What should a tip tracking app track?

For servers and bartenders, a useful tip tracking app should track cash tips, card tips, hours worked, sales, tip-out, notes, and take-home pay so each shift has a clear record.

Why track card tips and cash tips separately?

Cash tips and card tips can hit your pocket or paycheck differently. Tracking them separately makes it easier to know what you walked with, what may appear later, and what your real hourly pay looked like.

Is a notes app enough for tracking server tips?

A notes app can work for a simple log, but it usually will not calculate tip-out, tip percentage, weekly progress, calendar history, or true hourly pay without extra manual math.

Tip tracking app

The shift is over. Keep the number.

Earned is an iPhone tip tracker for servers, bartenders, and tipped workers who want to log card tips, cash tips, hours, sales, and tip-out before the details disappear.

Download on the App Store Use the tip-out calculator

Earned tip tracker app screens for logging shift income

What servers and bartenders usually need

Most people start with Notes, Excel, or memory. That works until card tips move to a paycheck, tip-out changes by shift, or you need to know whether Friday doubles are actually beating Saturday nights.

Cash and card tips

Keep separate numbers for what you walked with and what may show up later.

Tip-out math

Log sales and tip-out so the shift shows what you actually kept.

True hourly pay

See the real hourly value after tips, wages, and hours worked.

Notes app vs spreadsheet vs Earned

Notes app

Fast to open, but you still do the math yourself and old shifts become hard to scan.

Spreadsheet

Flexible if you like formulas, slower when you are tired after close or logging from your phone.

Earned

Built around the after-shift flow: log tips, hours, sales, tip-out, notes, calendar history, and true hourly value.

The best tip tracker is the one you will actually use after a shift, before the number turns into a guess.

Other tip tracking apps people compare

If you are switching from another setup, compare the workflow you need after a shift. Some apps are built around heavy reports and custom jobs. Some are built around tip splits. Earned is intentionally focused on fast iPhone logging, tip-out, calendar history, and true hourly value.

Just The Tips

A long-running tip tracker with customizable jobs and reporting. Worth comparing if you want lots of configuration.

Server44

A free server and bartender tip tracker with mobile apps. Worth comparing if you want Android support too.

TipSplit

A newer tool focused on tip-outs, splits, and after-tax earnings. Worth comparing if pool rules are the main problem.

ServerLife

A familiar tip tracker for many servers. Earned has a ServerLife CSV import path if you want to bring old shift history over.

Made for the questions tipped workers actually ask

How much did I really make tonight after tip-out?
What did I walk with in cash versus card tips?
Which shifts are worth picking up again?
Am I on pace for rent, a bill, or a savings goal?

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