Comparison

Kokua Steps vs Magic Clock

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

Head to head
About

Kokua Steps

This app creates visual schedules to guide children through daily routines and reward them for completing tasks. It breaks down activities into manageable steps, making progress feel achievable and reducing arguments. It's particularly helpful for neuro-atypical children needing extra motivation.

Highlights
  • Visual schedules for daily routines
  • Task breakdown into sections and steps
  • Star-based reward system
  • Progress tracking (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Motivation for children
  • Helpful for neuro-atypical kids
Features
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Kokua Steps helps you make a visual schedule that can guide and reward kids who need a little more motivation to achieve the their goals. If you have challenges at certain times of day - breakfast, getting dressed, getting to school, independent play, meal times, bed times - you can make a visual schedule that will guide your and your child through the process. Each activity is broken down into Sections and Steps, making progress feel really achievable. No more arguments about socks, or brushing teeth, or finishing dinner! Each step in your visual schedule can have a number of Stars assigned to it, and your child will earn stars for successfully completing the step. Stars can be tracked by day, week, month, or total so that you can set up goals and track progress for more motivation. Neuro-atypical kids such as those with Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or Opposition Defiance Disorder, are particularly likely to need extrinsic motivation. A colorful, animated, visual guide like Kokua Steps provides a helping hand through less preferred tasks that can be especially helpful when working with these disabilities. Get a little help with your little ones, guide them to success with Kokua Steps.

About

Magic Clock

Features
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Are you a parent who wants to communicate with your children about activity times? With the free mobile app, you can connect it to the Pamplume clock, which provides real-time tracking on its physical dial. It also includes a very handy timer! Together, time becomes visual, and you receive reminders of activity times and routines displayed on the dial. Designed to meet the needs of parents and children, the app does not encourage screen time. It provides audio reminders to help keep track of habits more effectively. For children with ADHD, it is a valuable aid and meets the need for structure. THE CONCEPT OF TIME Your child may not know how to tell time or perceive the moments of their day. You can help by showing their activities on the clock face (tooth brushing time, reading time, etc.), they just need to follow the hour hand. But everyone can forget to look at the clock! That’s why Pamplume offers a very handy audio notification on your mobile to prompt your child to start a new task or activity. BUILDING A ROUTINE A routine is acquired through repetition, so you can schedule a daily app notification and select the days of the week. You can also set up multiple routines and choose which one to activate: Morning routine, holiday routine, weekend routine, for example. It’s a tool you can take anywhere! EDUCATIONAL When a child cannot read the time, it is hard to grasp the concept of time. We encourage learning to read the clock through the clock and app support. Gradually, your child learns to associate images with the moments marked by the audio reminder, then with the numbers on the dial. INDEPENDENCE The Pamplume app encourages your child toward independence. They learn with pleasure and can understand the time of their routines on their own. FEATURES LIST - Manually schedule different routines for different days - Scan your clock, activities displayed on the dial will appear in the app! - Choose whether to notify tasks - Timer function - Pamplume Clock available on Amazon GOALS - Learn the concept of time with pleasure - Improve parent-child communication - Make daily life easier - Encourage and motivate the child toward independence - Help acquire good habits - Visualizing time helps organize better

Screenshots

Kokua Steps4 screens
Magic Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Magic Clock at 15.0 against Kokua Steps's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kokua Steps ships an update every 8 months, Magic Clock every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Kokua Steps versus Magic Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKokua StepsMagic Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKokua Software LLCPamplume

In-app purchases

None

Kokua Steps

No in-app purchases

None

Magic Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kokua Steps free?
Kokua Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Magic Clock free?
Magic Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kokua Steps or Magic Clock have ads?
Neither Kokua Steps nor Magic Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kokua Steps or Magic Clock?
Kokua Steps ships an update every 8 months, and Magic Clock every 7 months. Most recently, Kokua Steps was updated on September 30, 2026 and Magic Clock on October 3, 2026.

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