PicToolbox vs Cycle Timers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PicToolbox
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PicToolbox is a powerful all-in-one image processing app that handles your daily photo needs — all processed locally on your device for complete privacy. Whether you need to compress photos for sharing, resize images for social media, add watermarks for protection, or extract text from screenshots, PicToolbox has you covered. Features: • Image Compression — Reduce file size while preserving quality • Format Conversion — Convert between JPG and PNG with adjustable quality • Remove EXIF/GPS — Strip location, device, and camera metadata for privacy • EXIF Manager — View and batch-clean photo metadata • Text Watermark — Add custom text, copyright, or social handles to photos • Resize & Crop — Adjust dimensions by percentage, pixels, or preset aspect ratios • Image to PDF — Combine multiple images into a single paginated PDF • OCR Text Recognition — Extract text from images locally, with copy and export support • Background Removal (Beta) — Remove portrait backgrounds and export as transparent PNG • Image Stitching — Combine photos vertically, horizontally, or in a grid layout • QR Code — Generate QR codes or scan them from existing images • Image to ZIP — Package single or multiple images into a ZIP file for sharing All processing happens locally on your device. No uploads, no tracking — your images never leave your phone. Perfect for photographers, designers, social media managers, and anyone who works with images daily. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Cycle Timers
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Know when you last cleaned it, and when it’s due again. Free to start. Cycle Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase, no subscription. Cycle is a cleaning and chores tracker built around two dates: last done and next due. The bathroom drain, the washing machine drum, the range hood filter, the cat litter, the bed sheets, the smoke alarm battery. Give each one a rhythm and Cycle shows how long ago you did it and when it’s due again. Every task is a ring that slowly drains from green to yellow to orange, and turns red when it’s overdue. One glance tells you what’s fine, what’s coming, and what needs doing today. One tap marks it done, right from your Home Screen widget, without opening the app. START IN A MINUTE • Pick a pack: Cleaning, Household chores, Home maintenance, Pets, Plants, Food & expiry or Personal • Tell Cycle roughly when you last did each thing, or say you’re not sure and it’s due now • Or add your own: name, icon, place, how often EVERY KIND OF SCHEDULE • Count from the day you finish: every 2 weeks, every 3 months • Or keep fixed days: every Monday, the 1st of the month, the first Saturday, once a year KNOW WHEN YOU LAST DID IT • Every task keeps its history, with optional notes • A calendar shows what you completed, day by day • Backdate a task when you did it yesterday, and undo an accidental tap ROOM BY ROOM • Give tasks a place: kitchen, bathroom, toilet, living room, bedroom, entryway, balcony, car, or your own • Sort by what’s due soonest or group by place. Overdue tasks always stay on top WHEN LIFE HAPPENS • Skip this time, snooze for 1, 3 or 7 days, or pause a task while you’re away. Nothing is lost WIDGET-FIRST • Interactive Home Screen widgets show your most urgent tasks. Tap a ring to mark it done • Choose exactly which tasks each widget shows • Lock Screen widgets keep what’s due one glance away (Cycle Pro) • The Small widget is free; Medium and Large widgets, plus Extra Large on iPad, come with Cycle Pro REASSURING, NOT NAGGING • Calm green for most of a cycle; warm colors only when it matters • One local notification when something comes due, with a Mark Done button right on it • Optional app badge showing the overdue count • Siri and Shortcuts: say “Mark cat litter done in Cycle” PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking • Your tasks stay on your device and are never sent to us • Cycle uses RevenueCat only to count purchases (an anonymous ID and your App Store purchases), and never to track you FREE TO START • Free: up to 4 tasks and one Small Home Screen widget • Cycle Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase: unlimited tasks, Medium and Large widgets (plus Extra Large on iPad), and Lock Screen widgets • Cycle Pro also unlocks Cycle Wrapped, your year in Cycle: a year-end recap you can share • Cycle Pro also lets you message the developer straight from Settings • No subscription, no recurring charges
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cycle Timers at every 5 days against PicToolbox's every 2 weeks. PicToolbox's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. PicToolbox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Cycle Timers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PicToolbox ships an update every 2 weeks, Cycle Timers every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PicToolbox | Cycle Timers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sailiken Tech | Izotz Cristobal Mota |
In-app purchases
PicToolbox
- PixToolbox Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- PicToolbox Pro Annually$9.991 Year
- PicToolbox Pro$14.99
Cycle Timers
- Cycle Pro Lifetime$5.99









