Interactive Telling Time vs TickTock Tutor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interactive Telling Time
This app offers a fun and interactive way for children aged 3-12 to learn how to tell time. It features movable clock hands, multiple languages, and various difficulty levels to aid progressive learning. Engaging games and rewards keep young learners motivated.
- Interactive analog clocks with movable hands
- Learn analog to digital time conversion
- Multiple language support with native speakers
- 5 difficulty levels for progressive learning
- Quiz mode for time concepts
- Progress tracking and virtual rewards
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- Selected by Apple as iPhone App of the Week in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Overall New & Noteworthy in France, China - Discover an easy and fun way to learn analog/digital clocks. - 2012 Parents' Choice Silver Award winner - Parents' Choice Foundation - Learn to tell the time in different languages! Multiple languages all recorded by native speakers (English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Swedish, Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, Korean, Chinese and Italian). "a thorough, well thought out approach to learning and practicing the art of telling time" -- www.theiphonemom.com "an incredible process to teach your child time-based concepts using nothing but your iPad or iPhone" - 5 out of 5 stars -- www.theiphoneappreview.com - Includes 9 beautifully hand drawn interactive clocks that comes with movable hour and minutes hands especially designed for small fingers! This app was made for you by artists and educators, with the help from school teachers and mother’s groups to bring you the best app in learning to tell the time for young beginners. We understand the many challenges faced by parents when explaining concepts to young children and that is why Interactive Telling Time balances the need for learning with fun and interactive games. Interactive Telling Time is great for kids from ages 3 to 12 and comes in 5 difficulty levels so that it helps kids master telling time progressively (statistics is provided to help keep track of your child’s progress). Beautifully illustrated with many adorable clock designs and accompanied by encouraging voice-overs and cheerful background music, this app creates a kid-friendly environment to enhance their learning experience. Interactive Telling Time Features: Universal App: - Universal app for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch. Educational: - Learn to set the time via Interactive clocks with movable hour and minute hand! - Learn to read a clock/to tell time. - Learn conversion between analog clock and digital clock - Learn the concept of day and night. - Learn how to use AM/PM, 12 hour and 24 hour clock notation. - Quiz Mode (Learn concepts such as ‘o’clock‘, ‘midnight’, ‘half past’, ‘quarter past’, ‘quarter to’, ‘past’, ‘to’, etc.) - Designed for kids aged 3-12! 5 difficulty levels to choose from. - A score board to keep track of kid’s progress - Tutorials for young learners. - Virtual Aquarium reward - Your kids will want to play to try to win all the rewards! Beautifully designed interface: - 9 Beautifully Hand Drawn Interactive Clock including: + Simple Teaching Clock (crisp indicators to make it simple and easy) + Lion Clock, + Train Clock, + Aquarium Clock, + Moon Clock, + Flower Clock, + Gears Clock, + Owl Clock and + Seven Wonders Clock! - Creatively designed animated rotating earth which alternates between sunrise, noon, sunset, and night backgrounds. - Easy to use interface specifically designed for young learners Additional Fun Games with educational values: - Stop The Clock - A fun and exciting game designed with an educational focus. With the clock minutes hand ticking, kids will have to stop the clock as per quiz question (for example, Stop the clock at 9:45!). - Clock Puzzle - help kids learn the positions and use of all clock components such as digits, hour hand and minute hand. - Discover time at your own pace in our new Explore Time play mode! -------------- Connect with us! Visit us: http://www.GiggleUp.com Like us: facebook.com/GiggleUpApps Follow us: twitter.com/GiggleUpApps Email us: Support@GiggleUp.com Brought to you by GiggleUp, creators of the award-winning Interactive Telling Time and other educational apps for kids. Our goal is to promote learning through play with the purpose of helping children develop useful learning skills. Our apps have been enjoyed by children and used in classrooms all around the world!
TickTock Tutor
This app helps children learn to tell time using a voice-based approach. It offers customizable difficulty levels and supports both digital and analog clock faces. The ad-free experience ensures focused learning for young users.
- Voice-based time learning
- Analog and digital clock support
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Customizable learning pace
- Ad-free learning experience
- Practice full, half, and minute times
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Introducing iKlockan Learning Clock, the ultimate tool for learning to read a clock, designed specifically for children. This innovative app bridges the gap between spoken time and the visual representation on a watch face, be it digital or analogue. Offering multiple difficulty levels, iKlockan can be customised to suit your child's needs as they grow and learn. Best of all, iKlockan is 100% ad-free, providing an uninterrupted and engaging learning experience. Begin your child's journey towards mastering time with iKlockan today. The free version allows you to practise full and half hours. The full version lets you practise all variation of time down to the minute, and adds the possibility to change the speech rate of the time telling voice. It also adds game mode and a high score chart.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Interactive Telling Time at none against TickTock Tutor's 1. Interactive Telling Time also leads on ratings volume (249 vs 7) and review sentiment (65% vs 50%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. TickTock Tutor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Interactive Telling Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Interactive Telling Time against 4.1 for TickTock Tutor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interactive Telling Time has 249 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Interactive Telling Time's written reviews are positive against 50% of TickTock Tutor's.
Interactive Telling Time ships an update every 3 months, TickTock Tutor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interactive Telling Time | TickTock Tutor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (249 ratings) | 4.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 249 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GiggleUp Kids Apps And Educational Games Pty Ltd | John Lennart Ahlinder |
Customer experience
Interactive Telling Time
TickTock Tutor
Bugs and requests
Interactive Telling Time
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes or freezes on launch
- Upgrade/purchase functionality not working
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add more advanced time concepts (quarter/half past, etc.)
- Expand to include more clock types and difficulty levels
- Allow tracking progress for multiple users
- Introduce mini-games or challenges to keep it engaging
TickTock Tutor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Interactive Telling Time
No in-app purchases
TickTock Tutor
- Unlock All Features$0.99
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