# Mechanical Clock 3D — user reviews

> 81 indexed App Store user reviews of Mechanical Clock 3D by Igor Panichev, rated 4.80/5 from 259 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mechanical-clock-3d/id458575545/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mechanical-clock-3d/id458575545.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 216 · 4★ 33 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 4

## What do users think of Mechanical Clock 3D?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- ✨ Visually stunning design
- 🎵 Excellent sound quality
- ⚙️ Intricate mechanical details
- 🕰️ Accurate timepiece
- 🔊 Selective volume control
- 🤩 Highly praised by users
- 👍 Great for unwinding
- 🌟 Unique and nostalgic
- 🖥️ Great on desktop/large screens
- ✨ Beautiful graphics
- 💯 Top-notch sounds

**Cons**

- ⚠️ Hands hard to see
- 🤔 Limited functionality
- 🚫 No alarm function
- 3️⃣ Not truly 3D
- 📱 Not ideal for mobile
- ⏳ Outdated for new iOS
- ❓ Meaningless app (some users)
- 😵 Roman numerals jarring
- 😵 Hands blend with background
- 😵 Face framework blends with hands
- 😵 Cogs don't mesh realistically
- 😵 App crashes on startup
- 😵 App freezes
- 😵 Does not fit iPhone screen

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Settings collapsing
- App crashes constantly on iPhone 4s
- App freezes on startup
- App stays black on iPhone 5
- Does not chime when not on screen
- Does not fit iPhone screen
- Last update 2011
- Periodically freezes on startup

**Most requested features**

- Add Apple Watch support
- Add tourbillon function
- Allow background sound playback
- Add alarm feature
- Make hands more visible (glow, contrast, closed face)
- Add option to see mechanical workings in 3D
- Add hand color and style options
- Add option to remove face framework
- Port other 3Planesoft clocks (Steampunk, Lagoon, etc.)
- Add screen saver functionality
- Add steam punk battery level for lock screen
- Add chime sound to alarm
- Add alternate face design without face framework
- Add option to adjust clock size
- Add gold or silver color options

## Newest reviews (17 of 81)

### 2/5 — Screensaver

*2025-07-01*

I thought I could save this as actual screen saver now just a clock app to look at the time

### 3/5 — Very limited

*2021-11-16*

Goes " TOCK TICK" should sound " TICK TOCK"

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review! We'd love to earn 5 stars, so please write to us at support@3planesoft.com suggesting what we can do to improve. 
Regards, 3Planesoft Team

### 4/5 — Good

*2021-09-09*

And gooder

**Developer response:** Thank you for the review! But what we should add or change in our app to make it worth 5 stars? Just drop us a line at support@3planesoft.com or let us know down here, we are looking forward to hearing from you. 
Regards, 3Planesoft Team.

### 4/5 — Fast perfekt.

*2021-04-16*

Nach längerem Nichtgebrauch muss das Handy gedreht werden, damit sich die Uhr wieder mittig einjustiert. Der Zoomfaktor ist ausreichend, man sieht doch etwas detaillierter das Zusammenspiel der Zahnräder. Der Stundenschlag ist wundervoll. Der Preis ist mit über 3,- € für eine eher nutzlose Spielerei zu hoch.

**Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback! We keep working and  constantly improving our app. 
Regards, 3Planesoft Team

### 2/5 — Slightly Disappointed

*2021-03-20*

One thing this company is known for is making beautiful live desktop backgrounds. I have this clock on my laptop and desktop, but it was disappointed to find it doesn’t work that way on iPad or mobile. The app must be in the foreground to be shown at all. Still stunningly beautiful but not as useful on mobile as on desktop.

### 4/5 — Classic

*2018-05-31*

Classic ...

### 5/5 — Beautiful clock

*2018-02-04*

...and tick, tick, tick...even the sound is great...:-)

### 4/5 — Très belle le réalisation

*2018-01-25*

Chic et inventif,  bravo

### 5/5 — Techie

*2017-09-17*

I love the detail buy only wish they could figure way to have the hours easier to read l.

### 5/5 — Yay!

*2017-09-12*

Updates to two of my favorite old apps, this AND Fireplace 3D! :)

### 5/5 — Absolutely beautiful

*2017-05-11, version 1.0.1*

This clock is just stunning if you want a gorgeous clock I recommend this app

### 5/5 — Красиво

*2017-04-05*

Красивые часы, но пора обновить для новых версий iO
S! New version iOS!

### 3/5 — Pretty hard to read

*2016-10-28*

Visuals are gorgeous. The hands are too hard to see. I wanted to set my ipad near me so I could just look over and see the time, but I can't read this clock at a glance.

It's only got two "colors", so it's not versatile either. I am glad I got this for free because I would have felt a bit cheated. But there's a free version to try out if the deal to get this free has expired.

### 3/5 — Flawed

*2016-09-11*

Okay, So it's a Clock. Plenty of those on the App Store, this one looks like an old skeleton clock, so you can see all the internal workings and cogs, which is very nice. 
For some unknown reason the designer has chosen to use Roman numerals and has made them   
garishly large, they really do look out of place. So they make it a little difficult to work out what the time actually is, which kind of makes the app pointless. The software needs a bit of work as its a little hit a miss as to if it will actually run.  So it's pretty, it kind of dose it's job, but it has a few flaws.

### 3/5 — Ok, but....

*2016-07-15*

Yea, it's a cool clock. But it says "3D". Where is the 3D part? How come I can't turn this around and see it from the back? You say see how a clock works? Well, I can't, all the front stuff is in the way. Again, let me turn it around.  Let me examine this actually in 3D like you claim. This is a 2D clock.  It is not 3D.  Sorry. 

I got this free, and three stars for free. But if I had paid the dollar, 1 star. There is very little here worth the dollar IMO. To make this 5 stars, let me examine the inners actually in 3D! For that, I'll pay the dollar.

As for telling the time, yes it uses system time, but I can't see the hands even close up. As a "desk clock", it's not very useful if I can't see the time. How about some options for hand color and style?

### 5/5 — Visual Masterpiece Virtual Taste Treat

*2016-05-02, version 1.0.1*

Mistakenly deleted and easily forgotten overnight. Then the very next day I missed it already ;-)  Great job guys!

### 4/5 — I love this, but...

*2015-12-10*

I really love the look of this clock. The only problem that I have is that it can be almost impossible for me to see the hands against the background which makes it almost useless. If there were an option in the settings which would all me to make the hands a bit more visible - by adding a glow, changing the contrast, or even replacing the open watch face with a partially closed one, then that would make the watch perfect. Even though I have given the watch 4 stars, I will reluctantly have to keep looking for a watch app that I can use :-(

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Geht nicht

*2026-01-22*

Geht leider nicht mehr richtig(Nur noch eine EierUhr!🥴

### 1/5 — Wallpaper

*2020-12-27*

I thought i would be able to have a my wallpaper now I know I can’t so no impressed with it

**Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your review. Please send us an email at support@3planesoft.com with more details. We will be happy to help you! Regards, 3Planesoft Support

### 1/5 — Игру вообще не продумали!!!

*2016-09-18*

Полный г смысла в игре нет вообще какой это смысл м скажите вот я не понимаю просто бессмысленные часы

### 1/5 — Last update 2011

*2015-07-11, version 1.0.1*

Does not chime.  Hands impossible to see.

### 1/5 — Не понравилось

*2015-01-14*

Не вижу смысла в приложении.

### 1/5 — Beau mais inutile

*2014-11-30*

Inutile car cette application ne s'affiche ni en ecran de veille, ni en fond d'écran ! Un comble !

### 1/5 — Не оценил..

*2013-10-27*

Не запускается, вылетает на старте..

### 1/5 — ⛔️Bad!⛔️

*2013-10-27, version 1.0.1*

Has no functions!

### 1/5 — NUL!!! Inutile

*2013-10-26*

Nulllll!!!! Inutile de telecharger vos applis a part SE FAIRE C*IE* 
Vraiment nul

### 1/5 — Mechanical clock

*2013-01-23, version 1.0.1*

Dumb thing I downloaded it open it.  Stays black. I wanted that too &I have an I phone 5 come on fix it, please! One star cause I bought it!

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Apple Watch

*2026-06-01*

Would LOVE to see this app available in Apple Watch!

### 5/5 — Additives

*2025-06-16*

The application is quit lovely, I hope it could be applied to apple watch and add some extra tacky functions like tourbillon... just an idea and you need to update the app due to one can not reach settings (collapsing)

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! We would consider it seriously in future updates. Regards, 3Planesoft Team

### 5/5 — Additives

*2024-06-17, version 1.1.0*

The application is quit lovely, I hope it could be applied to apple watch and add some extra tacky functions like tourbillon... just an idea

### 5/5 — This is AMAZING!!!

*2023-02-14*

Hello devs! I just wanted to take a moment and say that this is the coolest clock app I’ve ever seen! This was DEFINITELY worth the $3 I paid for it! It’s beautifully designed, has incredibly good sound, and it even chimes and strikes at the top of the hour! I had another similar clock app (by a different developer) on my iPad a few months ago, but that one wasn’t the same quality as this; in fact, it SUCKED. But this one? It’s AWESOME! Keep up the epic work, guys!

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for your prompt and detailed feedback. We really appreciate the details you shared! Regards, 3Planesoft Team

### 5/5 — Lovely:

*2022-05-08*

The sounds here are just top-knotch. My only wish is that they could somehow play in the background, or at least that the chimes might go off like some other apps I've seen. Altogether though, its lovely, great for unwinding to.

**Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback! We are always working to add more in the updates. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us!

### 5/5 — Unique

*2021-07-26*

Like it….reminds me of the past when things were around longer!

**Developer response:** Thank you for your review! 
Regards, 3Planesoft Team

### 5/5 — Travando no Ipad 8a Geração

*2021-07-06*

Após alhuns minutos de uso, trava no Ipad 8a Geração. Além disto+,não fincionaem segundo plano, caso se desligue o tablet. Laci Vianna [+55] 21 98455-8587

**Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your review. We are sorry for the inconvenience, please send us an email at support@3planesoft.com with more details. We will be happy to help you! 
Regards, 3Planesoft Tech Support

### 5/5 — Intriguing

*2019-03-15*

Like some office desk top toy one might by at Sharper Image or some over-priced catalogue this is an intriguing ‘one trick pony.’ It was cheaper than anything one might buy that is similarly distracting. It is attractive and if it is kept plugged in it is even useful as a timepiece... if you choose to learn to get used to reading it that is. It has a selective volume for the ticking and chimes. This is not an alarm clock or was ever meant to be one.

### 5/5 — Weatherwize

*2019-01-15*

Love it

### 5/5 — Best clock.

*2018-05-06, version 1.1.0*

Best clock app I have come a crossed.and I have crossed a lot of them. 👍🏼

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