Comparison

VitaTicker vs One Year

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

Head to head
About

VitaTicker

This app helps you track your life's progress in days, weeks, months, and seconds. It offers a unique perspective on your personal timeline, encouraging mindfulness and reflection on the value of each moment. Embrace your journey and make every day count.

Highlights
  • Track life in days, weeks, months, seconds
  • Gain perspective on personal timeline
  • Reflect on the value of each moment
  • Promotes mindfulness
  • Inspires making every day count
Features
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Discover what day of your life you are currently living with VitaTicker. This simple yet profound app helps you: - Track your life in days, weeks, months, and even seconds - Gain a unique perspective on your personal timeline - Reflect on the value of each passing moment VitaTicker isn't just a counter—it's a tool for mindfulness, helping you appreciate the finite nature of life and inspiring you to make every day count. Embrace your journey. Cherish your time. Start counting today.

About

One Year

This app allows you to record your daily experiences through writing, photos, voice notes, or doodles. Each entry grows into a unique plant in a personalized memory garden, making journaling engaging and visual. It offers powerful search and cross-device syncing for a seamless experience.

Highlights
  • Daily journaling with text, photos, voice, and doodles
  • Memories grow into a personalized digital garden
  • Search memories by content, not just date
  • Cross-device syncing (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro)
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Privacy-focused with on-device encryption
Features
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A daily journal that grows into a garden. Write a few lines, snap a photo, record a voice note, or doodle your day. Every memory becomes a hand-drawn plant, and over the year your entries grow into a memory garden that's all yours. One Year makes journaling feel light, visual, and easy to keep up with. "This is the first time I've actually stuck with journaling every day." Why One Year • Truly remember each day of your year • Write as much or as little as you want • No pressure, no streaks • Built for consistency, not perfection Journal your way • Write: a few words or a whole page • Talk: record a voice note and your day is saved • Snap: take photos with digicam, film and black & white looks • Doodle: draw your own flower, then hear it play • Feel: color each flower to remember your mood Find any memory, just ask • Search your whole year by what happened, not just by date • Look up a feeling, a place, or a moment, like "happy summer days" • Results bring back your words, photos and voice notes together • Revisit any day, any moment Your garden • Every day you add a memory, a new plant grows • 365 hand-drawn plants and animals, one for each day (no AI) • Watch the year grow day by day, and scroll through the whole thing • Option to show plants only on days you wrote Share your day • Turn any day into a little story • Share it as a video or a still, with your words, drawing, photos and music Widgets & sync • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Quick camera access from the Lock Screen • Full garden view or simple progress dots • Works across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, including your garden and today side by side on iPhone Duo • Everything stays in sync Your privacy comes first • Private by default • Stored on your device and encrypted in the cloud • No feeds • No ads Use One Year for free • Write about any day • Some of the widgets • The Doodle Clock in landscape mode • Multiple devices and syncing Get One Year Full Access • Add up to 5 photos to every day • Voice notes • The Doodle Camera for in-app photos • Daily mood tracking • All the widgets • Available as a subscription or lifetime purchase Every day counts. Support & feedback: hi@wndn.studio Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

VitaTicker2 screens
One Year4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: VitaTicker at 100% against One Year's 62%. VitaTicker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). One Year's advantage is ratings volume (522 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. One Year sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. VitaTicker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VitaTicker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: One Year has 522 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of VitaTicker's written reviews are positive against 62% of One Year's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VitaTicker versus One Year: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVitaTickerOne Year
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.6 (522 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better61.7% of reviews
Number of ratings4522 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB168 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShahan NedadahandehWind Down Studio, LLC

Customer experience

VitaTicker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

One Year

All ratings517 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews230 reviews
Positive61.7%
Neutral7.8%
Negative30.4%

Bugs and requests

VitaTicker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

One Year

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Cannot download on iOS 16.3.1
  • Flower version set as default, no option to choose black dot

Requested features

4 requests
  • Adapt to Chinese language
  • Add dark mode and dark icons
  • Smaller widget size option
  • Add garden widget or zoom in feature

In-app purchases

None

VitaTicker

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

One Year

Subscriptions6
  • One Year Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • One Year Monthly$2.991 Month
  • One Year Monthly7 Days trial2 variants$2.991 Month
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  • One Year Monthly$3.991 Month
  • One Year Monthly$5.991 Month
  • One Year Annual7 Days trial2 variants$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • One Year Lifetime$49.99
  • one year lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is VitaTicker free?
VitaTicker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is One Year free?
One Year is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VitaTicker or One Year?
VitaTicker is rated higher. VitaTicker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while One Year averages 4.6 from 522 ratings.
Do VitaTicker or One Year have ads?
Neither VitaTicker nor One Year shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VitaTicker or One Year?
VitaTicker ships an update every 3 weeks, and One Year every 3 weeks. Most recently, VitaTicker was updated on October 30, 2026 and One Year on November 8, 2026.

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