Split the tip pool from your timesheet, to the cent
Drop your Toast, Square, 7shifts or Homebase export. Tiptrail splits tips by hours and role points for every day, shift or week, and gives you a payroll-ready total for each employee. It all runs in your browser.
How it works
- Export your timesheet for the pay period from Toast, Square, 7shifts, Homebase or When I Work (where to find it).
- Set your pool rules once: pool period, points per role, who contributes, group percentages. They're remembered.
- Pay out: download the payroll CSV, print the report, or (Pro) the Excel workbook and employee statements.
Why Tiptrail
For restaurant and bar owners, GMs and bookkeepers who split tips every pay period and are tired of the spreadsheet.
From the timesheet you already have
Toast Time Entries, Square timecards, 7shifts time punches, Homebase and When I Work exports — CSV or Excel. Columns detected automatically.
Your rules
Pool by day, lunch / dinner, week or pay period. Points per role, who contributes, front / back of house percentages, card, cash and gratuities in or out.
Exact to the cent
Shares always add up to exactly what was collected — no $0.03 surprises. Card, cash and gratuities kept separate for payroll.
Checks that catch mistakes
Missed clock-outs, shifts after midnight, duplicate rows, ambiguous dates, pools nobody could receive, and managers set to get a share.
Answers for every “why?”
Every employee's share traces back to pools and shifts. Pro adds an Excel audit workbook and a printable statement per employee.
Private by design
Names, hours and tips stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded — check the Network tab, or go offline after the page loads.
Simple pricing
Free for a week of shifts. Pro for whole pay periods, several locations and the audit workbook — one price, not per location.
Free
- Full split & checks
- One file, up to 7 business days per report
- Payroll CSV & printable report
- No signup, 100% private
7-day pass
- 7 days of Pro, no subscription
- Whole pay periods
- Excel audit workbook & statements
- Perfect for one payroll run
Pro Monthly Popular
- Unlimited days & staff
- Combine files & locations
- Excel workbook, shift CSV, employee statements
- Not per location · cancel anytime
Pro Yearly
- Everything in Pro
- Every pay period, all year
- Ideal for groups & bookkeepers
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Calculators & guides
- Tip pool calculator
- Tip out calculator for servers, bartenders and support staff
- Toast tip pooling from your Time Entries export
- Square tip pooling from timecards
- 7shifts tip pooling from time punches
- Homebase tip pooling from timesheets
- Tip pool point system calculator
- A tip distribution spreadsheet, done for you
- How to export timesheets from Toast, Square, 7shifts & Homebase
- Tip pooling rules: what US employers commonly need to know
- Tip pooling policy template (free, editable)
- How to calculate a tip pool by hours worked (with examples)
- Splitting tips between front and back of house
- Handling cash tips, card tips and gratuities in a tip pool
- A lighter TipHaus alternative for calculating tip pools
- Using 7shifts? Split tips from your time punches without the add-on
- A GratShare alternative that runs in your browser
- A TipPoolr alternative that works from your timesheet export
FAQ
Is it really private?
Yes. Your file is read by JavaScript running in your browser tab; its contents — names, hours, tips — are never sent over the network. You can verify this in your browser's developer tools (Network tab), or go offline after the page has loaded.
Which files work?
Toast Time Entries and payroll exports, Square timecards, 7shifts time punches, Homebase timesheets, When I Work timesheets, and most other timesheet exports with an employee, a date and hours or clock-in/out times — CSV, TXT, XLSX, XLS or ODS. Columns are detected automatically and you can change any of them; your choice is remembered for that layout.
How are tips split?
Each pool's tips are divided by hours worked × the points you give each role. Optionally the pool is first split between groups (e.g. front and back of house) by percentage. Cents are allocated by largest remainder, so shares always add up exactly.
My export has no tip columns. Can I still use it?
Yes. Type each pool's tips into the Add tips box; the split uses the hours from your file.
Is it legal advice?
No. Tiptrail does the arithmetic with the rules you set. Who may share in a tip pool depends on federal, state and local law — see our tip pooling rules overview and check with your state labor department or an employment lawyer.
What's free?
Everything, one file at a time, for reports covering up to 7 business days — the full split, checks, payroll CSV and printable report. Pro removes the limit for whole pay periods, combines several files or locations, and adds the Excel audit workbook, shift-by-shift CSV and employee statements.