Comparison

Lickety Split vs Pictog

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

Pictog

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Pictog es una herramienta de comunicación aumentativa y alternativa para iPhone y iPad. Ayuda a expresar necesidades, decisiones, emociones y mensajes mediante pictogramas, texto y voz. COMUNICACIÓN ESENCIAL • Tableros con categorías y posiciones estables. • Accesos permanentes a No, Ayuda y Pausa. • Mensaje visual con voz, deshacer, vaciar y recuperar. • Teclado para escribir y leer mensajes libres. PERSONALIZACIÓN • Cuadrículas de 6, 12 o 24 elementos. • Perfiles locales con vocabulario y configuración propios. • Favoritos y organización personalizada de pictogramas. • Palabras con fotos tomadas o elegidas desde el dispositivo. • Frases personales guardadas para usarlas cuando se necesiten. RUTINAS Y APOYO • Rutinas visuales de Ahora y Después. • Opción «Cambió el plan» para comunicar transiciones. • Guía para acompañantes y hoja de apoyo para compartir o imprimir. • Mensajes en pantalla completa. PRIVACIDAD Y ACCESIBILIDAD Pictog funciona sin crear una cuenta. La información, las fotos y los perfiles permanecen en el dispositivo. No incluye anuncios ni rastreo. La interfaz funciona en iPhone y iPad, en vertical y horizontal, y permite elegir voces disponibles en el sistema. Pictog es una herramienta de apoyo cotidiano y no sustituye una evaluación individual de comunicación o acceso.

Screenshots

Lickety Split4 screens
Pictog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pictog at none against Lickety Split's 1. On price, ads, device support 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 one-off in-app purchase. Pictog asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Lickety Split versus Pictog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLickety SplitPictog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSwirly Studios LLCJORGE IVAN HERRERA REYES

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lickety Split

One-time1
  • Full Upgrade$1.99
None

Pictog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lickety Split free?
Lickety Split is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pictog free?
Pictog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lickety Split or Pictog have ads?
Neither Lickety Split nor Pictog shows ads.

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