Comparison

Cycle Check vs Mobile OTRS

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

Head to head
About

Cycle Check

Measure process performance directly from your smartphone. This tool simplifies cycle analysis, allowing you to document breakdowns and visualize performance over time. It helps assess process stability and adherence to customer takt time without manual recording.

Highlights
  • Cycle recording with stopwatch functionality
  • Documentation of process breakdowns
  • Graphical representation of cycle data
  • Archiving and process assignment
  • Calculation of customer, planned, and machine takt
Features
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How stable is your process? How it performs over the time? Do your process running within the customer takt time? Measure the performance of a process with your smartphone, completely without the need for a stopwatch, paper and pen. We designed the app based on the classical 40-cycle analysis. If you are already using the 40-cycle analysis regularly to check your processes, you will save time in post-processing and evaluation, and the data will always be available. Lean Enthusiastic and interested people can test the app in their own company to see how stable the processes are running and how close to the customer tact.. The App has the following functions: • Cycle recording (stopwatch) • documentation of breakdowns during the analysis • Graphical representation of the cycle recordings • Archiving the recordings and assigning them to processes • Calculation of customer takt, planned takt and planned mashine takt

About

Mobile OTRS

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The long-awaited Mobile OTRS app is here, the iOS version of the PC-based OTRS10 Kaizen software. OTRS is a tool used for Kaizen (improvement) in manufacturing and a variety of industries. OTRS allows you to perform video-based motion analysis, and utilize the analysis results for identifying fluctuations in production time and performing comparisons between work styles. *OTRS is an acronym for Operation Time Research Software. ◆Features 1. Video Recording, 2. Work Analysis, 3. Cycle Time Analysis, 4. All Cycle Aggregation, 5. Video Comparison, 6. Data Export, 7. OTRS10 System Linkage 8. Real-time Analysis, 9. Creation of Standardized Work Combination Chart, 10. Creation of Line Balancing Chart ◆Detailed Features 1. Video Recording: Start/stop video recording and zoom in/out from the video recording icon. 2. Work Analysis: Divide work elements by recording/stopping video recorded with this product. 3. Cycle Time Analysis: Analyze up to 20 cycles. 4. All Cycle Aggregation: Display fluctuations in all work elements and identify best and worst time. 5. Video Comparison: Display comparative playback comparing two videos. 6. Data Export: Export Analysis Data (CSV) and OTRS Data (.otrs) to other applications. 7. OTRS10 System Linkage: Import and export Analysis Data created by OTRS10. 8. Real-time Analysis: Work elements can be defined, measured and updated in real-time whilst recording video. 9. Creation of Standardized Work Combination Chart: Create a uniaxial Standardized Work Combination Chart isplaying time for manual work, machine operation, waiting, and walking. 10. Creation of Line Balancing Chart: Display variation in two videos as Line Balancing Chart. ◆Utilization Cases in Manufacturing Industry - Department: Operations Management Development, Production, Quality Management, Production Engineering - Workplace: Production preparation, Mass production process, Assembly, Processing, Painting, In-house logistics, Quality management - Purpose: Elimination of waste and variation, Work verification improvement, Kaizen activities, Leveling, Operation rate improvement, Manpower saving, Standardization, Training, Video manual creation ◆Requirements - OS Version: iOS17 or later - Device: iPad Air2 or later, iPhoneXs or later ◆Prior contract is separately required to use this application. ◆Developer: Broadleaf Co., Ltd.

Screenshots

Cycle Check4 screens
Mobile OTRS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mobile OTRS at none against Cycle Check's 3. Cycle Check's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Cycle Check sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Mobile OTRS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cycle Check ships an update every 6 months, Mobile OTRS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cycle Check versus Mobile OTRS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCycle CheckMobile OTRS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLean Partners Projekt Gesellschaft mbH&Co.KGBroadleaf Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cycle Check

One-time3
  • 10 Measurements$1.99
  • 20 Measurements$3.99
  • 50 Measurements$7.99
None

Mobile OTRS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cycle Check free?
Cycle Check is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mobile OTRS free?
Mobile OTRS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cycle Check or Mobile OTRS have ads?
Neither Cycle Check nor Mobile OTRS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cycle Check or Mobile OTRS?
Cycle Check ships an update every 6 months, and Mobile OTRS every 4 months. Most recently, Cycle Check was updated on October 4, 2026 and Mobile OTRS on October 5, 2026.

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