Niki Time vs Widgit Writer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Niki Time
This educational tool helps children learn about time, including hours, dates, days, months, seasons, and weather. It features a simple, colorful design with customizable clock faces and the ability to add pictograms for scheduling activities. Designed for ease of use, it supports children with special needs and visual learning styles.
- Time learning (hours, dates, days, months)
- Seasons and weather tracking
- Configurable clock formats (12/24 hour)
- Customizable season start dates
- Activity scheduling with pictograms
- Visual learning support
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Niki Time is a clock/calendar learning tool. Parents, teachers and therapists can use this app to help children approaching the time concept: hours, dates, days, months, seasons and weather. The design is simple to increase the usability. While colors have been used to distinguish days, months, seasons, and make the clock easy to read. The clock face is available in two formats: 12 or 24 hours. Seasons beginning is configurable based on the hemisphere where the user lives (northern/boreal or southern/austral). Within the clock face is possible to add some pictograms to schedule common activities. Pictograms can be selected from the included library or photos. Niki Time is careful of users with special needs as people with cognitive disability, visual learners, ...
Widgit Writer
This app assists users in writing documents with integrated speech feedback and visual symbol support. It offers over 14,500 symbols to enhance understanding as you type, with additional symbol packs available for purchase.
- Speech feedback for written text
- Visual symbol support for words
- Over 14,500 symbols available
- In-app purchases for symbol packs
- Symbol support via Widgit Online account
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Widgit Writer is an app where you can write simple documents and have the support from speech feedback using the voices available in the iPad. You can also get the support from symbols showing the meaning of the words in your document as you type. You can buy the symbols as an In App Purchase, or get the symbol support via an account on Widgit Online. The Widgit Symbols includes more than 14.500 symbols.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Widgit Writer at Free against Niki Time's $4.99. Widgit Writer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Niki Time's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume 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
Widgit Writer is free to download; Niki Time costs $4.99 up front. Widgit Writer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Niki Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widgit Writer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Niki Time's written reviews are positive against 63% of Widgit Writer's.
Niki Time ships an update every 6 months, Widgit Writer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Niki Time | Widgit Writer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 346 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alessandro La Rocca | Widgit Software Ltd |
Customer experience
Niki Time
Widgit Writer
In-app purchases
Niki Time
No in-app purchases
Widgit Writer
- Symbols in English$35.99
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