Comparison

Tickster Pet Scan vs Ambaa

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

Head to head
About

Tickster Pet Scan

This app guides dog owners through visual tick checks using their iPhone camera, helping to maintain an organized care history for each pet. It allows for detailed recording of findings, body areas, and notes, with optional snapshots and vet-ready summaries.

Highlights
  • Guided visual tick checks
  • Highlight tick candidates
  • Separate history per dog
  • Record findings and notes
  • Care Timeline review
  • Vet-ready summaries
  • Scan reminders
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Tickster Pet Scan helps dog owners perform routine tick checks and keep an organized care history for each dog. Using your iPhone camera, Tickster guides you through a visual scan and highlights possible tick candidates for closer review. Each completed scan is associated with a selected dog and added to that dog’s Care Timeline. With Tickster, you can: • Perform guided visual tick checks • Highlight possible tick candidates during a scan • Maintain a separate scan history for each dog • Record body areas, confidence, findings, and owner notes • Review prior scans in a simple Care Timeline • Save optional snapshots for later review • Follow practical scan reminders • Copy a vet-ready summary to share with your veterinarian • Read educational pet-health and tick-awareness information Snapshot saving is optional and turned off by default. When enabled, saved snapshots provide visual context for later review or discussion with your veterinarian. With optional foreground location access, Tickster can provide local tick-awareness and weather context. Tickster does not access your location in the background, and its core scanning and record-keeping features remain available without location permission. A Tickster membership is required to perform new scans. Monthly and annual auto-renewable subscription options are available through the App Store. Eligible new subscribers may receive a one-week free trial. Pricing and final offer eligibility are shown by Apple before purchase. You can manage or cancel your subscription through your Apple Account settings. Tickster is a routine screening, education, and tracking aid for dog care. It does not diagnose disease, confirm whether a finding is a tick, determine whether a tick carries an infection, recommend treatment, or replace veterinary care. Contact your veterinarian if your dog seems unwell, you find an embedded tick, or you have health concerns. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ambaa

Features
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Ambaa helps hosts and guests coordinate visits around events. Hosts create visit timeslots, invite guests, and manage RSVPs. Guests respond, pick a timeslot, and stay updated when plans change. Sign in with Google. Use Ambaa to keep visit plans clear—before, during, and after the event.

Screenshots

Tickster Pet Scan4 screens
Ambaa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ambaa at none against Tickster Pet Scan's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tickster Pet Scan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Ambaa asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Tickster Pet Scan versus Ambaa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickster Pet ScanAmbaa
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB87 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLexImagine LLCTrue Joy Corp LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tickster Pet Scan

Subscriptions2
  • Tickster Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Tickster Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Ambaa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tickster Pet Scan free?
Tickster Pet Scan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ambaa free?
Ambaa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tickster Pet Scan or Ambaa have ads?
Neither Tickster Pet Scan nor Ambaa shows ads.

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