TipBud Press Kit

Facts, screenshots, and boilerplate for writing about TipBud. Everything on this page is free to reuse. Questions or review builds: shakti.thakran@outlook.com.

Fact sheet

TipBud: Server Tip Tracker is an iOS app (iOS 18 or later) that logs a shift in about ten seconds and shows tipped workers what they really took home — wages + tips − tip-outs. The first 30 hand-logged shifts include every feature; after that a single $19.99 one-time purchase unlocks unlimited shifts forever. No ads, no account, no subscription. Its App Store privacy label is Data Not Collected. TipBud is built by independent developer Shakti Thakran; press contact shakti.thakran@outlook.com.

What makes it different

• True take-home math. Every shift shows (wage × hours + tips − tip-outs), and the hourly rate is computed after tip-outs — the number a server actually keeps, not the number on the receipt.
• Tip-out rules, not arithmetic at 1 a.m. Set rules per job once (e.g., busser gets 2% of sales) and every new shift computes tip-outs automatically, with per-shift overrides.
• Income stays private. Data Not Collected, no account, optional Face ID App Lock, and a share card with a "$ hidden" toggle that shows the shape of a night without the dollars.
• One purchase, yours forever. 30 free shifts with nothing held back, then $19.99 once — no subscription, no ads, and history stays viewable and exportable even without buying.
• The history survives anything. Private iCloud sync with no account, manual backup files, CSV import from other apps with automatic column matching, and one-tap CSV export for a tax preparer.

Assets

Right-click to save. Screenshots are iPhone captures in WebP.

• og.png — social/link preview image (1200×630)
• mark.png — TipBud app mark
• home.webp — Home tab, tonight at a glance
• log.webp — logging a shift
• calendar.webp — month calendar of shifts
• insights.webp — Insights: trends and day-of-week averages
• rate.webp — true hourly rate after tip-outs
• share.webp — shareable shift card

Boilerplate

TipBud is a tip tracker for servers, bartenders, and other tipped workers on iOS. It logs a shift in about ten seconds — hours, cash tips, card tips, sales — computes tip-outs from per-job rules, and shows true take-home pay and true hourly rate after tip-outs. Shifts live on a calendar, trends live in Insights, and everything can be exported to CSV. TipBud collects no data, requires no account, and costs $19.99 once after 30 free shifts — no subscription, no ads. It's made by independent developer Shakti Thakran.

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