Comparison

Little Memory vs TimeOut Ticker

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

Head to head
About

Little Memory

This app encourages daily reflection by prompting users to write one sentence a day. It saves these entries and sends them back to you in the future for reflection, helping you notice patterns and gain self-awareness. Premium features offer enhanced storage, search, and security.

Highlights
  • Daily one-sentence journaling
  • Future memory recall (1 week, 1 month, 1 year)
  • Daily reminders
  • Photo uploads
  • Favorite memories
  • Streak tracking
  • Insights and emotion graphing
Features
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Tried journaling before? Quit after a week? Little Memory is a journal for people who have a hard time keeping a journal. Write one line about your day, that's it. Fifteen seconds, done. A week, a month, a year from now, your words come back to you. You'll notice patterns you never expected, see how far you've come, and rediscover moments you would have lost. Featured in Apple Staff Favorites, Dear Diary, and Apps for Writers. "A clean, beautiful time machine." — App Store review "If the idea of keeping a journal is daunting, Little Memory is perfect." — Elite Daily What if there was a simple way to keep the moments that bring meaning to your life? A chance encounter, a first step, a perfect smile: saved in a quiet space that's all your own, and returned to you later, when you need them most. That's Little Memory. What you get: ■ Memories resurface on their anniversaries: a week, a month, a year later ■ A morning memory: your own words from a year ago, back on your lock screen ■ Nightly reminders and a streak saver, so a good run never slips away ■ Attach photos and note how each day felt ■ Mark your favorites, share a memory as a beautiful card ■ Streaks and stats that show the days adding up ■ iCloud sync across your devices ■ Wide-screen layout for iPad and iPhone Duo ■ Private by design: your memories live on your device and your personal iCloud ■ Export all your memories anytime Premium: ■ Calendar: flip through every day you've written ■ Search across all your memories ■ Unlimited photos: preserve every detail ■ Photo grids: arrange a day's photos into a collage ■ Tags: organize your memories your way ■ Location: remember where you were ■ Extended insights: the people, places, and feelings your years are made of ■ Automatic Dropbox backup "The beauty of Little Memory is that it actually restricts you to short entries so keeping up with your journaling doesn't feel like a chore." "Oscar Wilde said that our memories are the diaries we carry around with us. I love Oscar, but the diary I carry around with me is the Little Memory." "A telegraph-style of journal. Evocative." Questions? ivan@thelittlememory.com https://thelittlememory.com Terms: https://thelittlememory.com/help/terms-and-conditions Privacy: https://thelittlememory.com/help/privacy

About

TimeOut Ticker

This app helps parents manage child timeouts by calculating the appropriate duration based on age. It allows tracking multiple children, starting and stopping timers, and visualizing timeout trends over time with graphs.

Highlights
  • Age-based timeout duration calculation
  • Multiple child profiles
  • Start/stop countdown timer
  • Timeout completion alerts
  • Trend analysis with line graphs
  • Total timeout bar charts
Features
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This App can track the time a child spends in timeout. The user can add multiple children to track. The user enters the age of the child and the name. The App then calculates the time a child can spends in timeout. For each year of a child's age, one minute is added to the total timeout. When the timeout start, the user selects the child's name and presses the start button. The timer then counts down. The app alerts the users when the time out is over. Multiple children can be tracked at the same time. The user can stop the timer and reset it for each child. The user can plot each children trend of timeouts and the total timeouts over a period of time. The app will display this information in a line graph for trend an a bar chart for total timeout over a period of time.

Screenshots

Little Memory4 screens
TimeOut Ticker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Little Memory at none against TimeOut Ticker's shown. Little Memory also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (73 vs 5). TimeOut Ticker's advantage is iOS requirement (14.5 vs 26). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Little Memory sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $26.99 per year and TimeOut Ticker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Little Memory against 4.8 for TimeOut Ticker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Little Memory has 73 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Little Memory's written reviews are positive against 80% of TimeOut Ticker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Little Memory ships an update monthly, TimeOut Ticker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Little Memory versus TimeOut Ticker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLittle MemoryTimeOut Ticker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (73 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings73 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS2614.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNerd TowerDina Technologies Inc

Customer experience

Little Memory

All ratings72 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral6.0%
Negative7.8%

TimeOut Ticker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Little Memory

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Login required error despite being logged in
  • Cannot add memories on iOS 11 and later
  • Keyboard size issues on iPhone 6 Plus
  • Memory recall not showing 1 month/3 month entries
  • Glitchy behavior (intermittent)
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  • App crashes when adding memories

Requested features

16 requests
  • Dark mode/grey mode option
  • Offline mode for areas without connectivity
  • Ability to upload 4 photos instead of 1
  • Calendar feature on mobile app (available on web)
  • Edit and delete memory functionality
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  • Add entries for multiple past days
  • Line break/return key support
  • Follow friends feature
  • Thumbs up/down rating for days
  • Export memories to email or other services
  • Sync with Tumblr or Evernote
  • Android version
  • Ability to tag people in memories
  • Better photo credit explanation/tutorial
  • More affordable subscription tier
  • Unlimited photo usage option

TimeOut Ticker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Little Memory

Subscriptions1
  • little memory: premium annual7 Days trial$26.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

TimeOut Ticker

Subscriptions1
  • TimeOut Charts$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Little Memory free?
Little Memory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeOut Ticker free?
TimeOut Ticker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Little Memory or TimeOut Ticker?
TimeOut Ticker is rated higher. Little Memory averages 4.8 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while TimeOut Ticker averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Little Memory or TimeOut Ticker have ads?
TimeOut Ticker shows ads; Little Memory does not.
Which is updated more often, Little Memory or TimeOut Ticker?
Little Memory ships an update monthly, and TimeOut Ticker every 3 months. Most recently, Little Memory was updated on October 22, 2026 and TimeOut Ticker on October 8, 2026.

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