Ticking vs When
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ticking
This utility app helps you visualize the duration of important moments and upcoming events. Track time in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and years with customizable countdowns and reminders.
- Visualize time durations
- Countdown to events
- Set reminders
- Track in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years
- Customizable displays
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Ticking is a time counting tool. It helps you visualize the duration of your memorable moment, or important upcoming events, in terms of second, minute, hour, day, week and year.
When
This app offers a minimalist flip clock experience with customizable widgets. It features a full-screen display with classic page-turning animations and adjustable brightness. Personalize your time display with options for seconds, date, and week.
- Full-screen classic flip animation
- Minimalist design style
- Customizable time display (seconds, date, week)
- 12/24 hour mode switching
- Adjustable screen brightness
- Multiple widget options (Flip Clock, Digital Clock, Calendar, Progress Bar, Disc Clock)
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It is a must-have personalized posing artifact for hipsters, a must-have tool for exam preparation and study, and hard work. Eye-catching digital digital watch display, convenient for your living room, any angle of the work desk to watch the time. Full screen flip, clock display more prominent, no matter where you put it, it is a beautiful scenery. Widgets: - Flip Clock Widget - Digital Clock Widget - Friday Calendar Widget - Progress Bar Widget - Disc Clock Widget Special Features. 1, full-screen classic page animation, minimalist design style 2、Free control of the display of time: seconds, date, week is free to control the display of hidden 3, 12 and 24 hours mode switching 4, left and right slide the clock screen, adjust the brightness of the screen
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Verdict
Ticking and When both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 90% of When's written reviews are positive against 50% of Ticking's. When also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Ticking sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. When asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Ticking against 4.7 for When. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 28 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Ticking's written reviews are positive against 90% of When's.
Ticking ships an update monthly, When weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ticking | When |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 4.7 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qian Kun zhu | 磊 岑 |
Customer experience
Ticking
When
In-app purchases
Ticking
- Remove Ads$0.99
When
No in-app purchases
