Pacific Block vs Ticker Island
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pacific Block
Enhance your web browsing experience by blocking intrusive images, videos, and audio. This utility speeds up website loading, conserves data, and reduces energy consumption on your Apple devices.
- Blocks website images
- Blocks website video
- Blocks website audio
- Faster website loading
- Reduced data usage
- Reduced energy consumption
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Browse the web in Safari with fewer distractions, faster load times, and less data. Pacific Block works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Features: • Blocks website images • Blocks website video • Blocks website audio • Helps websites load faster • Reduces data used when loading websites • Reduces energy used when loading websites
Ticker Island
This app displays live asset prices directly on your device's dynamic island. Customize layouts with single, dual, or grid views for over 400 assets including crypto, stocks, and commodities. It offers native multi-currency and multi-language support.
- Live asset prices in Dynamic Island
- 400+ assets (crypto, stocks, commodities)
- Customizable layouts (single, dual, grid)
- Multi-currency support
- Multi-language support
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Live prices in your Dynamic Island 400+ Assets across crypto, stocks, commodities and more Layout customization - Single chart, dual chart, or grid views Native multi-currency & multi-language support Free forever, no subscription required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ticker Island at Free against Pacific Block's $2.99. Pacific Block's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence and iOS requirement 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
Ticker Island is free to download; Pacific Block costs $2.99 up front. Ticker Island sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pacific Block asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pacific Block holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pacific Block has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pacific Block ships an update every 2 months, Ticker Island monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Pacific Block | Ticker Island |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (17 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pod 98, LLC | dohyun ahn |
Customer experience
Pacific Block
Ticker Island
In-app purchases
Pacific Block
No in-app purchases
Ticker Island
- Ticker Island Premium$44.99
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