Tips vs Thunkable Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tips
Discover hidden features and helpful hints for your Apple devices and built-in apps. Explore curated collections of tips, search for specific topics, and access detailed user guides. New suggestions are added regularly to keep you informed.
- Learn about devices and built-in apps
- Collections of tips by topic
- Detailed user guides
- Searchable tips
- Regularly updated suggestions
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Get the most from your Apple devices with helpful hints and hidden gems. Features • Learn about your device and its built-in apps. • Flip through collections of tips on a specific topic. • Discover more with detailed user guides. • Search for tips that interest you. • Check back for the latest suggestions — new tips are added often.
Thunkable Live
This platform allows users to create mobile applications using a visual, block-based programming language. It empowers individuals to design and control their own mobile device applications through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Explore tutorials and documentation to build your own projects.
- Drag and drop interface
- Blocks based programming
- Mobile device control
- In-app tutorials
- Extensive documentation
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Thunkable is a drag and drop platform where anyone can use a blocks based programming language to control their mobile device. In addition to using the tutorials in the app, you can follow us for more extensive video tutorials and documentation to make your own Thunkable project.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Thunkable Live at weekly against Tips's every 5 months. Thunkable Live also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.8). Tips's advantage is ratings volume (2K vs 324) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Thunkable Live holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tips has 2K ratings behind it against 324, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Tips's written reviews are positive against 54% of Thunkable Live's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tips ships an update every 5 months, Thunkable Live weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tips | Thunkable Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (2K ratings) | 4.1 (324 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.5% of reviews — better | 53.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 324 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apple | Thunkable |
Customer experience
Tips
Thunkable Live
User reviews
Tips
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful tips for Apple devices
- 🚀 Convenient way to learn new features
- 💡 Useful for beginners and tech-savvy users
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches with the app
- 📥 Lack of new or updated tips
- 🤖 Tips not always relevant or useful
Thunkable Live
From 324 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to create apps
- 🚀 Instant live testing
- 💡 Innovative learning platform
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 👍 Versatile for all skill levels
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS devices
- 🐛 Laggy performance and glitches
- 🐛 Unreliable live testing and preview
- 🐛 Confusing navigation and UI
Bugs and requests
Tips
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not opening or loading properly
- Widgets not functioning as expected
- Tips not displaying correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to share tips with others
- Improve search and bookmarking functionality
- Provide more in-depth and customized tips
Thunkable Live
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login screen freezes or crashes
- White screen issues and app not loading
- Inability to view or edit code
- Inconsistent behavior between web and mobile versions
- Firebase integration problems
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved code editor and customization tools
- Better integration with external services
- More comprehensive documentation and tutorials
- Ability to test apps on multiple devices
In-app purchases
Tips
No in-app purchases
Thunkable Live
No in-app purchases
