AESApp vs Tiny Takes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AESApp
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[NOTE: This app is intended for use by students of Ateneo de Manila University. Users who are not students of Ateneo de Manila University will be unable to create an account.] AESApp: Ateneo Experience Sampling App is a daily mood tracker created as part of a study to analyze and understand the emotional experiences of students of Ateneo de Manila University over time. To use the app, you will receive a notification at a random time every day prompting you to record how you feel by answering a set of questions. The notification expires after 45 minutes, so you must answer the questions before it expires. If you miss the 45-minute time window, you can only answer again on the following day. Kindly answer the questions candidly. The data from AESApp will be consolidated and then analyzed for patterns of emotional experiences as part of “Ateneo Student Emotional Life: An Experience Sampling Study”, a joint study between the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science, Department of Mathematics, and Department of Psychology of Ateneo de Manila University.
Tiny Takes
Record your baby's first words and capture their unique pronunciation. This app creates keepsake videos of your child's early speech, preserving their charming lisps and unique sounds. It's designed for parents to create shared, interactive moments and save precious memories.
- Record baby's first words
- Create keepsake videos
- Eye-level prompts for engagement
- Customizable photo decks
- Automatic video editing and typography
- On-device processing for privacy
- One-tap sharing
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Make videos of your baby talk. Tiny Takes is an app for parents: hold up a picture card, record your toddler saying the word, and keep exactly how that tiny voice sounds right now. Their first words change almost overnight. One day it’s "pasketty," the next it’s perfect, and you can’t quite remember how that tiny voice used to sound. Tiny Takes turns that fleeting moment into a beautiful, repeatable ritual. The magic is a single deliberate design choice: the on-screen caption shows the correct word, but the audio captures exactly how your child actually says it. Seeing "Spaghetti" beautifully typeset on screen while a tiny voice proudly says "pasketty" freezes the real, un-synthetic texture of early childhood — the lisps, the swapped letters, and the charm that matures away too fast. The output is a keepsake, not a test score. Word practice is simply the mechanism; a polished, captioned video artifact to share with family is the product. Built for Parents (Not a Digital Babysitter) Tiny Takes is a keepsake tool made for a grown-up to hold and guide. You run the prompts and the camera while your little one stars. It is designed to create a shared, interactive moment between you and your child. How It Works • Eye-Level Prompts: Bright picture cards appear right next to the iPhone camera lens, keeping your child’s eyes naturally looking forward and engaged. • Custom Decks: Go beyond standard vocabulary. Easily upload photos of Dada, Grandma, or the family pet to prompt personalized, heartwarming responses. • Zero Editing Skills Needed: The app handles the timing, clean lower-third typography, and a gentle music backer automatically. You get a polished 30-second clip instantly. • Lightweight Review: Quick-trim your clips so you only save and export the takes you love. No Editing. No Account. No Cloud. Your child's identity belongs to you. Tiny Takes is built local-first to protect your family's data privacy: • 100% Private: Your videos never leave your iPhone. Processing happens entirely on-device. • No AI or Tracking: Captioning is fully deterministic based on the deck you choose. No speech data is harvested or sent to external servers. • One-Tap Sharing: Beautifully formatted video keepsakes are ready to text to grandparents instantly. Start Free, Keep it Forever Start free with three themed decks and three video exports. Unlock unlimited high-resolution, watermark-free video creation forever with a single, simple in-app purchase. • One-Time Full Access • No subscriptions, ever. Capture their real little voice before it changes. Download Tiny Takes today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AESApp at none against Tiny Takes's 1. AESApp also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Tiny Takes's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price 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. Tiny Takes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AESApp asks for nothing beyond the download.
AESApp ships an update every 2 months, Tiny Takes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AESApp | Tiny Takes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ateneo Laboratory for the Learning Sciences | Offsite Productions Llc |
In-app purchases
AESApp
No in-app purchases
Tiny Takes
- Full Access$9.99









