Comparison

LockScreenNotes vs Tick

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

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About

LockScreenNotes

Create personalized wallpapers with custom text for daily affirmations, reminders, or goals. Easily set your text-based designs as your lock screen to see your message every time you unlock your phone. Designed for simplicity with curated colors and fonts.

Highlights
  • Create custom text wallpapers
  • Set as lock screen or wallpaper
  • Choose from 20 curated colors
  • Select from various font styles
  • No account or learning curve
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Turn your wallpaper into a daily affirmation. bg text lets you create simple, beautiful wallpapers with custom text — and pin a note or checklist right on your Lock Screen. Add an affirmation, manifestation quote, goal or to-do — and see it every time you pick up your phone. Your lock screen is the first thing you see dozens of times a day. Make it count. HOW IT WORKS - Tap to type your reminder - Pick from 20 curated colors or use a custom one - Choose a font that fits your style - Save and set as your wallpaper or lock screen - Or tap Show on Lock Screen to keep it there as a live note It takes seconds. No account needed. No learning curve. USE IT FOR - Lock Screen notes: shopping list, today's to-dos, "don't forget the keys" - Daily reminders: "drink water", "take meds", "call mom" - Motivation: "you got this", "keep going", "one day at a time" - Goals: "gym at 6", "no phone before 9am", "read 30 min" - Mindfulness: "breathe", "be present", "let it go" - Manifestation & woo woo: "I am abundant", "universe has my back", "I attract success" - Study focus: "finals in 2 weeks", "stay off socials" - Habit building: "no sugar", "journal tonight", "stretch" - Vision board: put your biggest goal front and center - Relationship reminders: "be patient", "listen more" DESIGNED TO BE MINIMAL No busy templates. No stock photos. No distracting graphics. Just your words on a clean gradient or solid-color background. Pick from 20 hand-picked Pantone-inspired colors, or dial in your own with the custom color picker. FONTS THAT FIT YOUR VIBE Choose from a curated set of fonts — modern, classic, bold, or handwritten. Every wallpaper looks intentional, not generic. NOTES ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Put a note or checklist on your Lock Screen — big, always visible, no unlocking needed. Write a to-do list, shopping list or reminder, style it with your gradient and font, and tick items off right from the Lock Screen. It's a sticky note that never falls off — and never gets buried in a notes app you forget to open. WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT - See your goals every time you pick up your phone - Build habits with visual cues on your home screen - Replace doomscrolling triggers with purpose - Keep it private — no social sharing, no accounts - Notes, memo & to-do list on the Lock Screen — tap to check off COMPLETELY FREE. NO ADS. bg text is free to use and contains no ads, no trackers, no in-app purchases. Just a simple, focused tool that does one thing well. Your phone. Your words. Your reminder.

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Tick

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COUNT WHAT MATTERS Tick is a private click counter for quick, reliable totals. Open a colorful band, tap plus or minus, and keep moving. Each click counter can have its own name, unit, starting value, step, color, goal, and reset schedule. The click counter works offline and asks for no account before the first tap. BUILT FOR EVERYDAY COUNTING Use a click counter for customer visits, pages read, glasses of water, or items packed. Create a tally counter for attendance, chores, and collections, or a tap counter for repetitions and practice drills. Tick can be a score keeper during a friendly game, a goal tracker for a personal target, or a score counter when two clear controls are all you need. The flexible count clicker supports positive and negative steps. A simple counter can begin at zero or any starting value. A counting clicker keeps routine input light, while a number clicker makes large values readable. Use tally count labels to clarify what each number means, then return to your click counter without navigating a complicated dashboard. Need a clicker app for recurring work? Build a counting app setup with daily, weekly, monthly, or no automatic reset. A digital counter can return to its configured reset value on schedule. A tally app can hold separate bands for work, home, training, and hobbies. When you need to count numbers immediately, a new click counter is only a few taps away. SEE PROGRESS, NOT JUST A TOTAL Every change creates an auditable event, so a tally counter has context instead of a mystery number. Premium history and statistics turn a tap counter into a useful tally tracker with streaks, charts, best days, and goal completion. A thing counter can follow one collection; a counter tool can organise several categories; a counting tool can show how a routine changes over time. For detailed sessions, use a digital tally counter with a chosen unit and step. A hand counter replacement on your phone is ready for the next round. A count tracker can organise recurring totals, while a counter tracker keeps projects distinct. Track numbers for training, events, stock checks, or creative work. The click counter records each change so you can understand how the result was reached. QUICK ACCESS ON APPLE DEVICES The click counter adds a Premium counter widget for glanceable values and supported interactive actions. App Shortcuts let you increment or reset a selected counter from supported system experiences. A manual counter still works from the main app, and tap to count remains direct. Use a tally count app on iPhone or iPad for sessions you record yourself. Local data remains the source of truth. Add a band note for session rules. Notes persist after reopening without changing the total. Edit or clear the text and save; Cancel preserves it. Choose a click counter for focused work, a tally counter for running totals, or a tap counter for repeated actions. Tick can also serve as a score keeper, counter app, goal tracker, and simple counter. Premium includes CSV export, archive, and restore. FREE AND PREMIUM Free use includes three editable active counters. Premium unlocks unlimited active counters, full history and statistics, streaks and charts, CSV export, archive and restore, widgets, app tint, and alternate app icons. Monthly has no free trial. Eligible Apple IDs may receive a seven-day Yearly trial; eligibility and localized pricing appear on the purchase screen. If Premium ends, your data stays in Tick, three counters remain editable, and additional counters become read-only. The interface is available in English and Russian. Tick has no ads, no third-party analytics, and no Tick account. Your click counter works offline and stays ready whenever the next number matters. Support: https://appsforlife.net/tick-support.html Privacy Policy: https://appsforlife.net/tick-privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LockScreenNotes4 screens
Tick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LockScreenNotes at none against Tick's 2. LockScreenNotes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Tick sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. LockScreenNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LockScreenNotes versus Tick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockScreenNotesTick
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPairwise TechDMITRII ZAUSAEV

In-app purchases

None

LockScreenNotes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Tick

Subscriptions2
  • Tick Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Tick Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is LockScreenNotes free?
LockScreenNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tick free?
Tick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LockScreenNotes or Tick have ads?
Neither LockScreenNotes nor Tick shows ads.

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