No ads · No account · No subscription
Know what you took home.
TipBud logs a shift in about ten seconds and shows your True Rate — wages + tips − tip-outs, over the hours you actually worked. The tip tracker for servers and bartenders — and anyone who works for tips.
You close out. TipBud does the math.
Your tip history stays viewable and exportable as CSV even if you never buy · Works offline · Nothing to cancel.
11:58 PMClocked out
That's a True Rate of $53.62 an hour — not a guess. TipBud does this math every night.
11:59 PMGreeted by name
A home screen that knows your week
It greets you by name, shows last night's take-home with cash, card, and tip-out broken out, your trailing week, and your month pace — "On pace for about $5,050 this month."
It even knows what your best weekday actually pays, from your own history.
12:00 AMLogged in ten seconds
Logged before you're out the door
Cash, card, sales, hours — and TipBud pre-fills your usual Saturday from your own history, so most nights you just fix the numbers and hit Save.
Tip-outs are computed from your rules. Busser 2%, bar 1.5%? Set it once per job and every shift does the math for you.
Next morning$53.62/hr
Your True Rate
Wages + tips − tip-outs, divided by the hours you actually worked. Per shift, per week, per month — the number your paycheck never tells you.
It's how you compare a slow Tuesday double against a slammed Friday close, and know which one was actually worth it.
Two weeks inThe month fills in
The whole month on one screen
Every shift on a calendar with the night's take-home under the date. Tap any day for the full breakdown; switch to weeks when that's how your brain works.
Week fourThe pattern shows
See which nights actually pay
Day-of-week averages, an eight-week trend, cash vs card, personal bests. TipBud reads your history and says things like "Your Fridays are worth about double your Tuesdays." Pick up shifts accordingly.
Optional heads-up notifications, computed on your phone from your own numbers — off by default, always.
One big FridayWorth sharing
Share the night, dollars optional
A clean card for the group chat. Show the numbers when it was a great night — or flip on $ hidden and share the shape of the night without the dollars.
Month threeNew phone, same history
A history that survives anything
Lost phones, dead batteries, switched apps — the #1 way tip trackers break hearts is losing the record. TipBud is built so yours survives.
Your own iCloud
Private sync through your personal iCloud — no account to create, and technically invisible to us. New phone, same history.
Backup files
One tap writes a backup file you can keep anywhere — Files, iCloud Drive, email to yourself — and restore on any device.
CSV in, CSV out
Export every shift as a spreadsheet, any time. Switching from another tracker? Import your old history in minutes.
Every nightNobody watching
Your income is your business.
TipBud is built so we cannot see your data — there is nothing to breach, sell, or subpoena from us. On the App Store that reads simply: Data Not Collected.
AprilAlready sorted
Tax season, already sorted
The U.S. federal tip deduction (2025–2028) rewards one habit: a daily tip log. TipBud keeps exactly the record the IRS expects, and exports it as a clean CSV whenever your preparer asks.
TipBud isn't tax advice — it's the paperwork, handled. Read the full guide to the U.S. tip deduction.
All of it, included
Year after yearOne person
A one-person business
Hi — I'm Shakti. TipBud has no investors, no growth team, and no ads to sell. You pay once, I never see your numbers, and your history stays viewable and exportable whether you ever buy or not.
That's the whole business model: build a tool tipped workers keep, charge for it once, keep it working.
Before you buyFair questions
Fair questions
Is my data really private?
Yes — structurally, not just by promise. TipBud has no servers, no accounts, and no analytics. Your shifts live on your phone and, if you turn sync on, in your own private iCloud, which is tied to your Apple Account and technically inaccessible to us.
What happens after my 30 free shifts?
Logging new shifts asks for the one-time unlock. Everything you already logged stays fully viewable and exportable, paid or not — your history is never held hostage.
Can I import years of tips from another app?
Yes — bring them. Export a CSV from your old tracker and use Import CSV in TipBud — columns are matched automatically, and imported shifts never count against your free 30.
New phone — do I pay again?
No. The unlock is tied to your Apple Account: tap Restore Purchases on the new phone and you're in. Your history follows via iCloud or a backup file.
What is the best app to keep track of server tips?
The best tip tracker app for a server is the one you will still use in month three: it should log a shift in seconds, subtract tip-outs, show your real hourly rate, work offline, and export CSV for tax time. TipBud does all five for a one-time purchase, with no subscription.
How to keep track of server tips?
Log every shift the night you work it: date, hours, cash tips, card tips, sales, and tip-outs, then total the week. The IRS expects a daily tip record, and a notebook, spreadsheet, or app all satisfy it. Our guide to tracking tips walks through all three methods.
Something else? Support has the full list, or email support@tipbud.app.
Made for closing time.
Count the drawer, log the shift, go home knowing.
Last callOnce
$19.99, once.
Your first 14 shifts are free with every feature on. After that, one purchase — no subscription, no ads, ever. And your history stays viewable and exportable even if you never buy.
On iPhone · First 14 shifts free · Most tip trackers charge every year — this is once.