Comparison

Deadline Dash vs TickStack

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

Head to head
About

Deadline Dash

Features
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Deadline Dash isn't another to-do list. It's a countdown you can't ignore โ€” and a consequence you can't talk your way out of. How it works Give yourself a task in one of three categories โ€” Easy, Medium, Hard. The second you commit, a 24-hour countdown starts, and it lives right on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Not a reminder you can swipe away and forget. A running clock. Finish before time runs out โ€” done. Miss it, or give up early โ€” same result either way โ€” and you burn one of your 3 lives in that category. Burn all 3, and the category locks. No free pass, no "try again tomorrow." You either buy your way back in, or that category stays locked. Three lives, not one Everybody misses sometimes. That's why each category gives you three real chances before anything locks โ€” enough room to be human, not enough to stop caring. Your countdown, everywhere Live Activities keep your deadline visible on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island the whole time. Mark a task done right from the Island โ€” no need to open the app. Add the widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen and you'll never lose track, even after the Live Activity itself expires. Separate boards for separate lives One set of 3 categories is free, forever. Need to keep work deadlines and personal ones from bleeding into each other? Open a second or third board โ€” each with its own Easy, Medium, and Hard, each with its own 3 lives. The Record Every task you finish or lose gets written down. Your win/loss record per category, your current streak, and โ€” if you've lost any โ€” the graveyard: every task you didn't finish, exactly as you wrote it, dated, struck through. Nothing to inflate your ego, nothing to hide behind. Just what actually happened. Deadline Dash is built for people who already know willpower alone doesn't work โ€” and who'd rather put something real on the line than write another list they won't look at again.

About

TickStack

Features
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Life has a lot of timers. Now they all have a home. TickStack lets you create, organize, and run multiple timers at once โ€” for cooking, working out, laundry, deep focus, plants, and everything in between. One app for every countdown in your day. - Run everything at once Start your pasta timer, your laundry timer, and your focus block simultaneously. TickStack keeps them all running in the background and notifies you the moment each one finishes. - Built-in library of ready-to-use timers Don't want to set it up from scratch? Browse pre-made timers for boiling eggs, brewing coffee, power naps, stretch breaks, watering plants, rest sets, and dozens more. Add any to your home screen in one tap. - Organized by category Cooking. Fitness. Work. Home. Plants. Hobbies. Life. Every timer lives where it makes sense, so your egg timer and your HIIT rest timer don't end up in the same pile. - Always visible with home screen widgets Glance at your active timers without opening the app. TickStack widgets keep your countdowns front and center right on your home screen. - Pick your sound Choose from five distinct notification tones โ€” Two Bells, Bell & Drop, Doorbell, Kalimba, or Kitchen Bell โ€” so you know exactly which timer finished just by the sound. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Deadline Dash4 screens
TickStack4 screens

Verdict

The call

Deadline Dash and TickStack are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Deadline Dash sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and TickStack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Deadline Dash versus TickStack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeadline DashTickStack
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnur Can KILICRevelRain

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Deadline Dash

One-time7
  • +1 Daily Right$0.99
  • +1 Weekly Right$0.99
  • +1 3Days Right$0.99
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  • Yeni board ekle2 variants$1.99
  • +10 Daily Right$4.99
  • +10 3Days Right$4.99
  • +10 Weekly Right$4.99
2 purchases

TickStack

Subscriptions1
  • TickStack Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • TickStack Lifetime PRO$12.99

Questions

Is Deadline Dash free?
Deadline Dash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TickStack free?
TickStack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deadline Dash or TickStack have ads?
Neither Deadline Dash nor TickStack shows ads.

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