Comparison

Qards vs Ticklr

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

Head to head
About

Qards

Organize your thoughts and prepare for presentations with digital note cards. Create, edit, and arrange cards within decks, then swipe through them in full-screen. Your notes sync automatically across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Create and edit decks of note cards
  • Arrange note cards within decks
  • Full-screen card swiping
  • Automatic cross-device syncing
  • Organize everyday thoughts
  • Prepare for speeches and presentations
Features
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Create Note Cards for your everyday thoughts, or write down keywords and cues for your next speech. Structure your Note Cards in decks and swipe through them in full-screen. Qards is the perfect tool when you want to make notes for your next speech or presentation! With Qards you can: - Create and edit decks of Note Cards. - Edit and order a deck's Note Cards as you please. - Swipe through a deck of Note Cards in full-screen. And all your Note Cards are of course automatically synced and made available across your devices!

About

Ticklr

Features
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Your people matter. Stay in touch on your terms. Ticklr is a privacy-first contact network manager that helps you maintain meaningful relationships — without algorithms, social feeds, or a cloud account. Everything lives on your device. Set recurring reminders to reach out. Call your dad every Sunday. Check in with a colleague every quarter. Ticklr quietly notifies you when it's time, then schedules the next reminder automatically. FEATURES — Tickle calendar: set daily, weekly, monthly, or custom recurring reminders per contact — Import contacts from your iPhone or LinkedIn CSV export — Organize into groups: Family, Work, Board, Friends — any label you want — Compose SMS and MMS to multiple contacts at once using saved message templates — 100% on-device: no account, no cloud sync, no analytics, no tracking YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Ticklr has no servers and collects no data. Your contacts, reminders, and messages are stored exclusively in your device's secure local database. We have no way to see your data — because we never receive it.

Screenshots

Qards4 screens
Ticklr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ticklr at every 6 days against Qards's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Qards ships an update every 4 months, Ticklr every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Qards versus Ticklr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQardsTicklr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas Asheim SmedmannVincent Stoessel

In-app purchases

None

Qards

No in-app purchases

None

Ticklr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Qards free?
Qards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ticklr free?
Ticklr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Qards or Ticklr have ads?
Neither Qards nor Ticklr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Qards or Ticklr?
Qards ships an update every 4 months, and Ticklr every 6 days. Most recently, Qards was updated on September 22, 2026 and Ticklr on October 9, 2026.

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