Comparison

Tikkle vs Planeta

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

Head to head
About

Tikkle

This app uses a calm focus timer to help you stay present and complete sessions. As you focus, a tiny character grows and unlocks short adventure stories, turning your effort into visible progress and building steady habits.

Highlights
  • Calm focus timer
  • Tiny character growth
  • Adventure stories
  • Daily focus records
  • Optional strict mode
  • Local-first privacy
Features
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Tikkle – Tiny Focus, Big Growth Turn your focus into small, visible growth. Tikkle is a calm focus timer that helps you stay present, complete focus sessions, and grow a tiny character through your accumulated time. Every session becomes a small step forward. As you focus, your character gains experience, records build up, and short adventure stories return over time. WHY TIKKLE? Focus Timer Start a simple focus session and stay with your task. Tikkle keeps the experience quiet and focused, without unnecessary noise. Tiny Character Growth Completed sessions help your tiny character gain experience and grow. Your effort becomes visible through small, steady progress. Adventure Stories Send out an adventure and receive a short story after time passes. Focus does not end as an empty timer result; it becomes part of a small journey. Daily Records Track your focus history, streaks, and progress over time. Look back on the time you protected and the habits you are building. Optional Strict Mode Use Apple Screen Time controls when you need stronger boundaries. Strict Mode helps reduce impulsive app switching during focus sessions. PERFECT FOR People who want a calmer way to focus. Anyone who likes visible progress and gentle rewards. Users who want focus sessions to feel less empty. People building a steady daily focus habit. Students, makers, readers, and anyone trying to protect deep work time. PRIVACY FIRST Tikkle is designed to be local-first. Your focus records, character progress, adventure data, and settings are stored on your device. Start small. Let your focus grow. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Planeta

This app gamifies focus sessions by growing a unique planet for each completed timer. Stay focused to build your galaxy, or leave early and watch your creations scatter. It's designed to help users, especially those with ADHD, stick to productivity techniques.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus timer
  • Planet generation for completed sessions
  • Galaxy exploration and history
  • Focus Shield for phone locking
  • Apple Watch and widget support
  • Friend rankings and gifting
  • Journaling and session logging
Features
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Focus, and a planet forms. Stay until the timer ends and it joins your galaxy. Quit early and it scatters. A pomodoro focus timer that turns your time into worlds. Made with ADHD and restless focus in mind, Planeta gives every study block, homework hour or deep work sprint a reward you can actually see. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a session length from 5 to 120 minutes and start the timer. 2. While the clock counts down, your planet's terrain and colors take shape. 3. When time is up, the planet is yours and joins your galaxy. The rule is simple: stay to the end and you keep what you built. Leave early and nothing is left behind. It's an easy way to stick with the pomodoro technique, one session at a time. NO TWO ARE EVER ALIKE Every session generates a new terrain, color palette and set of rings. There are 20 planet types to discover, and no two planets ever come out the same. LONGER FOCUS, RICHER PLANETS Focus for more than 30 minutes and your planet gains an atmosphere. Go past 60 minutes and it gains a ring. Shorter sessions still leave a planet, just without the extra layers. That's a small reason to stay in flow a little longer. YOUR GALAXY The planets you earn settle into star systems. Pan across the map and see which session each planet came from. Your focus history becomes a place you can explore. THE CODEX A record of all 20 planet types that fills in as you discover each one. JOURNAL Every voyage is logged with its length, its tag and its planet. Add a note to any session so you remember what you worked on. It doubles as a simple study tracker for ADHD study habits, exam prep or long work days. ON YOUR WRIST AND HOME SCREEN • Apple Watch: start and end a session from your wrist • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, so your study timer is always a tap away • Live Activity: see the time left on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island FOCUS SHIELD Lock your phone down for the session and let through only the apps you choose. Fewer distractions, more time for deep work. FRIENDS Add friends, check the rankings and gift planets you've earned. iCLOUD BACKUP Your galaxy stays safe across your devices. PLANETA PLUS Planeta is free to download and use. Optional Planeta Plus unlocks: • Focus statistics and timeline • Daily Planet Crate • 5 daily repaints and 5 daily reshapes • 2x Lumens PLANET STYLE Optional Planet Style unlocks: • Render styles: Modern, Pixel, Retro • Planet and galaxy themes • Alternate app icons Pick a length, stay with it and watch your galaxy grow one planet at a time. Contact us: celik.mert58@hotmail.com Privacy Policy: https://mertcelik0.github.io/Planeta-Legal/PRIVACY_POLICY.html Terms of Use & EULA: https://mertcelik0.github.io/Planeta-Legal/TERMS_OF_USE_AND_EULA.html

Screenshots

Tikkle4 screens
Planeta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tikkle at none against Planeta's 5. Planeta's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Planeta sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Tikkle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tikkle versus Planeta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTikklePlaneta
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMonthly404MERT CELIK

Customer experience

Tikkle

Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

Planeta

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tikkle

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Planeta

Subscriptions3
  • Planeta+$1.997 Days
  • Planeta+$3.991 Month
  • Planeta+3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • Style$4.99
  • Planeta+ Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Tikkle free?
Tikkle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planeta free?
Planeta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tikkle or Planeta have ads?
Neither Tikkle nor Planeta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tikkle or Planeta?
Tikkle ships an update every 4 days, and Planeta every 4 days. Most recently, Tikkle was updated on October 31, 2026 and Planeta on October 31, 2026.

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