diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82df504..eb67ad2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ declare(ticks=2); // this declaration is important (N=2)
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Profiler;
 
-$profiling = Profiling::start(listenToTicks: true);
+$profiling = Profiling::start(snapshotOnTick: true);
 (fn () => 'something')();
 $profile = $profiling->finish();
 
diff --git a/src/Profile.php b/src/Profile.php
index 4232084..e178c28 100644
--- a/src/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Profile.php
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
  */
 final class Profile implements ProcessableProfileInterface, ProfileWithOutputInterface
 {
-    public const DO_NOT_LISTEN_TO_TICKS = false;
+    public const DO_NOT_SNAPSHOT_ON_TICK = false;
 
     private const MICROTIME_FORMAT = '%.6f';
     private const SORTED_BY_TIME = true;
 
     private ProfileState $state;
-    private bool|null $isListeningToTicks;
+    private bool|null $isSnapshotingOnTick;
     private OptionalFloat $timeBefore;
     private OptionalInt $memoryUsageBefore;
     private OptionalFloat $timeAfter;
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ final class Profile implements ProcessableProfileInterface, ProfileWithOutputInt
     private Optional $outputOption;
 
     public function __construct(
-        bool $listenToTicks = self::DO_NOT_LISTEN_TO_TICKS,
+        bool $snapshotOnTick = self::DO_NOT_SNAPSHOT_ON_TICK,
     ) {
         $this->state = ProfileState::Created;
-        $this->isListeningToTicks = $listenToTicks ? false : null;
+        $this->isSnapshotingOnTick = $snapshotOnTick ? false : null;
         $this->timeBefore = OptionalFloat::empty();
         $this->memoryUsageBefore = OptionalInt::empty();
         $this->timeAfter = OptionalFloat::empty();
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public function __construct(
 
     public function __destruct()
     {
-        $this->unregisterTickHandler();
+        $this->unregisterTickSnapshot();
     }
 
     public function getState(): ProfileState
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public function start(): void
         $this->timeBefore = OptionalFloat::of(microtime(as_float: true));
         $this->memoryUsageBefore = OptionalInt::of(memory_get_usage(real_usage: true));
 
-        $this->registerTickHandler();
+        $this->registerTickSnapshot();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public function start(): void
      */
     public function finish(): void
     {
-        $this->unregisterTickHandler();
+        $this->unregisterTickSnapshot();
 
         if ($this->state !== ProfileState::Started) {
             throw new Exception\ProfileCouldNotBeFinished();
@@ -99,23 +99,23 @@ public function finish(): void
     /**
      * @throws Exception\ProfileCouldNotRegisterTickHandler
      */
-    public function registerTickHandler(): void
+    public function registerTickSnapshot(): void
     {
-        if ($this->isListeningToTicks === false) {
-            register_tick_function([$this, 'tickHandler']) or throw new Exception\ProfileCouldNotRegisterTickHandler();
-            $this->isListeningToTicks = true;
+        if ($this->isSnapshotingOnTick === false) {
+            register_tick_function([$this, 'snapshot']) or throw new Exception\ProfileCouldNotRegisterTickHandler();
+            $this->isSnapshotingOnTick = true;
         }
     }
 
-    public function unregisterTickHandler(): void
+    public function unregisterTickSnapshot(): void
     {
-        if ($this->isListeningToTicks === true) {
-            unregister_tick_function([$this, 'tickHandler']);
-            $this->isListeningToTicks = false;
+        if ($this->isSnapshotingOnTick === true) {
+            unregister_tick_function([$this, 'snapshot']);
+            $this->isSnapshotingOnTick = false;
         }
     }
 
-    public function tickHandler(): void
+    public function snapshot(): void
     {
         $this->memoryUsages[sprintf(self::MICROTIME_FORMAT, microtime(as_float: true))] = memory_get_usage(real_usage: true);
     }
diff --git a/src/Profiler.php b/src/Profiler.php
index 815a7af..a1755ff 100644
--- a/src/Profiler.php
+++ b/src/Profiler.php
@@ -6,14 +6,22 @@
 
 /* final */class Profiler implements ProfilerInterface
 {
+    /**
+     * @param bool $snapshotOnTick if true, it will do snapshot on each tick
+     */
     public function __construct(
-        private readonly bool $listenToTicks = Profile::DO_NOT_LISTEN_TO_TICKS,
+        private readonly bool $snapshotOnTick = Profile::DO_NOT_SNAPSHOT_ON_TICK,
+        /**
+         * @deprecated
+         * @todo remove it
+         */
+        private readonly bool $listenToTicks = Profile::DO_NOT_SNAPSHOT_ON_TICK,
     ) {
     }
 
     public function profile(callable $callable): ProcessableProfileInterface & ProfileWithOutputInterface
     {
-        $profiling = Profiling::start($this->listenToTicks);
+        $profiling = Profiling::start($this->snapshotOnTick, $this->listenToTicks);
         $output = $callable(Profiling::createNestedProfiler($profiling));
         /** @var Profile<mixed> $profile */
         $profile = $profiling->finish();
diff --git a/src/Profiling.php b/src/Profiling.php
index f2bf1d9..31aeeae 100644
--- a/src/Profiling.php
+++ b/src/Profiling.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace PetrKnap\Profiler;
 
+use JetBrains\PhpStorm\Deprecated;
+
 final class Profiling
 {
     /**
@@ -11,17 +13,25 @@ final class Profiling
      */
     private function __construct(
         private readonly Profile $profile,
-        private readonly bool $listenToTicks,
+        private readonly bool $snapshotOnTick,
     ) {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param bool $snapshotOnTick if true, it will do snapshot on each tick
+     */
     public static function start(
-        bool $listenToTicks = Profile::DO_NOT_LISTEN_TO_TICKS,
+        bool $snapshotOnTick = Profile::DO_NOT_SNAPSHOT_ON_TICK,
+        /**
+         * @deprecated
+         * @todo remove it
+         */
+        bool $listenToTicks = Profile::DO_NOT_SNAPSHOT_ON_TICK,
     ): self {
-        $profile = new Profile($listenToTicks);
+        $profile = new Profile($listenToTicks || $snapshotOnTick);
         $profile->start();
 
-        return new self($profile, $listenToTicks);
+        return new self($profile, $listenToTicks || $snapshotOnTick);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -31,7 +41,7 @@ public function snapshot(): void
     {
         $this->checkProfileState();
 
-        $this->profile->tickHandler();
+        $this->profile->snapshot();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -51,16 +61,16 @@ public function finish(): ProfileInterface
      */
     public static function createNestedProfiler(Profiling $profiling): ProfilerInterface
     {
-        return new class ($profiling->profile, $profiling->listenToTicks) extends Profiler {
+        return new class ($profiling->profile, $profiling->snapshotOnTick) extends Profiler {
             /**
              * @param Profile<mixed> $parentProfile
              */
             public function __construct(
                 private readonly Profile $parentProfile,
-                bool $listenToTicks,
+                bool $snapshotOnTick,
             ) {
                 parent::__construct(
-                    listenToTicks: $listenToTicks,
+                    snapshotOnTick: $snapshotOnTick,
                 );
             }
 
@@ -70,14 +80,14 @@ public function profile(callable $callable): ProcessableProfileInterface & Profi
                     throw new Exception\ParentProfileIsNotStarted();
                 }
 
-                $this->parentProfile->unregisterTickHandler();
+                $this->parentProfile->unregisterTickSnapshot();
                 try {
                     $profile = parent::profile($callable);
                     $this->parentProfile->addChild($profile);
 
                     return $profile;
                 } finally {
-                    $this->parentProfile->registerTickHandler();
+                    $this->parentProfile->registerTickSnapshot();
                 }
             }
         };
diff --git a/tests/ProfileTest.php b/tests/ProfileTest.php
index e1c7584..f6324ae 100644
--- a/tests/ProfileTest.php
+++ b/tests/ProfileTest.php
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ public function testAddsChildren(): void
         self::assertSame([$child1, $child2], $parent->getChildren());
     }
 
-    #[DataProvider('dataListensToTicks')]
-    public function testListensToTicks(bool|null $shouldItListen): void
+    #[DataProvider('dataSnapshotsOnTick')]
+    public function testSnapshotsOnTick(bool|null $shouldItListen): void
     {
-        $profile = $shouldItListen === null ? new Profile() : new Profile(listenToTicks: $shouldItListen);
+        $profile = $shouldItListen === null ? new Profile() : new Profile(snapshotOnTick: $shouldItListen);
         $profile->start();
         for ($i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) {
             $i = (fn (int $i): int => $i)($i);
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public function testListensToTicks(bool|null $shouldItListen): void
         self::assertCount($shouldItListen === true ? 9 : 2, $profile->getMemoryUsages());
     }
 
-    public static function dataListensToTicks(): array
+    public static function dataSnapshotsOnTick(): array
     {
         return [
             'default' => [null],