Banner Basic vs Lickety Split
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Banner Basic
Create custom LED-matrix-style messages and display them on your device. Show text, symbols, dates, times, tweets, and music information with various customization options for speed, appearance, and display settings.
- Customizable LED-matrix display
- Show user-defined messages
- Display date and time
- Show tweet feeds
- Display music information
- Adjustable scroll and blink speeds
- Customizable LED appearance (size, shape, color)
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Banner is an LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown: - 5 user-defined messages - 35 types of symbol characters - Date (3 formats) - Time (3 formats) - Bluesky (3 defined feeds based on user's timeline or keyword search) - Music (Artist, Song, Album) The application has the following settings: - Scroll speed - Blink speed - Landscape-only mode - Upside-down display - Mirror display - Double-tap editing - Sleep disable - Character size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) shape (6 shapes) - Element (LED) color (Hue, Saturation) - Element (LED) color randomization Note - Bluesky posts will be updated every minutes or every posts displayed. - "Banner Basic" is a free version with ads; "Banner" and "Banner Extreme" are paid versions with no ad. - "Banner Extreme" has a little bit different from the others on the style and the speed.
Lickety Split
This app transforms daily chores into engaging games for children using music and visual timers. It helps motivate kids to complete tasks like getting ready or cleaning up by making time tangible and fun, reducing the need for parental nagging.
- Musical countdown timers
- Animated hourglass visual
- Gamifies daily tasks
- Motivates dawdling children
- Customizable timers with in-app purchase
- Parent and educator developed
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Tired of nagging your kids to get ready? Asking them 10 times to put away their toys? The Lickety Split Musical Timer turns daily tasks into a fun, beat-the-clock game. Accelerating classical music encourages dawdling kids to get going, while an animated hourglass counts down. The abstract concept of time becomes tangible for kids. The timer uses encouragement and the power of music to motivate children as they move through daily transitions. So, instead of nagging, grown-ups are free to champion their kids! Developed by parents and educational technologists. Perfect for preschoolers, early elementary schoolers, and their grown-ups. Built-in musical timers include: * Ready to leave the house in 5 minutes * Getting dressed * Getting ready for a meal * Cleaning one's room * Making one's bed * Brushing teeth (for a full two minutes) * Taking turns * Study Quietly In app purchase upgrade allows you to have additional timers or select a song from your library to create your own timer of any length!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lickety Split at 5.0 against Banner Basic's 3.2. Lickety Split also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). Banner Basic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Lickety Split sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Banner Basic asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lickety Split holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Banner Basic's written reviews are positive against 69% of Lickety Split's.
Banner Basic ships an update every 7 months, Lickety Split every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Banner Basic | Lickety Split |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 68.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Swirly Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Banner Basic
Lickety Split
Bugs and requests
Banner Basic
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch
- Distorted text display
- Incompatibility with iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Speed control for scrolling
- Color and font customization
- Ability to save/recall preset messages
- Orientation and display options
- Improved performance and stability
Lickety Split
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Banner Basic
No in-app purchases
Lickety Split
- Full Upgrade$1.99
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