LifeTicker vs Visual timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LifeTicker
This app helps you visualize and share exciting upcoming events, from major milestones to personal joys. It offers customizable countdowns with photos, music, and location, and allows shared experiences with friends and family. Beautiful widgets keep your important dates visible on your home screen.
- Personalized countdowns
- Shared event countdowns
- Home screen widgets
- Event customization with photos/music
- Calendar event import
- 200+ templates
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Countdowns for everything ahead of you—right on your Home Screen. A wedding, a trip, a birthday, graduation, or something small that still matters: LifeTicker turns waiting into anticipation. Watch the days tick down, and feel it getting closer. Count down together Invite friends and family to a shared event—everyone sees the same countdown, kept in sync through iCloud. From the first day to the big moment, you’re in it together. Why you’ll love LifeTicker: • Always in view – see your upcoming events with beautiful widgets right on your Home and Lock Screen. Design them exactly the way you want them. And on your Apple Watch. • Reminders that don’t nag – you decide how early you want to know. Once for everything, or event by event. • Make it personal – add your favorite photos, the place, and a song. Every countdown gets its own story. • See the bigger picture – browse everything in a calendar, pin your most important events, and look back on what you’ve already celebrated. • Stay organized effortlessly – import events from your calendar and never lose track of what’s important. • Make it yours – start from 230+ images or your own photos. • For everything that counts – single dates, recurring occasions, or whole series with several milestones. Turn your anticipation into something you can feel. LifeTicker doesn’t just count the days—it keeps you company until the one that matters. For every celebration, every trip, every goal. Create your first event today. LifeTicker is free to download—unlock unlimited events with LifeTicker Premium. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://lifeticker.app/privacy/
Visual timer
A gentle countdown tool designed to help children self-regulate and find moments of calm. It features peaceful animated glitter to visually represent time passing, ensuring a distraction-free experience with a simple, kid-friendly interface.
- Peaceful animated glitter for time visualization
- Ad-free experience
- Distraction-free design
- Simple, kid-friendly interface
- Aids self-regulation and calm
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Visual timer: Calm Jar A gentle countdown tool to help kids self-regulate and find calm. Features: - Peaceful animated glitter to show time passing - No ads, no distractions - Simple, kid-friendly design
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LifeTicker at 80% against Visual timer's 0%. LifeTicker also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). Visual timer's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. LifeTicker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Visual timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LifeTicker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LifeTicker has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of LifeTicker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Visual timer's.
| Parameter | LifeTicker | Visual timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 522 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christoph Bodynek | Nathan Schmidt |
Customer experience
LifeTicker
Visual timer
In-app purchases
LifeTicker
- Unlimited Events - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Unlimited Events - Yearly$6.991 Year
- Lifetime$8.99
Visual timer
- Lifetime Premium (Promo)$1.49
- Lifetime Premium$2.49
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