DETICKT IT vs SpotTick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DETICKT IT
Identify ticks with a photo and receive a comprehensive risk assessment for tick-borne diseases. The app uses your location to determine the risk from common tick species.
- Tick identification via photo
- Comprehensive risk assessment
- Location-based disease risk
- Identification of common tick species
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DETICKT IT is an app that allows users to take a photo of a tick they find and then it gives a comprehensive risk assessment of the most prevalent tick-borne diseases. The app uses the user's location to create a location-based risk from the most common species of tick that are identified.
SpotTick
This app guides users through thorough tick inspections with AI-powered image analysis. It helps identify common attachment areas and keeps a record of completed checks for outdoor enthusiasts.
- Guided body-region checks
- AI-assisted image review
- Structured inspection workflow
- Hidden-area assistance
- Inspection history and tracking
- Outdoor-focused educational guidance
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SpotTick helps outdoor users perform more thorough tick inspections through guided body-region checks and AI-assisted image review. Follow a structured inspection workflow that highlights common tick attachment areas, review hard-to-see regions, and keep a record of completed inspections. Features: • Guided priority-region inspections • Full-body inspection workflow • Hidden-area assistance • AI-assisted image review • Inspection history and tracking • Outdoor-focused educational guidance SpotTick is an educational and assistive inspection tool. It does not diagnose bites, infections, Lyme disease, or any medical condition and does not replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SpotTick at monthly against DETICKT IT's every 9 months. SpotTick also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). DETICKT IT's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SpotTick holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DETICKT IT has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of DETICKT IT's written reviews are positive against 100% of SpotTick's.
DETICKT IT ships an update every 9 months, SpotTick monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DETICKT IT | SpotTick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Antonia Kolb | Dev Sangha |
Customer experience
DETICKT IT
SpotTick
In-app purchases
DETICKT IT
No in-app purchases
SpotTick
No in-app purchases
