This had been an idea for an app I’ve been sitting on for a while. A tip calculator is a simple thing, an easy app to make (this one took about a day). So why didn’t I have a good one? Why did so many of them have overly complicated interfaces, pop-up ads, or ask you to enter the percentages yourself? Why didn’t any take into consideration that you often have to split a bill multiple ways, and you want to figure out how much to put down?
Tippette was my way of cutting through all of that. The only time you have to enter a number is when entering the total. From there, you use sliders to split the check and another slider to rate your service. That’s it. You don’t have to think about percentages at all. I went with a simple scale.
- Worst service ever: 10% (because you should always tip, even when it’s horrendous).
- Bad service: 15%
- Okay service, average service: 18%
- Good service: 20%
- The best service: 23%
I scaled this in such a way that people would be more likely to rate their service as good or best, as the jump in percentages isn’t too high. I wanted that balance between someone putting down a large tip for the server and not feeling like they were just throwing money down unnecessarily.
I personally have never been a server. But I know how important tipping is in the U.S. Service industry workers are often paid well below the minimum wage and rely on tips. Because of that I wanted to encourage people to see 18% as the average tip, not an exceptional one, and target 20% for good service.
So, if you want an easy to use tipping app that’ll make your servers love you, be sure to check out Tippette!
I finally got enough free time to sit down without a project at hand. I decided to try something new: make an Android app from scratch. But, let’s face it, free time is precious. Most of my side projects are huge, big things that I won’t complete for months. What’s a gal to do?
You can now find my new app, 