Comparison

Lickety Split vs Time is Coin

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Musical countdown timers
  • Animated hourglass visual
  • Gamifies daily tasks
  • Motivates dawdling children
  • Customizable timers with in-app purchase
  • Parent and educator developed
Features
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"We need to leave the house in five minutes." "Brush your teeth for two whole minutes." "For the umpteenth time, please pick up your toys." Sound familiar? Telling a young child they have five minutes rarely works: five minutes feels different every time. So we made it a game. Lickety Split is the visual musical timer that turns daily tasks into a beat-the-clock adventure, so parents can be their child's champion instead of their task-master. Choose a task and start the timer. Classical music plays for exactly as long as the task should take, gently and then excitedly speeding up, while an animated character acts out the task and a Time Disc drains as time runs out. Kids feel the urgency without the pressure. When they beat the timer, everyone celebrates. Two kinds of timers: Beat the Timer: finish before the music runs out. - Ready to leave the house (5 minutes) - Getting dressed - PJs on - Getting ready for a meal - Cleaning up the room - Making the bed Count Down: turn waiting into a calm, visible experience. - Brushing teeth (a full two minutes) - Taking turns - Study time - Reading time Anything Timer: choose 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 or 20 minutes, each with its own perfectly matched song. Great for any new task, or for "Watch the timer and then we'll play together." Your Song, Your Length: time any task with a song from your own music. Timey the hourglass is free, with 18 different rewards. Premium adds four more characters, a train, a unicorn, a bee and a caterpillar, each with its own short animated stories for both kinds of timer. Premium is an optional yearly subscription ($1.99 a year in the US), behind a grown-up question. Made for small hands and busy grown-ups: - Tap the timer to pause; resume, start over or go home - Settings to hide the Time Disc or the numbers, skip the story intro or voice prompts, and choose what happens when time runs out - Anything that changes how a timer works, opens a link or involves a purchase asks a grown-up question first Why it works: For young children, time is an abstract idea that only makes sense when it is attached to something they can see and hear. The prefrontal cortex, responsible for focus, self-regulation and executive function, is among the last parts of the brain to mature. Lickety Split meets children where they are: the accelerating music, the animation and the Time Disc act as a gentle scaffold for attention and transitions, helping children build a real sense of time at their own pace. Especially loved by parents of children with ADHD, autism and sensory processing differences, for whom visual timers and clear sound cues can make an enormous difference with time blindness and transitions. It was designed for all children, and works beautifully for every family. Used and loved by: - Families building morning routines, bedtime routines and homework habits - Early childhood educators managing classroom transitions - Occupational therapists supporting children's daily living skills Available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Timers and music work fully offline. No ads, no tracking and no personal information collected: the app goes online only to verify purchases and send anonymous crash reports. Developed by parents and educational technologists, Lickety Split has been helping families raise confident, independent children since 2011. We hope it brings a little more calm, and a lot more cheering, to your family's day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.swirlystudios.com/privacy

About

Time is Coin

This app helps children develop a proactive attitude towards chores and studies by visually rewarding their time spent with virtual coins. These coins can then be exchanged for desired items, teaching them the value of time and money.

Highlights
  • Virtual coin rewards for time spent
  • Exchange coins for snacks or games
  • Teaches value of time and money
  • Supports multiple family members
  • Customizable coin usage
Features
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Virtual currency usable at home Studying or after school activities that you have to work on for certain time require great patience which is often quite hard for children. We will help you out with this app to encourage children to work on their duties proactively, by showing them the time they worked hard becoming coins as a reward. You can exchange the coins into snacks or games, or something else your children like. They will definitely be motivated. Children can learn the value of Time & Money Understanding the value of time and money is very useful for learning the importance of things and hardness of work. This app will nurture such sense by showing coins as the visualization of time. You can even convert the time of your housework and childcare into coins and let your family know the value of your works. Any number of members can be registered. Coins can be used in any ways you like.

Screenshots

Lickety Split4 screens
Time is Coin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time is Coin at none against Lickety Split's 1. Time is Coin also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 69%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Lickety Split's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 11 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ads 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. Lickety Split sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Time is Coin asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lickety Split holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Lickety Split's written reviews are positive against 94% of Time is Coin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lickety Split ships an update every 11 days, Time is Coin every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lickety Split versus Time is Coin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLickety SplitTime is Coin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (27 ratings) — better4.6 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSwirly Studios LLCLITALICO Inc.

Customer experience

Lickety Split

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative25.7%

Time is Coin

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lickety Split

One-time1
  • Full Upgrade$1.99
None

Time is Coin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lickety Split free?
Lickety Split is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time is Coin free?
Time is Coin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lickety Split or Time is Coin?
Lickety Split is rated higher. Lickety Split averages 4.8 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Time is Coin averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do Lickety Split or Time is Coin have ads?
Neither Lickety Split nor Time is Coin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lickety Split or Time is Coin?
Lickety Split ships an update every 11 days, and Time is Coin every 11 months. Most recently, Lickety Split was updated on October 22, 2026 and Time is Coin on October 22, 2026.

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