Comparison

Tinker vs LucidCheck

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

Head to head
About

Tinker

Design and personalize your phone's home screen with custom watch face widgets. Choose from pre-made assets or build your own unique timepiece to match your style. Set up your custom widget in seconds for a personalized look.

Highlights
  • Design custom watch face widgets
  • Use pre-defined assets
  • Build widgets from scratch
  • Customize backgrounds, hands, and centerpieces
  • Import custom assets
  • Add widgets to home screen
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Your phone deserves more than the same default clock. Create beautiful custom watch faces for your home screen, desk setup, and standby mode that match your style, mood, or aesthetic. + Start With a Style You Love Browse curated assets or build everything from scratch. Choose backgrounds, clock hands, and centerpieces to create your perfect combination. + Customize Every Detail Go minimal, retro, futuristic, or bold. Mix and match elements to design a watch face that feels uniquely yours. + Choose How Time Moves Customize the movement of your watch face with smooth sweeping hands, classic ticking motion, or precise chronograph-inspired movement for a more authentic feel. + Perfect for Widgets, Desk Mode, and StandBy Add your creations directly to your home screen, use them as stylish desk clocks, or turn your phone into a beautiful bedside display with StandBy mode. + Made for Creativity Create something subtle or completely original. Import your own assets and craft watch faces that no one else has. + A Watch Face That Feels Personal Your watch face becomes part of your daily setup, greeting you every time you check your phone. Clean, customizable, and designed entirely by you.

About

LucidCheck

This app helps you achieve lucid dreams through daily reality checks and a dream journal. It offers customizable reminders and prompts to train your mind to recognize when you are dreaming, with tools to track your progress and analyze dream patterns.

Highlights
  • Smart reality check reminders
  • Customizable reality check prompts
  • Dream journal with imagery
  • Progress tracking and statistics
  • Distraction-free design
Features
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LucidCheck helps you train your mind to recognize when you’re dreaming by building the daily habit of reality checks. With customizable reminders, personalized prompts, and an integrated dream journal, you’ll have everything you need to start experiencing lucid dreams more often. Features include: • Smart reminders – Schedule daily reality checks at fixed intervals or random times to keep your awareness sharp. • Custom prompts – Choose from proven default prompts or create your own for a personalized reality-check routine. • Dream imagery – Use totem images or your own photos with dreamlike effects to spark reflection. • Dream journal – Quickly log dreams and reality checks, track your progress, and look back at recurring patterns. • Statistics & reports – See your reality-check consistency and dream trends over time. • Simple, distraction-free design – Built to support mindfulness, not overwhelm you. Whether you’re new to lucid dreaming or already exploring your dream world, LucidCheck helps you stay consistent and make your practice part of everyday life.

Screenshots

Tinker4 screens
LucidCheck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LucidCheck at 5.0 against Tinker's 4.3. LucidCheck also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). Tinker's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, 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. Tinker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LucidCheck asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LucidCheck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tinker versus LucidCheck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTinkerLucidCheck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRasmus NielsenBrian Perry

Customer experience

Tinker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative10.0%

LucidCheck

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tinker

One-time1
  • Unlock Premium$3.99
None

LucidCheck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tinker free?
Tinker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LucidCheck free?
LucidCheck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tinker or LucidCheck?
LucidCheck is rated higher. Tinker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while LucidCheck averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tinker or LucidCheck have ads?
Neither Tinker nor LucidCheck shows ads.

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