Mouse Timer vs Tistu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mouse Timer
This app visualizes time with a cute mouse eating apples, making it easier for children to grasp time duration. It functions as both an educational tool and a regular timer for daily use, offering a distraction-free experience.
- Visualized time with a mouse character
- Educational tool for children
- Normal timer for daily life
- Pause and resume functionality
- Notifications when time is up
- Customizable time choices
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Mouse Timer is a cute VISUALIZED TIMER for everyone who wants to measure and/or visualize the time, especially for kids who have hard time understanding the length of time. The app expresses the length of time with a cute little, greedy mouse gnawing on apples! Mouse Timer was developed from the request from teachers and parents of kids who attend LITALICO classrooms. *LITALICO classrooms are run by teachers and professors who specialize in kids development and education. Characteristics of this app: • This timer can be used not only as an educational tool but also as a normal timer for daily life. • You can use it for FREE. • NO Advertisements are displayed so there is no visual destruction and kids can use it safely. Main function: • Alarm can be set only by choosing the displayed time. • Choices of time can be reduced. • You can pause and resume the timer. • This app notifies you when the time comes even when you're not using the app. • White mouse will appear by in-app purchases. Please feel free to notify us! app-support@litalico.co.jp Hope you enjoy our app. Thank you!
Tistu
This app provides a secure and convenient way for parents to monitor their child's school activities in real-time. Track daily progress, communicate with teachers, and manage important health and schedule information from your mobile device.
- Real-time daily activity log
- Direct messaging with teachers
- School event calendar with reminders
- Medication administration tracking
- Child's health and authorization details
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O app Tistu é a maneira mais simples, prática e segura de você acompanhar o dia a dia de seu filho na escola. Esqueça as ultrapassadas agendas de papel, você pode utilizar seu celular e ter acesso ao diário de seu filho em tempo real e onde estiver! Com o app Tistu você tem todas as funcionalidades necessárias para acompanhar o dia a dia de seu filho na palma da sua mão: * Diário: acompanhe as atividades realizadas pelo seu filho. Como estava a sua participação nas brincadeiras e tarefas? Ele estava animado? Brincou com os coleguinhas? Fez todas as refeições? Comeu bastante ou pouquinho? Fez pipi? * Recados: envie um recadinho diretamente para o professor de seu filho ou para a diretora da escola e seja avisado quando receber uma resposta. * Calendário: verifique o dia e o horário das atividades realizadas pela escola. Seja avisado assim que receber um novo convite e receba um lembrete quando uma atividade estiver próxima. Informe sua participação aos professores aceitando ou rejeitando os convites. * Medicamentos: informe ao professor os medicamentos que seu filho está tomando, em que horário eles devem ser ministrados e em que dosagem. Encaminhe junto uma foto da receita médica. * Dados: informe os dados mais importantes sobre seus filhos. Quais são as suas alergias? Qual o seu plano de saúde? Quais são as pessoas autorizadas a buscá-lo? Qual o seu aniversário?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tistu at none against Mouse Timer's 1. Tistu also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Mouse Timer's advantage is ratings volume (79 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Mouse Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tistu asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tistu holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mouse Timer has 79 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Mouse Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tistu's.
Mouse Timer ships an update monthly, Tistu every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mouse Timer | Tistu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (79 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | LITALICO Inc. | Mongaba Solucoes de Tecnologia Ltda. - ME |
Customer experience
Mouse Timer
Tistu
Bugs and requests
Mouse Timer
Reported bugs
5 issues- No sound on iPhone
- Call sound plays twice
- Notification bug where it won't close
- Timer doesn't start if the app is closed immediately after pressing the button
- App crashes after iOS update
Requested features
14 requests- Customizable time settings
- More preset time options (e.g., 45, 50 minutes)
- Ability to set time in 5-minute increments
- Horizontal screen support
- Option to change mouse color/character
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- Child lock feature
- Web version of the app
- Option to customize apple color or fruit choice
- Skip forward/backward functionality
- Timer continues past 0 to negative numbers
- Add sound for timer completion
- Vibration option for timer completion
- More sound options
- Add a feature for the mouse's belly to grow as it eats
Tistu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mouse Timer
- White Mouse$0.99
Tistu
No in-app purchases









