Hourglass vs Rota

When time doesn't fly, countdown in style with Hourglass. Hourglass is a minimalistic countdown clock for iPhone. It's simplistic, easy to use, and has a beautiful design. Features: - Beautiful, Minimal Design: The flagship feature of Hourglass is its incredible design. The sleek, black background blends seamlessly with the device bezel. No complicated features or in-app purchases, just a clear design with easily readable text. - Multiple Time Units: Simply tap the time remaining to switch between seconds, minutes, hours, and days. - Visual Progress Indicator: The beautiful blue ring surrounding the time indicates the progress of the time remaining to an event. - Unlimited Countdowns: Countdown to as many events as your heart desires. Simply swipe left or right to switch countdowns, and get an overview of all your countdowns by going back to the Countdowns list - Sharable Content: Easily E-mail, Text, or Tweet the time left to an event by tapping the Share icon. - Push Notifications: Get notified when a countdown finally finishes. - Notification Center Widget: Instead of having to open Hourglass, just swipe down to view your Countdowns in the Notification Centre. - Compatible with Apple Watch: Now, you can easily view your countdowns quickly and easily, right on your wrist!

Rota is an alarm clock built around one idea: your mornings run on routines, and the right routine should be on for the right days. Create a routine for each pattern in your life — "Weekdays", "Early Shift", "Gym Days" — and fill it with as many alarms as you need. Switching a routine on switches off any routine that shares a day with it, automatically — and routines on different days can be on together. No more scrolling a long list toggling alarms one by one, and no more being woken at 5am by last week's shift. WHY ROTA • Routines that are exclusive per day — one tap changes your whole day, and routines on different days run side by side • Week plans for rotating schedules: switch on "Set days for each alarm" and give every alarm its own day — one routine per week, swapped with a single tap • Wake Proof: alarms you can't sleep through — stopping one means solving a math, typing, or memory task, and dismissing without solving re-rings in minutes • Real system alarms that ring full-screen over the Lock Screen, even in silent mode • A live snooze countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, so you can see exactly how long you have left • Thirty original alarm sounds in two moods, Gentle and Energetic — pick a favorite, or let Shuffle wake you with a different one each time • A clean, dark, no-nonsense interface BUILT FOR SHIFT WORK AND CHANGING ROUTINES If your week isn't the same every day — shift work, rotating schedules, study timetables, childcare handovers — Rota keeps each routine ready to go and lets you swap between them instantly. Rota collects no data. There is no account, no tracking, and no analytics. Requires iOS 26 or later.