Tikkle vs MELT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Calm focus timer
- Tiny character growth
- Adventure stories
- Daily focus records
- Optional strict mode
- Local-first privacy
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Tikkle โ 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/
MELT
This minimalist app visualizes focus time as a flow of color, not numbers. Select your focus duration and choose distracting apps to block. A candy-themed screen melts away to show your progress, with automatic re-blocking after temporary access.
- Focus timer with customizable durations
- Block distracting apps, categories, and websites
- Temporary access with auto-reblocking
- Local session history and focus time tracking
- Minimalist visual progress indicator
- Multi-language support
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MELT is a minimalist focus app that turns time into a visual flow instead of another number to watch. Choose a focus duration and the apps you want to block. A candy-colored screen slowly melts as the session moves forward, while Apple's Screen Time technology shields the apps and categories you selected. Key features โข 15, 25, 45, or 60-minute presets, plus custom durations up to 12 hours โข Choose apps, categories, and websites to block โข One temporary 3-minute unlock per focus session โข Automatic re-blocking after 3 minutes, even in the background โข On-device history for completed and ended sessions โข Five candy colors โข Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese โข No ads, accounts, analytics, or tracking All history and settings stay on your device. Screen Time permission is required to use app blocking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tikkle at Free against MELT's $2.99. MELT's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Tikkle is free to download; MELT costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tikkle ships an update every 4 days, MELT daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tikkle | MELT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free โ better | $2.99 |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews โ better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free โ better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Monthly404 | MINSUK SONG |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Tikkle
No in-app purchases
MELT
No in-app purchases








