Behind the app · May 18, 2026
3 min read · Trevor Edwards

Knowing what you really earn on tips

If you live on tips, your real hourly wage is surprisingly hard to see. Here is why a simple tip tracker for servers and bartenders changes that.

Ask most service-industry workers what they make an hour and you will get a shrug. Between cash tips, card tips, tipout, and shifts that run long or end early, the honest answer is "it depends." That uncertainty makes it hard to plan, budget, or even know if a job is worth keeping.

The number that actually matters

That is the gap Checkout was built to close. You log a shift in a few seconds, and it works out what you truly earned per hour after tipout, then adds up your week, your month, and which days actually pay.

It is not a budgeting suite or a second job. It is one quick habit at the end of a shift that turns a vague feeling into a real number.

Why it is worth tracking

  • You see your real hourly wage, not the fantasy version before tipout.
  • You learn which shifts and sections are worth picking up.
  • You walk into tax season with your numbers already in order.

Your shifts stay on your phone, there is no account to create, and it works whether or not you have signal on the floor.