tick vs JournalReminders
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
tick
This app streamlines task management with a focus on speed and ease of use. It leverages voice dictation and intuitive gestures to help you create and organize to-do lists quickly. Enjoy iCloud syncing and customizable color themes for a personalized experience.
- Voice dictation for list creation
- Gesture-based navigation
- iCloud synchronization
- Multiple color schemes
- List sharing
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Tick-Talk is the new goto app for quickly creating todo lists, allowing you to be super productive. It's fast, beautiful and fun to use! At the heart of tick-talk is our integration with Siri to make it incredibly easy to create your lists by just talking to your iPhone, never before has list creation been so quick and easy. It's faster than typing, quicker than even a pen and paper! This app is clever! The app learns when you combine words, so when you make a list with dictation it will auto-magically join the words together! We use gestures where they help speed you round the app, and make your task of creating and using your lists fast, efficient and fun! - Innovative dictation engine making list making a pleasure! - Gesture-based design that doesn't interfere with your task at hand. - iCloud synchronising across all your devices - Multiple beautiful colour schemes. - Sharing lists is easy, send to a friend in tick-talk format and as a text file!
JournalReminders
This app combines a to-do list with journaling features. It syncs with your device's reminders, offers smart delay options, and allows you to write and review journal entries. "On This Day" helps you revisit past experiences.
- Syncs with Reminders app
- Smart Delay for reminders
- Journal entry creation
- Review completed reminders
- "On This Day" feature
- Calendar event integration
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To-do list app with timer. Reminders tab • Syncs with Reminders app. (Required.) • Favorites for quick reminder creation. • Smart Delay scatters reminders throughout today or a month. Write tab • Write journal entries. Review tab • Review today's completed reminders before saving to journal. Read tab • Read journal entries. • "On This Day" shows past entries from the same date. See where you spent time. Settings tab • Copy Calendar events to Reminders. Support: vibecoder.company@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: tick at 100% against JournalReminders's 50%. tick also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.1). JournalReminders's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 34 months). On price, ads 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. tick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. JournalReminders asks for nothing beyond the download.
tick ships an update every 34 months, JournalReminders every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tick | JournalReminders |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | nebulus design | Seung-Un Ham |
Customer experience
tick
JournalReminders
In-app purchases
tick
- A generous tip$1.99
JournalReminders
No in-app purchases
