Comparison

Lickety Split vs RED Larousse

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

Head to head
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

RED Larousse

This application provides educators with lesson plans, multimedia resources, books, exercises, and assessments. Access requires credentials issued by an educational technology advisor.

Highlights
  • Lesson plans
  • Multimedia resources
  • Digital books
  • Exercises
  • Assessments
  • Teacher tools
Features
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Esta aplicación contiene planeaciones, recursos multimedia, libros, ejercicios y evaluaciones para los profesores de la comunidad de RED Larousse. Se requieren credenciales para acceder a la app, las cuales son proporcionadas por el asesor(a) en tecnología educativa asignado a su colegio.

Screenshots

Lickety Split4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RED Larousse at none against Lickety Split's 1. Lickety Split's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lickety Split sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per year. RED Larousse asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lickety Split ships an update every 11 days, RED Larousse monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lickety Split versus RED Larousse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLickety SplitRED Larousse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB123 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSwirly Studios LLCEdiciones Larousse

Customer experience

Lickety Split

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative27.8%

RED Larousse

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lickety Split

Subscriptions1
  • Plus$2.991 Year
None

RED Larousse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lickety Split free?
Lickety Split is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RED Larousse free?
RED Larousse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lickety Split or RED Larousse have ads?
Neither Lickety Split nor RED Larousse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lickety Split or RED Larousse?
Lickety Split ships an update every 11 days, and RED Larousse monthly. Most recently, Lickety Split was updated on November 1, 2026 and RED Larousse on November 3, 2026.

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