# Lickety Split: Visual Timer — Musical countdown for kids

> Musical timer app to gamify children's daily tasks and transitions. (iPhone/iPad app by Swirly Studios LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lickety-split-visual-timer/id455790177 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Swirly Studios LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/439564834)
- Category: Education, Games, Family, Music
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 28 App Store ratings · 42 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 203 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Hindi and 11 more
- Released: 2011-08-12
- Data updated: 2026-11-06
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lickety-split-visual-timer/id455790177/reviews.md

## What is Lickety Split?

Lickety Split is a visual and musical timer for kids that turns everyday routines into a game. Each task has its own classical music, which plays for as long as the task should take and speeds up as time runs out, while an animated character acts out the task and a Time Disc drains.

WHY IT WORKS

"We need to leave in five minutes." That rarely works with a young child: research shows the prefrontal cortex, which handles focus, self-regulation and executive function, is among the last parts of the brain to mature. Music is a way in. A child follows a song long before they can read a clock, so Lickety Split puts the time left into the music. Five minutes becomes something a child can see and hear, and grown-ups get to cheer instead of nag.

TWO KINDS OF TIMER

Beat the Timer: finish before the music runs out.
- Ready to leave the house (5 minutes)
- Getting dressed
- PJs on
- Getting ready for a meal
- Cleaning up the room
- Making the bed

Count Down: keep going until the music ends.
- Brushing teeth (a full two minutes)
- Taking turns
- Reading time
- Study time

Anything Timer: a song of about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 or 20 minutes for anything else.

Your Song, Your Length: time any task with a song from your own music. Its length becomes the timer.

MAKE IT YOUR FAMILY'S

- Your own tasks: "Shoes on" or "Feed the cat", in your words, with a picture, of the length you choose
- Your own prompts: record what the timer says before the song, in your voice
- Your own songs: give any task a song of yours, or one of the app's 15 recordings
- Routines: put tasks in order for the morning or bedtime. A Now and Next card shows what is happening now and what comes next, in the tasks' pictures, like a picture schedule
- Children & profiles: up to six children on one device, each with their own character, routines and progress. No accounts

MY DAY

The win is the child’s own: they beat the music and tap “I Did It!” themselves. Today, a calendar and a Storybook bring routines and plans together. Plan school mornings, change a single day, and look back together in the evening. A family can choose something to try, like patience, and keep a few words, a drawing or a short voice story. Trying counts, on hard days too, with no points or streaks to keep up.

CHARACTERS

Timey the hourglass is free, with 25 rewards. Premium adds a train, a unicorn, a bee, a caterpillar and the dinosaurs, each with short animated stories for both timers, and Music Practice with Beaty: play, sing or clap, and Beaty listens and dances along (needs a microphone; nothing is recorded). Premium is an optional subscription, $2.99 a year in the US, behind a grown-up question.

MADE FOR SMALL HANDS

- A narrator says each task out loud, so a child who can't read yet can use it
- Tap the timer to pause, resume, start over or go home
- Settings hide the Time Disc or the numbers, skip the story intro or voice prompts, and choose what happens when the duck wins
- Changing a timer, opening a link or buying anything asks a grown-up question first
- Works with VoiceOver, Voice Control and Reduce Motion

WHO USES IT

Parents, for morning, bedtime and homework routines. Preschool teachers, for transitions and tidy-up time. Occupational therapists, for everyday skills. Visual timers are a familiar tool for children with autism or ADHD, and in small studies a visible timer lowered children's anxiety and inattention during timed tasks. Lickety Split is for all children.

Spoken prompts in 21 languages, from English and Spanish to Japanese, Hindi and Arabic.

No ads, no tracking and no accounts. Nothing your family makes is sent to us. Timers, music and characters work offline; the app goes online only for purchases, crash reports and optional iCloud.

Made by parents and educational technologists, helping families since 2011.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.swirlystudios.com/privacy

## Key features

- Musical countdown timers
- Animated hourglass visual
- Gamifies daily tasks
- Motivates dawdling children
- Customizable timers with in-app purchase
- Parent and educator developed

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Plus | $2.99 | per year |


## Is Lickety Split safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Lickety Split.

## Is Lickety Split legit?

Lickety Split: Visual Timer appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Lickety Split is 90 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (10 of 42)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lickety-split-visual-timer/id455790177/reviews.md

### 4/5 — The Background On The Timer Selection Menu Looks AI Generated

*2026-11-04*

Thanks for listening to my original review on this app as I cannot tell if you updated the pictures and still were using AI to made them but you still didn’t change the background of the timer selection pages again as that easily looks AI generated as some of the white color things on it doesn’t make sense at all. But if you change that or if not AI somehow explain how you made it I will put my review to 5 stars.

### 1/5 — AI Generated Pictures?

*2026-10-18, version 5.1.0*

Just realized you started updating this app again which I really wasn’t expecting looking at the update history of this app more then 5 mouths ago but looking at the new preview screenshots for this app the screenshots feels so off as not anything was redesigned and what was redesigned is in a different style now and now there are different pictures on the buttons in the menus but when comparing all of them together their styles aren’t fully the same on like the eyes and mouth for example which makes me feel like you used ai and has a person who loves being creative and loves art I’m disappointed as using ai fully for pictures creates a miss opportunity to improve your art style and do your true art style, and the person on the app icon of this app never had legs, feet, and a tongue before and also never wear human clothes so these new pictures just feel wrong to me and like you forgot how your character works, so main thing I guess this review is leading up to is just leave this app alone it’s perfect how it already was, the only reason it should of got an update was to be compatible with the latest iOS versions but besides that I think you should of leave it alone in the first place.

### 5/5 — Love this app

*2026-05-10, version 5.0.2*

We have used this almost every day since our little was two years old. He’s five now and still uses jt to get dressed and brush his teeth. Super fun music, we love the different languages, the best!

### 5/5 — Gran actualización

*2026-05-05, version 5.0.2*

Gracias por arreglar la aplicación luego de la actualización, se ve y funciona genial

### 5/5 — Brilliant

*2024-05-18, version 4.0.5*

Works every time! Tidying up and brushing teeth are the ones we use the most. Highly recommend!

### 5/5 — Mejor ayuda para padres

*2023-09-14, version 4.0.5*

Me ha servido muchísimo cómo herramienta de apoyo para poder hacer ir mis peques hagan una labor que les da pereza hacer 🥳

### 5/5 — Love this app!

*2022-12-14, version 4.0.5*

We have been using this app for the last 5 years and it’s so wonderful! My kids love it, I love it, and it is incredibly motivating for them. ♥️ we use it in conjunction with other motivational tools to help my ADHD kiddos complete their daily tasks. ♥️ highly recommend! We use it every day.

### 5/5 — Amazing App

*2022-10-31, version 4.0.5*

The kids love it! My littlest one has adhd and this keeps her focused. I don't know what I'd do without it.

### 5/5 — For kids and adults

*2022-06-17, version 4.0.5*

Bought this when the kids were little to motivate them. Worked great!!!  The kids are now 9 & 14 I’m 56. We all participate and make it fun for the entire family. 

Must have for kids. Highly recommend it.  There is some kind of Nuro Assocation that the kids have with it that even if they don’t feel like putting their PJs on they do it anyway.  Whatever the tasks it’s brilliant!!!

### 5/5 — Lickety slipit

*2021-12-17, version 4.0.5*

I love this app I am still a kid but it helps me so much!

## Frequently asked questions about Lickety Split

### What does Lickety Split do?

Lickety Split is a musical timer app designed to make daily tasks and transitions fun for children. It uses accelerating classical music and an animated hourglass to encourage kids to complete activities like getting ready, cleaning, or brushing their teeth within a set time.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include built-in musical timers for common tasks, an animated hourglass for visual time tracking, and a gamified approach to encourage children. An in-app purchase allows for additional custom timers and the ability to use personal music selections.

### How much does Lickety Split cost?

The app is free to download and use with its standard timers. There is an optional in-app purchase that unlocks additional features, such as creating custom timers of any length and selecting songs from your own library.

### What age group is Lickety Split for?

This app is ideal for preschoolers and early elementary school-aged children. It's developed by parents and educational technologists to help children aged roughly 3-8 years old manage their time and transitions more effectively.

### How can this app help with daily routines?

The app helps by turning potentially tedious tasks into engaging games. By using music and visual cues, it motivates children to complete routines like getting dressed, cleaning their room, or preparing for meals without constant parental reminders, making transitions smoother.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.2.0 — 2026-11-02

Make everyday routines your family's own.

- Routines: put tasks in order for the morning or bedtime, with a Now and Next picture card between them
- Your own tasks, in your words, with a picture; your own songs for any task; your own voice for the prompt
- My day: plans on a calendar, and a place to look back on the day together
- Children & profiles: up to six children on one device, each with their own picture, character and progress; a Lickety Split file keeps everything safe or moves it to another device, and iCloud sync is optional
- Premium: the dinosaurs play basketball and hatch an egg, and Music Practice with Beaty listens as your child plays, sings or claps
- New celebrations for Timey, a pause that holds everything, and more in Settings

### 5.1.0 — 2026-10-17

A new version of Lickety Split.

- Four new characters in Premium: a train, a unicorn, a bee and a caterpillar, each with its own animated stories
- A Time Disc that shows how much time is left
- Tap the timer to pause, start over or go home
- New Settings for grown-ups: hide the Time Disc or the numbers, skip the story intro or voice prompts, and choose what happens when time runs out

### 5.0.2 — 2026-05-05

fix mute bug

### 5.0.1 — 2026-05-04

Main Menu Rework

### 5.0.0 — 2026-04-30

Remove Angular

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