Comparison

Duewell vs Tickbase

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

Head to head
About

Duewell

This app helps you track important deadlines for items like passports, licenses, and subscriptions. It provides customizable reminders and a calendar view to keep you informed about what's expiring soon or overdue. Your data is stored locally on your device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Track any item with a deadline
  • Organize items into categories
  • Customizable reminder frequency
  • Calendar view of expirations
  • Light and dark mode themes
  • Local data storage, no account needed
Features
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Track passports, licenses, warranties, bills, and subscriptions in one calm place — with reminders that won't give up until it's done. 100% Private & Offline: No accounts, no ads, no trackers. Your personal data never leaves your device (optional private iCloud sync available). KEY FEATURES: • Flexible Smart Alerts: Set custom nudge intervals (daily, every 2 days, etc.) that continue even after a deadline passes so nothing slips away. • Visual Color Coded Status: Know immediately what's Overdue, Due Soon, or All Good at a single glance. • Full Monthly Calendar: View all upcoming expirations on an intuitive monthly timeline. • Document & Details Storage: Attach notes, policy numbers, and expiration dates cleanly organized by category. • Customizable Themes: Light and dark modes across Classic and High-Contrast palettes. • Privacy by Design: Zero sign-up required. Your records belong strictly to you. Available in English, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

About

Tickbase

Organize your life with a streamlined to-do list that understands natural language input for task creation. Plan long-term goals, manage multi-step projects, and set custom reminders. Integrates with Siri and offers home screen widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Natural language task input
  • Siri integration
  • Yearly and multi-step project planning
  • Customizable reminders
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Shared lists with collaboration
  • Email to task conversion
Features
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Tickbase is the to-do list with everything you need to get things done, and none of the noise. Type a task the way you’d say it, “Call mum tomorrow at 5pm”, and the date, time and list are set for you. No feeds, no clutter, and no AI of its own. WORKS WITH SIRI Add a task, tick one off, or ask what’s due today, without opening the app. With Apple Intelligence, ask in your own words: “the passport one, tick it off”. Two switches decide whether Siri may change your tasks and see them, and locked lists always stay out of it. PLAN YOUR YEAR Turn a resolution into steps: read 24 books, run 500 km. Tickbase puts a milestone in your list each week, tells you whether you’re ahead or behind, and offers a new plan when one slips. Keep a bucket list beside it, with steps, shared with the people you’ll do it with. PLAN WORK THAT TAKES MORE THAN ONE SITTING Give a big task several work sessions across your week. Each one sits on your calendar, reminds you before it starts, and records the time you spent. COUNT DOWN TO WHAT MATTERS Birthdays, holidays and anniversaries, with the days to go and your own photo behind any of them. REMINDERS THAT RING • On time, even when Tickbase is closed • Set a reminder on your laptop and it rings on your phone • Done and Snooze right on the notification • Keep reminding until you act, as often as every 30 seconds • Ring as an alarm for the ones you can’t miss, through silent mode and Focus • Reminders before your calendar’s events, with a lead time for each calendar MADE FOR IPHONE DUO AND IPAD Open your iPhone Duo and your list sits beside the task you’re working on. Close it and the task carries on full screen. On iPad, your views open beside the menu. ON YOUR HOME AND LOCK SCREEN • A Today widget with your tasks and the day’s calendar events, ticked off right there • Widgets for habits, a resolution and a countdown • The focus timer on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island • An Add a task button for Control Center, the lock screen and the Action Button • Your tasks in iPhone search EVERYTHING ELSE IN ONE PLACE • Today, Tomorrow, Next 7 days and an Inbox for everything else • Lists, folders, tags, priorities, subtasks and notes • Plan your day by the hour • Habits with streaks, and a focus timer with white, pink or brown noise • Your phone’s calendars beside your tasks • A weekly and monthly review that shows how it went and helps you tidy up • Deadlines with the days left, and a heads-up on Today when they’re close • Hold and drag tasks, sections and board columns wherever you want them • Shared lists, with assignees and comments • Forward an e-mail to your private address and it becomes a task, attachments included • A journal line for each day, and Print today for your day on one sheet PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything is encrypted on your phone before it leaves, shared lists included. We don’t read your tasks: our servers only hold encrypted data. Tickbase works without an account; sign in to back up and sync. SYNC FOR FREE Sign in with Apple, Google or your e-mail and your tasks sync between your phone and the Tickbase web and desktop apps at no cost. Import from Apple Reminders and other to-do apps, and export everything whenever you like. TICKBASE PREMIUM Free is a complete to-do list, free for good. Premium adds work sessions and planning by the hour, unlimited lists, habits, resolutions and reminders, shared lists, attachments, tasks by e-mail, full statistics, themes, app icons and live sync. Buy it right here, no account needed; sign in and it comes with you to all your devices. New accounts get 14 days of Premium free. Subscribe yearly, or pay once for Lifetime while it’s on offer. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The yearly subscription renews automatically unless it’s turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://tickbase.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://tickbase.app/privacy

Screenshots

Duewell4 screens
Tickbase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Duewell at none against Tickbase's 2. Tickbase's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Tickbase sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. Duewell asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Duewell against 5.0 for Tickbase. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duewell ships an update every 2 weeks, Tickbase every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Duewell versus Tickbase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuewellTickbase
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArthur ZhengCAESOOSE STUDIOS LIMITED

Customer experience

Duewell

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tickbase

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Duewell

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Tickbase

Subscriptions1
  • Tickbase Premium$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tickbase Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Duewell free?
Duewell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tickbase free?
Tickbase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Duewell or Tickbase?
Duewell and Tickbase are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Duewell or Tickbase have ads?
Neither Duewell nor Tickbase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Duewell or Tickbase?
Duewell ships an update every 2 weeks, and Tickbase every 2 days. Most recently, Duewell was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tickbase on November 6, 2026.

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