Comparison

TickLab vs FiveLeaf

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

Head to head
About

TickLab

This app allows users to measure the accuracy of mechanical watches using their iPhone's microphone. It also helps manage watch collections, log wear and journal entries, analyze trends, and connect with a community of watch enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Mechanical watch accuracy measurement
  • AI diagnosis for watch health
  • Collection management with specs and service records
  • Life logging and journaling
  • Analytics and trend tracking
  • Community features with photo feed
  • Home screen widget and Live Activity support
Features
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TickLab is a watch life platform to record, manage, analyze, and share every moment with your watches. It started with accuracy measurement, but now covers measurement, collection, journaling, analytics, and community in one app. Accuracy Measurement and AI Diagnosis Measure the daily rate, beat error, and amplitude of a mechanical watch using only the iPhone microphone, with no extra hardware. Reliability grades and AI interpretation make results easy to understand, and automatic phone-clock calibration improves precision. A single measurement in the same position with a clean signal can land within about 2 seconds per day, and averaging several can narrow it to about 1 second per day. Use positional deviation analysis to gauge when a service is due. Collection Management Organize each watch with specs, photos, serial number, purchase price, and finances, and keep strap and service records. Overhaul timing and warranty expiry are tracked automatically. Warranty can be set up to 10 years, with reminders before and on the expiry date. Life Log Capture your moments with wear logs, a journal, memory highlights, event tags, and mood. Dream up your next watch with a wishlist. Analytics See your watch life at a glance with weekly, monthly, and yearly trends, a monthly wear heatmap, a year-end recap, and the global brand league. Community Like, comment, and follow in a photo feed, and collect badges. Kept safe with reporting, blocking, and content filters. Home Screen Widget and Live Activity View your latest measurement in a widget and log today's wear right from it. During a measurement, it appears in real time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Privacy Measurement data, serial numbers, and purchase prices are stored only on your device and are never sent off it. Community photos are uploaded only after location data is removed and only when you tap the post button yourself. Privacy Policy https://moonkj.github.io/ticklab/privacy.html Terms of Use https://moonkj.github.io/ticklab/terms.html Support https://moonkj.github.io/ticklab/support.html

About

FiveLeaf

Features
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Keep your day in five letters. You do not have to write much. Five letters are enough to hold on to today. It takes five seconds, and those five seconds become the most precious thing five years from now. β–  Five letters Β· One entry a day, five letters only Β· Written late at night? You can still fix it until noon the next day Β· After that it stays as the words of that day β–  One frame of today Β· Add a single photo or a five-second video Β· The original stays untouched β€” film filters are laid on when you look Β· The color of the day, the place and the weather are quietly noted with it β–  It changes as it piles up Β· A month flows down the screen like a strip of film Β· Locked entries β€” cover a day you would rather not show with Face ID Β· Send a day to your future self and let it come back later β–  Quiet principles Β· No account. There is no sign-in screen Β· Entries stay on this device, and you export a backup whenever you want Β· No ads, no friends, no likes FiveLeaf Plus Unlocks every film filter, the widgets, icon and paper choices, the yearly Mood palette, Years β€” the same date across many years in one column, Monthly Film, and letters you write to your future self. Choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The yearly plan starts with a 14-day free trial. Subscriptions are charged to your App Store account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can cancel any time in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://letsean.dev/fiveleaf/privacy/

Screenshots

TickLab4 screens
FiveLeaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TickLab at 17.0 against FiveLeaf's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. TickLab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and FiveLeaf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TickLab ships an update every 3 days, FiveLeaf every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
TickLab versus FiveLeaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickLabFiveLeaf
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumβ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size11 MB52 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerkyeongju MoonSUNHO CHOI

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TickLab

Subscriptions2
  • TickLab Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • TickLab Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
3 purchases

FiveLeaf

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is TickLab free?
TickLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FiveLeaf free?
FiveLeaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TickLab or FiveLeaf have ads?
Neither TickLab nor FiveLeaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TickLab or FiveLeaf?
TickLab ships an update every 3 days, and FiveLeaf every 2 days. Most recently, TickLab was updated on October 8, 2026 and FiveLeaf on October 13, 2026.

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