Comparison

Sharkspan vs ClockThis

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sharkspan

This app aims to boost your daily motivation and make your life more exciting. Regular use is intended to provide a consistent source of inspiration and positive reinforcement.

Highlights
  • Daily motivation boosts
  • Life excitement enhancement
  • Inspirational content
  • Positive reinforcement
Features
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Your time is not running out somewhere far away. It is running out today. Sharkspan counts down the years you have left, then takes out the hours your day already costs - sleep, the commute, the feed. What remains is clean time: the part that is actually yours to spend. YOU SET THE NUMBER No quiz, no AI, no health data, no prediction. You enter your age and the age you expect to reach, and you change either one whenever you want. TODAY IS THE UNIT A lifetime is a statistic. The hours left before midnight are a decision. Sharkspan shows both, and only today's number ticks - because today is the only one you can still spend. WHAT YOU GET • Clean time - your remaining years, minus everything you spend every day • Spendings you own - your own list, to the minute, edited any time • Today - the hours, minutes and seconds left before midnight, live • Home Screen widget - the clean days left in this year, at a glance • A line a day - a real sentence by a real author, never a lecture • Twelve languages, plurals and all NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-up. No tracking. No analytics. No network. Your age and your list stay on the device, and the privacy manifest says exactly that. FREE The app and the widget cost nothing. No subscription, no unlock, no ads. A shark that stops swimming dies. Move - you are on a clock.

About

ClockThis

Track upcoming movies, TV shows, and sports events with customizable reminders and notifications. Add your favorite events to your home screen for quick access. Never miss an important moment again.

Highlights
  • Discover global events
  • Create custom events
  • Set event reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Personalized notifications
  • Unlimited event creation
Features
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Never miss out on your exciting moments ever again! It's similar to a calendar, except it's dedicated to the purpose of showing you only the events you look forward to! We've built this app around the idea of fun & excitement: Experience the anticipation of your upcoming events every time you launch the app! Features: 1) Discover Events (-) Discover exciting events taking place world-wide of varying categories: Upcoming Movies & TV Shows, Sport Events & Much More! (-) Assign priority: Don't want to miss the premiere of your favorite TV Show? Assign a high priority to it and our app will send you notifications so you don't miss out! 2) Create Events (-) Basic details: Title, description, date (-) Customize: Give your event some life with custom color, emoji tag, or even upload your own photo as a background image (-) Extra Reminders: Set additional reminders (1 day, 1 week prior) to receive notifications to your device so you never miss out! (-) Unlimited: Create as many events as you want 3) Widget (-) Add your favorite events to your home screen so you can keep track of important events without having to launch the app 4) Notifications (-) Our app's main purpose is to send you notifications for your most important events. Choose which events will prompt notifications, and to what extent. (-) You're in control: The only notifications you receive are the ones you chose to be shown.

Screenshots

Sharkspan4 screens
ClockThis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sharkspan at none against ClockThis's 5. ClockThis's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 67 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ClockThis sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Sharkspan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sharkspan against 5.0 for ClockThis. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sharkspan ships an update every 67 months, ClockThis every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sharkspan versus ClockThis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSharkspanClockThis
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 67 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKostiantyn HerasimovMeshi Levy

Customer experience

Sharkspan

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ClockThis

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sharkspan

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

ClockThis

One-time5
  • ClockThis Pro$1.99
  • Clockies (Small)$1.99
  • Clockies (Medium)$4.99
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  • Unlimited Slots (1 Month)$4.99
  • Clockies (Big)$9.99

Questions

Is Sharkspan free?
Sharkspan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClockThis free?
ClockThis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sharkspan or ClockThis?
Sharkspan and ClockThis are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Sharkspan or ClockThis have ads?
Neither Sharkspan nor ClockThis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sharkspan or ClockThis?
Sharkspan ships an update every 67 months, and ClockThis every 11 days. Most recently, Sharkspan was updated on October 1, 2026 and ClockThis on October 6, 2026.

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