The Tick App vs DETICKT IT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Tick App
This app helps prevent tick encounters and tick-borne diseases by allowing users to report tick sightings. It also provides educational resources on tick identification, removal, and prevention, and allows for tick submission for expert identification.
- Report tick encounters
- Prevent tick-borne diseases
- Tick identification guides
- Tick removal instructions
- Submit ticks for identification
- Research collaboration
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Help prevent tick encounters and tick-borne diseases. By sharing when and where you encounter ticks you will help researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University to better prevent tick-borne diseases. The Tick App also provides information on tick identification, tick removal and other prevention ideas. You can also submit ticks for identification by university staff. The Tick App was developed as part of a collaborative research study between the Midwest and Northeast Centers of Excellence in Vector-borne Disease.
DETICKT IT
Identify ticks with a photo and receive a comprehensive risk assessment for tick-borne diseases. The app uses your location to determine the risk from common tick species.
- Tick identification via photo
- Comprehensive risk assessment
- Location-based disease risk
- Identification of common tick species
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DETICKT IT is an app that allows users to take a photo of a tick they find and then it gives a comprehensive risk assessment of the most prevalent tick-borne diseases. The app uses the user's location to create a location-based risk from the most common species of tick that are identified.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DETICKT IT at 4.6 against The Tick App's 3.9. DETICKT IT also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 43%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.3). The Tick App's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
DETICKT IT holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of The Tick App's written reviews are positive against 80% of DETICKT IT's.
The Tick App ships an update every 2 months, DETICKT IT every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Tick App | DETICKT IT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (24 ratings) | 4.6 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.3 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps | Antonia Kolb |
Customer experience
The Tick App
DETICKT IT
In-app purchases
The Tick App
No in-app purchases
DETICKT IT
No in-app purchases
