Comparison

Tatify Studio vs Tikku

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

Head to head
About

Tatify Studio

This platform streamlines tattoo and piercing studio operations with advanced booking, client management, and financial tracking tools. It helps studios increase bookings, improve client retention, and run more efficiently through a comprehensive system designed for the industry.

Highlights
  • Advanced online booking
  • Industry-first session timer
  • Flash mode & online events
  • Complete CRM system
  • Artist payroll & commission tracking
  • Financial dashboards & reporting
  • Client portal
Features
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Tatify Studio Pro is a full-featured tattoo and piercing studio management platform built to help studios stay organized, increase bookings, improve client retention, and run more efficiently — all from one powerful system. Designed specifically for the tattoo industry, Tatify Studio Pro goes far beyond basic appointment scheduling. It combines advanced booking tools, client management, artist tracking, business analytics, and automation into a single platform created for modern tattoo and piercing studios. Key Features: • Advanced Online Booking Allow clients to request or book appointments online without relying on missed DMs, social media messages, or emails. Reduce no-shows and streamline your scheduling process with a professional booking experience. • Industry-First Session Timer Tatify’s proprietary Session Timer helps studios accurately track tattoo sessions in real time. Monitor appointment duration, improve workflow efficiency, and gain better insight into artist productivity and studio performance. • Flash Mode & Online Flash Events Run professional online flash events directly through your studio. Showcase flash designs, allow clients to claim available pieces, and manage flash event traffic in a streamlined system designed specifically for tattoo studios. • Complete CRM System Store and manage detailed client profiles including contact information, appointment history, medical information, consent records, notes, and client activity. Build stronger relationships and improve customer retention. • Artist Payroll & Commission Tracking Automatically calculate artist payouts and commissions with built-in payroll tools. Simplify financial tracking and reduce manual calculations. • Financial Dashboards & Reporting Access powerful analytics and reporting tools that help you understand studio performance, revenue trends, artist productivity, booking trends, and client retention metrics from anywhere. • Client Portal Give clients access to their own portal where they can book appointments, reschedule or cancel sessions, update personal information, and view appointment history and spending statistics. • Calendar Management Manage your entire studio schedule with a powerful calendar system built for busy tattoo and piercing shops. Stay organized and keep appointments flowing efficiently. • Built for Tattoo & Piercing Studios Unlike generic booking software, Tatify Studio Pro was created specifically for the tattoo industry with features designed around real studio workflows and daily operations. Whether you manage a single artist studio or a growing multi-artist shop, Tatify Studio Pro gives you the tools needed to streamline operations, improve organization, reduce missed opportunities, and help your studio operate at a professional level. Plans start at $49, visit us at www.tatifystudio.com

About

Tikku

This app helps you plan your day and stay focused by automatically locking distracting apps when tasks begin. It integrates planning and blocking into a single experience, offering features like sub-tasks, customizable blocking, and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Integrated task planning and app blocking
  • Automatic app locking during focus sessions
  • Customizable app and website blocking
  • Sub-tasks and routine creation
  • Focus timer with Live Activity and Dynamic Island
  • Streaks and achievement badges
  • Privacy-focused design with no account required
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Tikku is a planner and focus app that helps you build routines, stay focused, and get back the time you lose to your phone. The big difference is that your tasks and focus sessions can block distracting apps on their own, so the time you set aside actually goes to what you planned. We built Tikku because app blockers give you time back but don't help you use it, and planners help you plan the day but can't keep you off your phone. We wanted one app that does both. PLAN YOUR DAY You can create tasks for a set time or for anytime that day, make them repeat (every day, on weekdays or weekends, every week, every month, or on your own schedule), and add reminders and sub-tasks. Tasks without a date get their own list, so you can keep them there until you're ready to plan them. Some tasks can end on their own at a set time, like meals, a commute, or winding down before bed. They run from start to finish and close by themselves, so there's nothing to check off. If you don't want to start from scratch, you can add a ready-made routine like Deep work or Wind down. It comes with its times, repeats and blocking already set up. BLOCKING Then comes blocking. Any task can block everything, everything except a few apps, or just the apps that distract you most. You can pick apps, whole categories and websites, and save your picks as presets to reuse on other tasks. When a task starts, blocking starts automatically, and when it ends, it stops. This all happens with Tikku closed, so there's nothing to turn on and nothing to remember. If you have ADHD, or a plan on its own has never been enough for you, this is the part that helps: once your day is planned, you don't have to hold yourself to it. If you need to, you can pause the block for a few minutes, or end it early up to 3 times a week. And with strict mode, you can't stop the block early. You get one 15-minute exception a week, and that's it. FOCUS The same system powers Focus. Pick a duration, choose what to block, and start. Your session shows up as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you can follow it while your phone is locked or while you're using the apps you need. You can also join the Focus room and see how many people around the world are focusing with you, right on your Lock Screen. Only that number is shared, never your task. STREAKS AND REPORTS Finishing one task or one focus session is enough to keep your streak going, and there are dozens of badges to earn along the way, some of them secret. You can see your real screen time from iOS by day, week and month, and every Monday you get a weekly report that puts the time you got back next to the things you finished. We care a lot about how Tikku feels: polished screens, micro-interactions and haptics throughout, animated streaks and badges, and beautifully designed widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. PRIVACY Blocking runs entirely on your phone, and your screen time is never uploaded. The apps you choose to block stay on your device too. You don't need an account to use Tikku. If you want your tasks backed up and synced between your devices, you can sign in. Tikku works offline, supports light and dark mode, and is available in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Blocking uses Apple's Screen Time, so you'll be asked to allow it once. Everything else in Tikku works without it. PRICING Tikku is free to use. Tikku Pro adds the Focus room, custom blocking lists and presets, blocking on every task, strict mode, sub-tasks, ready-made routines, and backup and sync, with a free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically and you can cancel anytime in your Apple settings. Terms of Use: https://thetikku.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thetikku.com/privacy

Screenshots

Tatify Studio4 screens
Tikku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tikku at 5.0 against Tatify Studio's 3.0. Tikku also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Tatify Studio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Tikku sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Tatify Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tikku holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tatify Studio versus Tikku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTatify StudioTikku
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid WilliamsMilestone One

Customer experience

Tatify Studio

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

Tikku

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

In-app purchases

None

Tatify Studio

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tikku

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is Tatify Studio free?
Tatify Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tikku free?
Tikku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tatify Studio or Tikku?
Tikku is rated higher. Tatify Studio averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tikku averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Tatify Studio or Tikku have ads?
Neither Tatify Studio nor Tikku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tatify Studio or Tikku?
Tatify Studio ships an update weekly, and Tikku weekly. Most recently, Tatify Studio was updated on November 5, 2026 and Tikku on October 31, 2026.

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