SwiftCENSUS vs AlwaysOn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwiftCENSUS
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Most Competitive Pricing On the Market You Know How Many Cages in Your Facility Instantly Cage Automatically Assigned to Investigators, Protocols, etc. Reduce Staff Working Time By Hours Auto-Update of Database at Custom Intervals Make Billing & Cage Maintenance More Efficient Access to SwiftCENSUS Apps (..we'll also integrate with your desired software provider) Uses Computer Vision Steps for Census: 1. Scan entire rack with phone camera. 2. Repeat for Each Rack. 3. Current Census Information Immediately Available on SwiftCENSUS Web & Mobile App 4. Billing & Census Reports Generated on Schedules or OnDemand Register Facility SwiftCENSUS Web App You provide the facilities investigator, room, ABSL, species, IACUC protocol, etc. information. SwiftCENSUS Cage Cards Smart Cage Cards We send you cards with pre-printed & hardcoded data including any information you need to track for vivarium management. Researchers Use SwiftCENSUS Cards (Barcodes) Simply instruct investigators to use assigned cage cards. Note that researchers will have assigned cards that have identifying information pre-printed on them (see cage card image). Automated Card Restocking Since tags are tracked by the system, we send reminders for you to replenish your inventory when needed.
AlwaysOn
Transform a plugged-in iPhone into a convenient desk display. View the time, date, calendar, and weather at a glance. Features a sleep mode for nighttime use and custom display hours.
- Large digital clock display
- Current date and calendar
- Upcoming calendar events
- Local weather forecast
- Customizable display hours
- Low-brightness sleep mode
- Burn-in protection
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful desk and nightstand clock. Free, with no ads and no subscriptions. AlwaysOn shows the time, your calendar, weather and more on a screen you leave docked or propped up, and on your Home Screen and Lock Screen too. START WITH A FINISHED DESIGN • Ready-made layouts, each with its own background • Swipe between layouts, and the background moves with your widgets • Change any of them, or make your own WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN • Clock, with seven faces including Eclipse: the time inside a glowing ring • Time Together, Daylight, Word Clock, Card Clock, Tube Clock, Countdown, Green Room, Moon Phase and Horizon • Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy • Tap ▶ to watch a whole day go by in seconds CLOCKS AND BACKGROUNDS • Digital clocks in eleven styles, including big iPhone-style digits • Clock backgrounds: Lens, Card (split-flap), Tube, Prism, Stone, Shadow and Green Room • Space backgrounds: Tonight's Sky shows the real stars over your city, plus Earthrise, Saturn and Jupiter • Animated and still backgrounds: Earth, Horizon, Moon Phase, Catnap, Soft Flow, Tide and more • Seasonal backgrounds for holidays and festivals MADE FOR NIGHT • Darker nights with a soft amber clock • Day Mode hours, Smart Dimming and burn-in protection • A sunrise alarm that wakes you with light YOUR LAYOUT • Arrange the clock with Calendar, Up Next, Weather, World Clock, Countdown, a Focus timer, Photos and Battery • Separate layouts for portrait and landscape, made for both iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking, no data collected • Available in English, Spanish and Simplified Chinese AlwaysOn turns a screen you're not using into something calm and useful.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SwiftCENSUS at 15.1 against AlwaysOn's 17.6. On price, update cadence, 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.
SwiftCENSUS ships an update weekly, AlwaysOn every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwiftCENSUS | AlwaysOn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SwifTAG Systems | Weijin Wang |
In-app purchases
SwiftCENSUS
No in-app purchases
AlwaysOn
No in-app purchases









