app, swipe left on the entry in History and tap Delete. On the web, open your history and use the delete button on that row. Deleting an entry while signed in removes it from all of your devices.

Check that you are signed in to the same account on both devices: the email shown in Settings, or on the web dashboard, should match. Then open the History tab and pull down to refresh. If the entries still don’t appear, contact us and tell us which devices you are using.

No. The calculator, bill splitting and tipping guide work without one. An account is only needed to sync your tip history and preferences between devices and to use the web dashboard.

With an email address and password, with Google, or with Sign in with Apple. Use the same method on every device so you reach the same account.

On the sign-in page, choose “Forgot password?” and enter your email address. We’ll send a link to set a new password. If you signed up with Google or Apple you don’t have a TipCalculate password; use that button to sign in instead.

In the app, go to Settings and tap Sign Out. On the web, open the menu with your name at the bottom of the dashboard sidebar and choose Sign out.

Go to tipcalculateapp.com/account/delete, sign in, and confirm. You can also delete your account from Settings in the app. Deletion is immediate and permanent: your profile, saved tips, preferences, profile photo and API keys are removed and can’t be recovered.

No. Purchases are handled by Apple or Google and stay with your Apple ID or Google account, so you can restore them later even after deleting your TipCalculate account. Refunds are requested from Apple or Google (see below).

Premium removes all ads and unlocks custom themes and accent colors. Pro includes everything in Premium plus tip history, currency selection and the receipt scanner. Both are one-time purchases, not subscriptions, and you can upgrade from Premium to Pro later.

Open TipCalculate, go to Settings, open the upgrade screen and tap Restore Purchases. Make sure you are signed in to the same Apple ID (or Google account on Android) that made the purchase.

Refunds are handled by the store you bought from. For the App Store, use reportaproblem.apple.com. For Google Play, follow Google’s refund instructions. If something isn’t working, tell us first; we may be able to fix it.

Optional one-time tips that support TipCalculate’s development. They don’t unlock anything extra.

Without an account, everything stays on your device. With an account, we store your name, email address, optional profile photo, your preferences and the tips you save (amounts, place, notes, category and an optional location). The privacy policy lists every detail and every service we use.

No. We don’t sell personal information, and we don’t share your tip history with advertisers.

The free version is supported by ads from Google AdMob. Buying Premium or Pro removes them. On iPhone and iPad you choose whether apps may track you; TipCalculate respects that choice.

Sign in to the web dashboard and use Export CSV to download your full tip history. For a copy of everything else we hold, contact us.

Yes. The TipCalculate API lets you add tips to your history and read them back, for example from a point-of-sale system or an automation. See the API documentation.

Sign in and open Developer in the dashboard, then create a key. The full key is shown once, so copy it somewhere safe. You can revoke a key at any time.

Keys created before October 2026 were retired when we moved to a more secure key system. Create a new key in the dashboard and update your integration.