TipsGlobal: Tipping by Country

TipsGlobal is an offline tipping guide and bill splitter for travellers. It covers 36 countries across 7 regions, tells you what to tip for each service, and shows the total, the tip and each person's share in your own currency too.

WHAT TO TIP, COUNTRY BY COUNTRY
Each country opens on a plain-language explanation of how tipping actually works there: whether service is already included, whether a cover charge or a discretionary service charge lands on the bill, whether cash is expected instead of card, and whether you should tip at all. Service is included by law in France. A percentage tip is not customary in Japan and can cause confusion. Restaurants in Brazil almost always add 10 percent to the bill already. In the United States, 18 to 22 percent is the everyday range for table service. The tipping guide says so in each case, in that country's own terms.

Below the explanation, a table gives the customary amount for seven services: restaurants, taxis and rideshares, hotel porters, housekeeping, bars, cafes, and spas or salons. Each country also carries its local currency, a one-line summary, and the restaurant percentage the calculator starts from.

A BILL SPLITTER THAT KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE
The splitter opens on the customary restaurant percentage for the country you picked. Enter the bill, set the party anywhere from 1 to 50 people, and choose a percentage with one tap. It shows the tip, the total, and what each person pays, with each person's share of the bill and share of the tip listed separately. Switch on round up and the total moves to the next whole unit, with the difference added to the tip.

THE TOTAL IN YOUR OWN MONEY
Pick your home currency from 27 and the total, the tip and what each person pays appear in it beside the local figures. The rates live in an editable table on your device, one row per currency, expressed per US dollar. The seeded values are a starting point, so set each one to whatever your bank or card actually charges, and reset the table whenever you want.

BROWSE AND FIND
Search any country by name, or filter the list by region: North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Oceania, South America and Africa. The home screen keeps your last country one tap away.

FULLY OFFLINE
TipsGlobal makes no network requests. The whole tipping guide, the currency table and the calculator run on your phone in airplane mode. There is no account, no sign-in, no tracking and no advertising. Your home country, home currency and edited rates are kept on the device.

FEATURES
- Tipping guide for 36 countries across 7 regions
- Customary amounts for seven services in every country
- Bill splitter with a party of 1 to 50 and per-person bill and tip
- Dual-currency totals across 27 currencies
- Editable on-device exchange rate table with a reset
- Light and dark appearance, following your system setting
- Fully offline, no account, no tracking, no ads

QUESTIONS
Does the tipping guide work without a connection? Yes. Every country and every calculation runs offline.
Does it update exchange rates on its own? No. You set and edit them yourself, which is why nothing needs a connection.
Does it tell me where not to tip? Yes. Countries with no customary percentage tip are marked on the list, and the guide explains what to do instead.

Tipping customs are guidance rather than rules and vary by venue, city and season, and converted amounts use the rates you enter yourself. Always check the bill for a service charge before you add a tip.

Recent changes:
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