Comparison

Take One vs Ora

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

Head to head
About

Take One

Create and customize digital movie slates with a user-friendly interface. Easily type, draw, and add custom elements to your boards. Organize projects into collections and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • User-friendly interface
  • Drawing and sketching capabilities
  • Customizable layouts
  • Logo and branding integration
  • Library management with collections
  • iCloud sync across devices
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Whether you're a student, an amateur enthusiast, or a budding filmmaker, Take One has got you covered. EASY TO USE Get ready to shoot with ease in a beautiful and user-friendly interface. Take One allows you to effortlessly create, type, draw, and clap your way into action. Simply double- or triple-tap number fields to quickly increment or decrement their values. Tap the clapper once to open, and a second time to 'clap' and begin the clock timer. DRAW & SKETCH Unleash your creativity by drawing or sketching in color with your finger or, on supported devices, Apple Pencil. Toggle any text field between 'text' and 'drawing', and personalize your boards with fun hand-drawn elements. Let your creativity run wild with Take One, where every field becomes a canvas for your imagination. CREATE CUSTOM LAYOUTS Tailor your board and create custom layouts to suit your unique style. Effortlessly rearrange the elements on the board using drag and drop, and easily add new modules from the library. Save your preferred layouts as templates to re-use. Built-in options for 'text', 'number', 'date', 'image' and 'clock'. YOUR LOGO HERE Showcase your own branding elements or logos on the board with the 'image' module, with full support for transparency. Theme your boards with various color options for the clapper. LIBRARY MANAGEMENT Work on multiple projects at once? Organize related boards into collections. Sync your library between iPhone and iPad using iCloud. FREE TO TRY Experience the full range of features for free, with a limited board library size. With a simple in-app purchase, unlock the library limit and make as many boards as you wish. Whether capturing a viral social story, documenting an exciting road trip, or hoping to someday create the next blockbuster, Take One is the casual digital movie slate for you. Its simplicity and user-friendly features make it the ideal companion for aspiring filmmakers.

About

Ora

Visualize global times on an interactive globe. This app allows you to see the current time in various locations worldwide and even travel through time to check past or future times. It's ideal for professionals working across time zones or anyone tracking international events.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D globe display
  • View time in multiple global locations
  • Time travel feature to see past/future times
  • Useful for cross-time zone work
  • Track international events
Features
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Ora is a world clock app, in the most literal sense possible. Like any good world clock, it lets you see the time in different locations around the globe; but unlike others, it can show you those times on an actual globe, and you can use Time Travel to see different times. This is especially useful if you work across time zones, or are following events in other time zones; for all those times you might ask questions like “What time is it in New York when it’s 3pm in London?”.

Screenshots

Take One4 screens
Ora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ora at 4.9 against Take One's 4.4. Ora also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 50%) and ratings volume (68 vs 7). Take One's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Take One sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ora sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ora holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ora has 68 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Take One's written reviews are positive against 85% of Ora's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Take One ships an update every 3 weeks, Ora every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Take One versus Ora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTake OneOra
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)4.9 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings768 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven Troughton-SmithDan Eden

Customer experience

Take One

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Ora

All ratings68 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral13.5%
Negative1.9%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Take One

One-time1
  • Take One (Full Unlock)$4.99
3 purchases

Ora

One-time3
  • Small tip$1.99
  • Medium tip$5.99
  • Large tip$12.99

Questions

Is Take One free?
Take One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ora free?
Ora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Take One or Ora?
Ora is rated higher. Take One averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Ora averages 4.9 from 68 ratings.
Do Take One or Ora have ads?
Neither Take One nor Ora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Take One or Ora?
Take One ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ora every 2 months. Most recently, Take One was updated on September 18, 2026 and Ora on September 27, 2026.

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