Comparison

Tick vs Obsideck

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

Head to head
About

Tick

Organize your life with a visually engaging to-do list app featuring animated tiles and customizable themes. Set date or location-based reminders, share lists with others, and manage tasks with priorities and notes.

Highlights
  • Animated tile home screen
  • Customizable color themes
  • iCloud sync and sharing
  • Date and location reminders
  • Priority levels
  • Notes for context
  • Drag-to-reorder functionality
Features
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Featured on Wired, The Washington Post, Fast Company, Lifehacker, iMore, AppAdvice, and many others. "Being ultra-organized just got more fun" — The Washington Post. "Tick is a customizable, icon-based to-do list app filled with animations that appeals equally to logic and emotion." — Wired. Tick is a powerful and beautifully designed to-do app, rebuilt from the ground up for iOS 26 with a modern Liquid Glass interface. Organize your life with colorful animated tiles, set reminders for the right moment, and share lists with family and friends over iCloud. ORGANIZE ◉ Animated tile home — each list is a vibrant tile with its own animated icon: the shopping cart rolls, the paws walk, the credit card swipes, and many more. ◉ Priorities and notes — flag todos as Low, Medium, or High, and attach notes for extra context. ◉ At-a-glance badges — every todo shows tappable badges for its due date, repeat, priority, and notes, so you see what's set without opening it. ◉ Drag to rearrange — reorder your lists and todos simply by dragging them. ◉ Choose your layout — show 2 or 3 lists per row, right from Settings. REMIND ◉ Date reminders — get notified at a specific time, with daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly repeats. ◉ Mark done from the notification — press and hold a reminder, then tap Mark Done to complete a todo without opening the app. SHARE AND SYNC ◉ iCloud sync — your lists stay up to date across all your devices, automatically. ◉ Shared lists — share any list with other iCloud users; todos, reminders, and notes all travel together in real time. PERSONALIZE ◉ Color themes — apply a theme to color all your lists at once, or pick an individual color per list. ◉ Custom icons — choose an animated icon for each list from a curated set. ◉ Appearance — light, dark, or system, and turn animations on or off. TICK PRO Unlock everything with a single one-time purchase: ◉ All premium icons and color themes. ◉ Copy any list as text — paste your todos into Notes, Messages, and more. ◉ Pay once, yours forever — restores across all your devices. WORKS GREAT ON iOS ◉ Home Screen widget — keep any list on your Home Screen, in its own color. ◉ Home Screen quick actions — long-press the app icon to start a new list or todo instantly. ◉ Spotlight and Siri — find your lists in Spotlight search, and ask Siri to open one hands-free. ◉ Dynamic Type and VoiceOver — full support for larger text and accessibility. ◉ Localized in English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Swedish, Danish, and Portuguese (Brazil). We'd love to hear from you — tap Send Feedback in Settings to get in touch.

About

Obsideck

A casual Markdown note-taking app for iPhone and iPad that displays your notes as a grid of cards. It allows for quick previews, following links and tags, and editing with a focused editor, all while respecting your privacy.

Highlights
  • Card grid for casual browsing
  • Rich Markdown preview
  • Wiki link navigation
  • Tappable tags
  • Interactive task lists
  • Focused Markdown editor
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
Features
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Your notes, as cards. Obsidian, made casual. Obsideck is a relaxed way to use your Obsidian notes on iPhone and iPad. Point it at any folder — your Obsidian notes in iCloud Drive, a local folder on your device, or anywhere the Files app can reach — and your notes appear as a tidy grid of cards. Tap a card for a quick preview, follow links and tags, check off tasks, and switch to a focused editor whenever you want to make a change. Everything stays fast and light — no heavy setup, no plugins to configure, just your notes, ready when you are. **Free to start, unlock once** Free to download: browse, search, edit, create notes, and use the preset themes. One Unlock adds pins, card colors, backlinks, the Custom theme, daily notes, and widgets — no subscription, Family Sharing supported. Existing buyers get everything at no extra cost. **A card grid for casual browsing** Your notes are laid out as cards in a masonry grid, like sticky notes. Sort by date modified, date created, or name. Reorder by dragging. With Unlock: pin notes to the top and color cards. Long-press a card for quick actions. **Themes** Choose Violet, Ocean, or Warm, or build a Custom theme: per-element colors, bold and italic, and code block colors. Adjust text size and line spacing for the preview and the editor in Appearance. **Daily notes and widgets** Obsideck reads your Obsidian daily-note settings and shows today's note on a Today card. Add New Note, Today, or Pinned widgets to your Home Screen; the data they show stays on your device. **Rich Markdown preview** - Headings, emphasis, lists, quotes, and code blocks - Frontmatter shown as a clean, structured panel - Callouts (`> [!note]`, `> [!warning]`, and more) rendered with icons - Images embedded with Obsidian syntax: `![[image.png]]` **Wiki links that actually work** Tap a `[[note]]` link to jump straight to that note. Obsideck searches all your notes to resolve links, supports aliases and heading links, and lists backlinks to the note you're reading; with Unlock, tap one to jump there. **Tappable tags** Tap any `#tag` to instantly search your notes for every one that uses it — inline tags and frontmatter tags alike. **Interactive task lists** Check and uncheck `- [ ]` task items right in preview — tap anywhere on the row, not just the checkbox. Your changes are written back to the file. **Edit with a focused editor** Switch to edit mode for syntax-highlighted Markdown editing. Changes auto-save back to the file, so your notes stay in sync with Obsidian and every other tool you use. **Privacy first** - No account or sign-in, and no servers of ours — only Apple's iCloud sync and App Store purchases - No ads, no tracking, no analytics - Your notes never leave your device or your own iCloud Drive - Obsideck reads and writes only the folder you explicitly select **Please note** - Obsideck is a companion reader/editor for Markdown notes; it is not affiliated with Obsidian or Obsidian.md. - Obsideck is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Dynalist Inc. Obsidian is a trademark of Dynalist Inc. - The app works with plain Markdown (.md) files. Some advanced Obsidian plugin syntax may not be rendered. - Obsideck is designed for everyday note collections — roughly up to a few hundred notes per folder and a few thousand notes in total. Performance is not guaranteed for very large collections beyond this range. - To use your Obsidian notes, keep them somewhere the Files app can reach (for example, iCloud Drive). - Card layout (order, pins, and colors) is saved in a small hidden `.obsideck` folder at the top of the folder you chose, so it syncs across your devices along with your notes (for example, via iCloud Drive). It never modifies your note files, and Obsidian simply ignores the folder. Deleting the `.obsideck` folder resets the layout to default. Terms of Use: https://unadongames.com/obsideck/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://unadongames.com/obsideck/privacy.html

Screenshots

Tick4 screens
Obsideck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Obsideck at 100% against Tick's 54%. Obsideck also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Tick's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Tick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Obsideck asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Obsideck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Tick's written reviews are positive against 100% of Obsideck's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tick ships an update every 2 weeks, Obsideck every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tick versus Obsideck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickObsideck
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaphive GmbHShota Hori

Customer experience

Tick

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive53.5%
Neutral11.1%
Negative35.4%

Obsideck

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tick

One-time1
  • Tick Pro$4.99
None

Obsideck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tick free?
Tick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Obsideck free?
Obsideck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tick or Obsideck?
Obsideck is rated higher. Tick averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Obsideck averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tick or Obsideck have ads?
Neither Tick nor Obsideck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tick or Obsideck?
Tick ships an update every 2 weeks, and Obsideck every 2 months. Most recently, Tick was updated on October 29, 2026 and Obsideck on October 10, 2026.

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