For servers, bartenders, baristas & barbers
Log tips.
Keep the record.
Tipfolio is the tip log for people who actually work for tips. Log a shift in about ten seconds, see what you really made, and walk into tax season with the daily record the IRS expects — already written.
iPhone · Free to log, forever · No account required
New for 2025–2028
$25,000
of your tips can come off your federal taxes
— if you keep a daily log. That is the whole catch, and it is the whole reason Tipfolio exists. Every entry is timestamped as you make it, which is what turns a pile of numbers into a contemporaneous daily record.
- ✓Watch your qualified tips add up against the annual cap all year.
- ✓Check your W-2 against your own log before you file.
- ✓Export a filing-ready daily report as PDF or CSV, with the entry timestamp on every shift.
- ✓Only voluntary tips qualify — mandatory service charges do not, and Tipfolio says so.
How it works
Three things, done properly.
No dashboards you'll never open. Tipfolio does the small number of things a tipped worker actually needs, and does them honestly.
The ten-second habit
Open the app, type tonight's tips, done. Your job, wage, hours and tip-out are already filled in from last time. The nightly reminder lands at 11:30 PM and opens straight onto the keypad.
What you really make
Tips, minus tip-outs, plus your base wage, divided by the hours you actually worked. That is your real hourly rate — per shift, per job, per night of the week.
Built for tax season
Your log becomes an IRS-ready daily report, a W-2 reconciliation, and an income statement a landlord or lender will accept — timestamped on every line.
Free, no download
Run the numbers right now.
Four calculators built on the same maths the app uses. Everything happens in your browser — nothing you type is sent anywhere.
Real hourly rate calculator
Tips minus tip-outs, plus base wage, over the hours you actually worked. The one honest number about your shift.
Calculate → NightlyTip-out calculator
Percent of tips, percent of sales, or a flat amount — work out what you owe the bar, the busser and the runner.
Calculate → Tax seasonTip tax deduction estimator
See where your qualified tips land against the $25,000 annual cap, and what that could mean at your marginal rate.
Estimate → Per shiftShift earnings calculator
Total take-home for one shift or a whole week, with base wage and tip-out handled properly.
Calculate →Who it's for
Different jobs, different money.
A server's tip-out is nothing like a booth renter's chair rent, and a delivery fee is not a tip at all. Start with what applies to you.
Servers & waitstaff
The most complicated tip-out in the building, plus auto-grats and side work.
Read →Bartenders
On both sides of the tip-out, cash-heavy, and shifts that cross midnight.
Read →Baristas & café staff
Pooled tips split by hours — small per shift, substantial per year.
Read →Delivery drivers
Tips versus fees versus promotions, and the vehicle costs behind all three.
Read →Hairstylists & barbers
Commission or chair rent — two different tax positions with one job title.
Read →Everyone else
Hotel staff, casino dealers, valets, tattoo artists — the rules that apply across tipped work, whatever your job title is.
See all jobs →Private by design
This is the product, not a feature.
Your shifts, tips, wages and tax totals live on your iPhone. Tipfolio has no server for your earnings — there is nowhere else for them to be.
- ✓No account required. Every feature works signed out.
- ✓No ads, no analytics, no trackers, no data selling — ever.
- ✓Zero third-party SDKs. The app contains no networking code for your earnings at all.
- ✓Receipt scanning reads your closeout slip using your iPhone's own text recognition. The photo never leaves the device.
- ✓Encrypted backup to your own private iCloud is optional and off unless you turn it on. The key lives in your iCloud Keychain.
- ✓Export everything as CSV at any time, free. Delete everything in three taps.
Pricing
Free to log. Pro to file.
Logging, insights and the nightly reminder are free, forever. Pro exists for the two weeks a year you need paperwork.
$0 / forever
- ✓Unlimited shift logging
- ✓Real hourly rate and weekday insights
- ✓Nightly 11:30 PM reminder
- ✓One job
- ✓Full CSV export of everything you've logged
$3.99 / month
or $29.99 / year
- ✓AI closeout scan — log a shift in two seconds
- ✓IRS-ready tax report (PDF + CSV)
- ✓W-2 reconciliation and occupation code
- ✓Unlimited jobs and income-proof statements
Billed through your Apple Account. Renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Full pricing detail →
FAQ
Questions worth asking.
Does Tipfolio work offline?
Yes — everything is stored on your phone. You can log shifts with zero signal; nothing needs a server.
Will this really lower my taxes?
If you owe federal income tax, tips you log here count toward the No Tax on Tips deduction — up to $25,000/year for 2025–2028. Your daily log is the record the IRS expects. Read the full explainer.
What if I don't owe federal tax?
About a third of tipped workers don't. Tipfolio still shows your real hourly rate and builds income-proof statements for apartments, loans, and visas.
What happens in an audit?
Your export includes every shift with its date and the time it was entered — a contemporaneous daily record, which is exactly what the IRS asks for.
How do I cancel?
Settings → Subscription → Cancel. It runs through Apple, takes about 10 seconds, and your data stays yours — export is always free.
Stop reconstructing your year from memory.
Tipfolio turns ten seconds a night into the daily record your deduction is built on. Free to log, forever.
iPhone · No account required · Your earnings never leave the device