Frequently asked questions
What exactly is Tipper?
An earnings assistant for DoorDash drivers on Android. It automatically logs your deliveries — tips, addresses, offers, wait times — then turns your real history into maps and insights: which areas pay, where offers come fast, and the days and times you've earned the most. Tip tracking is the foundation; the point is helping you earn more.
How does the automatic capture work?
Tipper uses Android's accessibility service to read the Dasher app's screens — the same information already displayed to you. When the delivery-complete screen shows your tip, Tipper records it. It reads what's shown on your own screen, only from the Dasher app, and stores it only on your device.
Can I see the tip before I accept an offer?
No, and no app can. Para managed it briefly in 2021 by reading data DoorDash's own app downloaded; DoorDash closed that off and hides the figure now. Any app claiming otherwise is overselling.
What Tipper can tell you is which areas have actually tipped you before, from your own delivery history — so an offer from a part of town that has paid you well twenty times reads differently from one that hasn't.
Can Tipper help me avoid long pickups for low pay?
Indirectly, and only from your own history. Tipper records every offer's pay and distance, the wait that followed it, and what you were finally paid — then works out which areas have earned you the most per mile, which days and hours have earned you the most per delivery, which spots leave you parked, and where offers come fastest.
It will not filter or decline anything for you. It never accepts, declines, or responds to an offer. It shows you what your own numbers say, and the deciding stays yours.
Does Tipper connect to my Uber or Lyft account?
No — and it doesn't connect to your DoorDash account either. Tipper is DoorDash-only, and it signs into nothing. It reads what is already on your own screen in the Dasher app, on your phone.
Apps like Gridwise pull earnings from many platforms by logging into them for you. That is a genuine advantage if you drive for several, and an honest trade-off: Tipper has no password of yours to lose, and no account of yours to be locked out of, but it also can't tell you anything about Uber or Lyft.
Does Tipper tap anything in the Dasher app?
Once, on one screen, and I'd rather tell you than have you find out. On the delivery-complete screen DoorDash keeps the tip breakdown collapsed behind a “This offer” row. Tipper taps that row open so it can read the tip — the same tap you would make yourself a second later.
That is the only tap it makes, anywhere, ever. It does not accept, decline, or respond to offers, it does not navigate the app, and it does nothing at all while an offer is on screen. Everything else it does is reading. If you would rather it did not tap at all, don't install it — I would rather lose the sale than have you find this out afterwards.
Is my data private?
Your deliveries live in a local database on your phone. There are no accounts, no cloud sync, and no server of mine holding your data. The only things I ever receive are support emails you send and the standard payment info handled by my payment provider (Lemon Squeezy) when you subscribe.
One exception worth knowing, because "nothing ever leaves your phone" would not be true: to put a delivery on a map, the app asks your phone's built-in geocoder to turn the address into coordinates, and on most Android phones that service is Google Play services and the lookup goes over the internet. The address text is what gets sent, with no name, no amounts and nothing identifying you. The full account is in the Privacy Policy.
Does Tipper use Android's backup?
No. Tipper's data is excluded from Android's automatic backup, so it isn't copied to your Google account. To move your data to a new phone, use the app's own export in Settings. If you want to see or clear what Android has backed up for any app, that lives in Google One → Storage → Device backups.
Is this against DoorDash's terms?
Honest answer: DoorDash's agreements contain broad language about automated data collection, and I can't promise they'd approve. What I can tell you is exactly what it does. It reads what's displayed on your own screen about your own deliveries, and it makes one tap of its own — the collapsed tip row on the delivery-complete screen, described above. It never accepts, declines, or responds to an offer, and it does nothing while an offer is on screen. Your deliveries stay on your own device rather than on any server of mine; nothing about them is sent to me. The one thing that does leave your phone is the address lookup described above. That one tap is the part I would weigh hardest if I were you, which is why it is on this page and not buried. You should read your own agreements and make your own call — see the Terms of Service.
Will it break when DoorDash updates their app?
Sometimes, temporarily. When DoorDash changes a screen's layout, capture for that screen can stop until I ship a fix — that's the reality of every tool in this category, and a big part of what the subscription pays for. Your already-recorded data is never affected, and manual logging always works. Updates install over the top with your data intact.
What phones does it work on?
Android 8.0 or newer. No root, no special setup beyond enabling the accessibility service. (Sorry, no iPhone — iOS doesn't allow this kind of app.)
How does the free trial work?
Start the trial on this site — a card is required at checkout, but you aren't charged for 30 days. Your license key arrives by email right away; download the app, paste the key in, and everything is unlocked from day one. On day 31 the subscription starts billing $9.99/month automatically — cancel anytime before then and you pay nothing. It's one app for everyone: nothing to reinstall, and everything you record stays put.
How do updates work?
The app checks for new versions and shows an "Update available" button that takes you to the download page. I also email subscribers when a release ships. Download, install over the top, done — your data stays put.
Why isn't this on the Play Store?
Google heavily restricts apps that use accessibility services to read other apps, so Tipper is distributed directly from this site as an APK ("sideloading"). The install guide walks you through it — it's about three taps more than a normal install.
How do I cancel? Do I get a refund?
Cancel anytime from the manage subscription page — enter the email you bought with and you'll get a sign-in link, no account needed. During the trial, cancelling means you're never charged at all. After the trial you keep access through the end of the month you've paid for, then it stops. Since you get a full 30 days free to decide, I don't refund partial months — but if you were charged by mistake (meant to cancel during the trial and forgot), email me within 7 days and I'll refund it in full. See the Refund Policy.
What happens to my data if I stop subscribing?
Your data is never touched — it stays in a local database on your phone, and it's yours. The app itself locks without an active subscription, but nothing is deleted: resubscribe and your full history and maps are right where you left them. You can export a backup anytime before your subscription ends.
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