Clock vs Clock Watching
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clock
A full-screen digital clock displaying the current date, time, and weather. Customize the display with a variety of colors and switch between normal and night modes with simple swipes.
- Full-screen display
- Current date and time
- Weather information
- Customizable colors
- Night mode option
- Swipe gestures for control
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Minimalistic clock - 50% off for a limited time ! Get the current date, time and weather in full screen, perfect for the work desk or nightstand. Color your day. Simply swipe to go trough the many colors. Swipe left and right to find the one for you ! Change between normal and night mode by swiping up and down.
Clock Watching
This app displays the current time using a four-digit digital format for hours and minutes. An optional in-app purchase adds animated seconds with pendulums that fall or explode as each minute completes.
- Four-digit time display
- Hour and minute tracking
- Animated seconds (in-app purchase)
- Pendulum animation
- Minute completion effects
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It is a digital clock that shows the time, using four digits to display both hours and minutes. You can watch a multitude of minutes and hours progress through time. Add animated seconds to your flanks with an In-App Purchase. Pendulums will move into place with each second until the minute is complete. The pink pendulums will then fall or explode offscreen to allow the sequence to repeat itself. Minute after minute.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clock Watching at 100% against Clock's 0%. Clock Watching also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Clock Watching sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Clock Watching holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Clock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Clock Watching's.
Clock ships an update every 5 weeks, Clock Watching every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clock | Clock Watching |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Torben Kikkert | David Thorpe |
Customer experience
Clock
Clock Watching
In-app purchases
Clock
No in-app purchases
Clock Watching
- Add Animated Seconds$1.99
