Comparison

Desktop Alert vs TiCon TS

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

Head to head
About

Desktop Alert

This companion app connects to a server to deliver mobile alerts via push notifications. Users can view recent alerts and send new ones if permitted. It also offers optional background location tracking for location-based emergency notifications.

Highlights
  • Receive push notifications
  • View recent alerts
  • Send alerts with permissions
  • Optional background location tracking
  • Location-based emergency notifications
Features
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Desktop Alert iOS application is a companion app that can be installed on users’ mobile devices and activated with a Desktop Alert server to receive mobile alerts (via push notification), and view recently received mobile alerts, and send alerts (if the user has the appropriate permissions to execute scenarios). In order to provide this functionality, the mobile app needs to communicate with its associated Desktop Alert server. There is also an option the user can turn on to track the device location in the background even when the app is not in use. This allows Desktop Alert server (ver 5.2.25.18 or higher) to send emergency notifications to a user based on their location. When turned on the app uses battery even in the background.

About

TiCon TS

Features
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The app "TiCon Time Study" (or TiCon TS for short) of the company "MTM SOLUTIONS GmbH" allows to carry out time studies in various fields of the manufacturing industry, logistics and service sector in a qualified manner. Create the structure of your time study including the corresponding sections and cycles on your PC in TiCon4 (Windows) or "TiCon for SAP" in advance. Then you can load it to your mobile device and carry out a time study according to your previously defined parameters offline. By specifying a performance index, the measuring values receive a qualitative evaluation. When carrying out the measurement, you can also change the order, record disorders, or add information such as pictures in the measured cycle sections. Completed time studies can then be evaluated on your PC and further processed in time analyses.

Screenshots

Desktop Alert2 screens
TiCon TS4 screens

Verdict

The call

Desktop Alert and TiCon TS are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Desktop Alert ships an update every 3 months, TiCon TS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Desktop Alert versus TiCon TS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesktop AlertTiCon TS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDesktop Alert IncMTM SOLUTIONS GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Desktop Alert

No in-app purchases

None

TiCon TS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Desktop Alert free?
Desktop Alert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TiCon TS free?
TiCon TS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Desktop Alert or TiCon TS have ads?
Neither Desktop Alert nor TiCon TS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Desktop Alert or TiCon TS?
Desktop Alert ships an update every 3 months, and TiCon TS every 4 months. Most recently, Desktop Alert was updated on November 1, 2026 and TiCon TS on November 2, 2026.

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