# bnClock — user reviews > 28 indexed App Store user reviews of bnClock by Jim Calvin, rated 4.00/5 from 34 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bnclock/id1214483482/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bnclock/id1214483482.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 19 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (8 of 28) ### 4/5 — Great for a clock on an old iPad *2024-04-11, version 5.2.1* This app is great to turn and old iPad into a clock. I would have given 5 stars if the settings held. I really want to turn off the seconds and plug in warning. Other than that, it looks great and is perfect for my needs. ### 3/5 — Settings don’t hold, spacing of settings *2022-07-17, version 5.1* This app works well but has two problems that I frequently encounter: 1. The brightness settings don’t hold. I usually keep the display dim, but it frequently changes back to the brightest setting, which is disturbing when it suddenly lights up a very dark room. 2. The location of the menu and the spacing of the menu items are very close together, especially if you have large fingers. Plus the “Done” button at the bottom of the settings is too close to the bezel of a phone. ### 3/5 — No Weather *2021-06-13, version 4.0.3* I love this clock, Have used it for over a year now but suddenly no weather, what gives, I would give it 5 stars if it had the weather back. ### 4/5 — Multiple alarms *2020-11-08, version 3.2* I can only set 1 alarm. I need to set a few more. How do I accomplish this? ### 5/5 — Great App *2020-07-04, version 3.0* I was looking for something to use as an always on screen for an old iPad 2. This is perfect and looks great. No adds either so there’s nothing to complain about. ### 4/5 — Dimming problems *2020-03-09, version 2.5.2* I like the app overall, but it frequently won’t stay dim and will brighten to nearly full intensity, even with phone at min in settings and the app set to its minimum. After several tries it will eventually stay dim. Otherwise a good app ### 4/5 — Excellent *2019-02-13, version 2.4* Perfect clock, but still needs to resolve weather issues. Need that weather! ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2018-04-01, version 2.0* Very useful app. I’m using it on vacation since my rental doesn’t have a clock. Very large and I love that you can customize it. The weather is a great feature as well. And it’s free, so you can’t get better than that! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 👎👎👎 *2023-08-14, version 5.2* Not worth anything higher than a one star without a widget ### 1/5 — Alarm is a joke *2021-11-16, version 4.3* Alarm doesn’t work unless the phones plugged in! Not always an option, especially off grid! ### 1/5 — The alarm doesn't work *2017-09-06, version 1.1.1* The alarm doesn't work ### 2/5 — Weather not up to date *2024-11-15* This is a great app and displays the time nicely. Reason for my lowish rating was because even though it gets its weather data from OpenWeather, it is never accurate. The weather on OpenWeather is always very different to what is displayed on the app. **Developer response:** The FAQ (https://www.swaystairs.com/bnClock/faq-helpinner.html#q7) provides an explanation of why this occurs. Please see https://www.swaystairs.com/bnClock/weather-helpinner.html#tenminutes to have your temperature and/or forecast update more frequently (10 minute intervals). ### 2/5 — Clock works fine, temp doesn’t update *2024-06-01, version 5.3* Really would love to give 5 stars if temp updated ### 2/5 — Ok clock, bad alarm *2020-10-28, version 3.2* Clock is ok and I like that it has weather forecast. I wanted an app with an alarm clock as well which is why I got this, but the alarm was so difficult to set that I deleted after a few days. ### 3/5 — Good App *2025-08-16, version 6.1* Love being able to customize this app. I really love it but lately, it’s just been flashing after period of time so now I have to find another app like this one. A daunting task. ### 3/5 — Problem *2024-05-03, version 5.2.1* UPDATE - works on newer iPad but not on older version. Developer reached out for details and they created a fix and update! Great response and effort by them. Kudos!! ### 3/5 — Problem *2024-04-20* UPDATE - works on newer iPad but not on older version. Developer reached out for details and they created a fix and update! Great response and effort by them. Kudos!! Can’t get the seconds to turn off even though I unchecked the box. Settings didn’t hold. Otherwise really good app. Fix please **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback and beta testing. bnClock 5.3 is now in the App store and fixes this setting issue. ### 3/5 — Problem *2024-04-11* Can’t get the seconds to turn off even though I unchecked the box. Settings didn’t hold. Otherwise really good app. Fix please **Developer response:** Would be happy to look into this issue. Could you use the "Email support@swaystairs.com" link from the About page to send Email? This will help in debugging. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best Alarm App I’ve Used! *2026-06-27, version 6.3.2* Good user interface, fairly intuitive. I’ve been using this app for about a year now and it has never let me down! ### 5/5 — Fabulous! *2022-11-26, version 5.1.3* Great way to use the old iPad 2 that can’t be updated beyond iPad OS 9. Makes for a nice, big numeral click that I can see at night without glasses. Well done interface. Does what I need without needing to log into an external site or someone keeping track of my device. Free to use, but I’d gladly pay to support the developer. ### 5/5 — Great app but the current temperature is not updated timingly *2022-11-07, version 5.1.2* I like it, but the newest version keep crashing on my ios9.3.5 old iPad. Could you please help out? Thanks a lot! I use the iPad as a hanging wall clock with weather. It has been a cool thing ### 5/5 — My favorite clock/alarm *2022-10-06, version 5.1.1* There are so many things I like about this clock. 1. Big easy to read numbers. My vision is 20:15, but when you first wake up, it takes a minute to focus. That’s not a problem with this clock. 2. Snoozing. On other clock apps and Alexa, the snooze button is a very small area. On this clock app, the whole face is the snooze button. Many clocks have a fixed snooze time. This app gives you a wide choice of snoozing times, and you can customize them for each alarm. 3. Compatibility. I use this on my iPhone 12 as my alarm clock. I also have it on a very old iPad with the inch wide connector. This is the only digital clock I could find that still runs on it. I use this as a wall clock in my ham radio shack/office. It’s a nice way to repurpose an otherwise useless piece of tech. 4. Weather. It nice to see a synopsis of the weather for the week. One thing that bugs me. If you have the weather showing, the current temperature does not seem to update. It may be something in my setup, but it happens on my all my devices. If you close it and restart it, it does update the current temperature. ### 5/5 — Weather feature deactivated *2021-07-31, version 4.2* Update: The weather feature is fixed and works GREAT! This is an excellent clock app for the living room or night stand. ### 5/5 — No weather *2021-06-25, version 4.0.3* This alarm clock used to be great for two reasons, it has a great alarm but now it no longer has the weather. Bring back the weather ### 5/5 — Weather *2021-06-15, version 4.0.3* I got this app a few weeks ago and been loving it! I read the weather was canceled but their trying to fix it! I’ll wait because this is the best app out there! Thank you! ### 5/5 — Would recommend this app *2021-05-30, version 4.0.2* Overall I love this app! I would enjoy some more alarm sounds and maybe some more colors or the introduction of a color wheel so you can set it to whatever color you want. Overall I do recommend this app to others and love the easy controls!! ### 5/5 — Great for turning old iPads into desk clocks with weather *2020-12-19, version 3.3* I've converted two so far. Thank you for a cool clock! ### 5/5 — BEST ALARM APP *2020-09-04, version 3.1* I have a really tough time finding an alarm clock that does everything that I want. This app fits the bill. It is so customizable, the numbers are so big with any colors you might want and with different styles. The newly added “snooze priority” is great so you don’t accidentally turn off the alarm. There are clear directions on how to operate the clock and the developer is very helpful. I now use this as app as my everyday alarm clock. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-19.*