LifeTicker vs Image & Video Compressor, PDF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LifeTicker
Track upcoming events with customizable countdowns displayed as widgets on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch. Share countdowns with friends and family, and add personalized details like images, notes, and tasks. Offers smart event suggestions for newer devices.
- Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch widgets
- Shared countdowns with friends and family
- Smart event suggestions with Apple Intelligence
- Customizable event details (images, notes, tasks)
- Event import from calendar
- Reminders and recurring events
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Countdowns for the things you’re looking forward to – as a widget on your Home Screen. A vacation, a wedding, a birthday, retirement, or something small that still matters: create an event and watch the days count down. On your Home Screen, on your Lock Screen, on your Apple Watch. Free, and no account needed. LifeTicker started because I wanted to count the days until my next vacation and couldn’t find an app that did it nicely. I’ve been developing it on my own ever since, and I use it every day. Just describe it New in 4.0: In the New tab, describe what you’re looking forward to in one sentence, typed or spoken, and LifeTicker suggests the event – date, time, image and whatever else is in the sentence. If something’s missing, it asks. The suggestion is made on your iPhone, not on a server. It needs Apple Intelligence, so an iPhone 15 Pro or later. On older iPhones you create events by hand as before; everything else works the same. Count down together Invite friends or family to an event. Everyone sees the same countdown, kept in sync through iCloud, and checks off the tasks together – for the trip with friends or the wedding you’re planning as a couple. Make it your event Image, place, song, note, links and a task list belong right on the event. 300+ image templates, photos from Unsplash, or your own photo. And the rest • Reminders as early as you like – once for everything, or per event. • Discover: holidays and special days ready to add, and they can keep themselves up to date. • A calendar, pinned events and a look back at what’s already happened. • Import events from your calendar, with a preview. • Single dates, recurring occasions, or whole series with several milestones. LifeTicker is free. If you need more than a few events, you can unlock Premium – that’s what keeps the project going. If something’s off: Contact in the app sends your report straight to me. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://lifeticker.app/privacy/
Image & Video Compressor, PDF
Easily reduce the file size of photos, videos, and PDFs on your device without compromising quality. Perfect for sharing files via email, meeting upload limits, or freeing up storage space.
- Compress photos, videos, and PDFs
- Smart quality selection for minimal size
- Customizable size limits
- Convert HEIC to JPG/PNG/PDF
- Compress large video clips
- Batch compression for up to 50 photos
- Free up device storage
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Make photos, videos and PDFs smaller without making them look worse. Compressor shrinks your files right on your iPhone, so they fit in an email, pass an upload limit, or stop filling up your storage. PHOTOS • Smart quality picks the smallest size that still looks the same • Fit to a size: 500 KB, 1 MB, email, or your own limit, down to the KB • Resize to a long edge or to exact dimensions • Convert HEIC to JPG, or to PNG, HEIC and PDF • Hold the result to compare it with the original VIDEOS • Compress big clips so they are easy to send • Choose the quality, resolution (4K down to 480p) and codec (H.264 or HEVC) PDFS • Shrink scanned and image-heavy PDFs for email • Text stays sharp and pages stay in order BATCH • Compress up to 50 photos at once FREE UP SPACE • Save the small copy and, if you want, delete the big original • See every file and every byte you saved in History PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything is compressed on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded. Compressing single photos is free and unlimited. Compressor Pro adds batch compression, unlimited videos and PDFs, size limits and custom dimensions. Terms of Use: https://www.theblackholecompany.com/termsConditions.html
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Verdict
LifeTicker and Image & Video Compressor, PDF both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Image & Video Compressor, PDF's written reviews are positive against 80% of LifeTicker's. Image & Video Compressor, PDF also leads on iOS requirement (17 vs 26.0). LifeTicker's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. LifeTicker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Image & Video Compressor, PDF sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for LifeTicker against 4.5 for Image & Video Compressor, PDF. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of LifeTicker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Image & Video Compressor, PDF's.
LifeTicker ships an update every 8 days, Image & Video Compressor, PDF every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.
| Parameter | LifeTicker | Image & Video Compressor, PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (20 ratings) — better | 4.5 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 528 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christoph Bodynek | Youssef Ismaili |
Customer experience
LifeTicker
Image & Video Compressor, PDF
In-app purchases
LifeTicker
- Unlimited Events - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Unlimited Events - Yearly$6.991 Year
- Lifetime$8.99
Image & Video Compressor, PDF
- Compressor Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
- Compressor Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Compressor Pro$19.99
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