Comparison

Trick or Treat Tracker vs Screen Time Next

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Trick or Treat Tracker

This app helps you track the number of trick-or-treaters visiting your home. It syncs your count across devices via iCloud and allows real-time sharing with friends. You can also view historical data, including weather and notes, to plan for future Halloween nights.

Highlights
  • Real-time trick-or-treater tracking
  • iCloud sync and sharing
  • Historical data with weather and notes
  • Personalizable spooky backgrounds
  • Friend count comparison
Features
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Keep track of how many Trick or Treaters come to your house and compete with your friends in realtime! iCloud Support - Your count is synced via iCloud across all of your devices. - You can use iCloud sharing to share your Trick or Treater count in realtime with all of your friends. - See your friend's count in realtime in the new "Sharing" tab. Live Activity and Widgets - Now, once you start counting, a live activity appears on the lock screen, allowing you to update the count without unlocking your iPhone or opening the app. - Add a widget to your home screen or lock screen for more options to add to your count without opening the app. History - Save your count from every year, so you can always go back and see how many tick or treaters you had each year. - Automatically add weather data to your event when saving your count. - Historical items can also contain weather (temperature and conditions) and notes to help you plan for future years. - View your historical events as a graph to visualize the data. Personalization - Choose from a variety of spooky backgrounds for total customization. Very useful to know how much candy to buy each year.

About

Screen Time Next

This app helps manage children's screen time by providing a visible countdown and a calm transition to the next activity. It allows parents to set limits on apps and web browsing, with clear warnings before time expires. Children are prompted to choose their next activity, making screen time endings more predictable and less confrontational.

Highlights
  • Visible countdown timer
  • App and web browsing limits
  • Customizable next activities
  • Parent dashboard
  • Earned time additions
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Screen time doesn't have to end in a fight. ScreenTimeNext gives that moment a countdown your child can see, a warning before the end, and a screen that asks one question: what are we doing next? Choosing is what closes the screen — so the ending has a destination, not just a stop. HOW IT WORKS 1. You pick what to limit. Apps, categories, or all web browsing — chosen with Apple's own Screen Time picker, so your child's app list never leaves their device. 2. You set the time. Start a session from the dashboard and a countdown begins, with a live timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. 3. A warning arrives before the end. Not a wall — a full-screen message inside the app they are using, telling them how long is left. 4. Your child chooses what's next. Family time, outside, free time, clean up, or a meal. Choosing is what closes the screen, so the ending has somewhere to go. FOR THE PARENT - One dashboard: how much time is left, what your child chose, and a tap to add or take back minutes - Add time when it's earned. Taking minutes back also shortens today's budget, so a longer session doesn't quietly become a longer day - Decide what's next yourself when the day calls for it, instead of asking - Add your own activities — piano, the dog walk, Nana's house - Slide to remove every restriction for the rest of the day — one deliberate gesture, never a stray tap - A parent PIN, with Face ID if you want it PRIVACY ScreenTimeNext uses Apple's Screen Time framework. Your child's app selections are handled by iOS as opaque tokens: the app cannot read which apps they are, and never stores, logs, or transmits them. There are no accounts, no servers, and no analytics. Nothing leaves the device. WHAT YOU NEED - Screen Time permission, granted once by a parent - ScreenTimeNext limits the device it is installed on ScreenTimeNext is not a monitoring tool. It doesn't report where your child goes or what they type. It does one thing: it makes the end of screen time predictable, and gives it somewhere to go.

Screenshots

Trick or Treat Tracker4 screens
Screen Time Next4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Screen Time Next at 5.0 against Trick or Treat Tracker's 4.6. Screen Time Next also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Trick or Treat Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (202 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screen Time Next holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trick or Treat Tracker has 202 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trick or Treat Tracker ships an update every 5 months, Screen Time Next weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Trick or Treat Tracker versus Screen Time Next: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrick or Treat TrackerScreen Time Next
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (202 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings202 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSean KosanovichXIACHEN GUO

Customer experience

Trick or Treat Tracker

All ratings188 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Screen Time Next

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Trick or Treat Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

Screen Time Next

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trick or Treat Tracker free?
Trick or Treat Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screen Time Next free?
Screen Time Next is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Trick or Treat Tracker or Screen Time Next?
Screen Time Next is rated higher. Trick or Treat Tracker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 202 ratings, while Screen Time Next averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Trick or Treat Tracker or Screen Time Next have ads?
Neither Trick or Treat Tracker nor Screen Time Next shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trick or Treat Tracker or Screen Time Next?
Trick or Treat Tracker ships an update every 5 months, and Screen Time Next weekly. Most recently, Trick or Treat Tracker was updated on November 6, 2026 and Screen Time Next on October 31, 2026.

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