Comparison

Clock and Timer vs HeatNext

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

Head to head
About

Clock and Timer

Display local time, world times, a timer, or a stopwatch beautifully on your Apple TV. Customize with analog or digital clocks, search for cities worldwide, and personalize backgrounds and font colors. Premium features unlock advanced customization and more city options.

Highlights
  • Local and world time display
  • Analog and digital clock faces
  • Timer and stopwatch modes
  • City search and favorites
  • Customizable backgrounds and fonts
  • 12/24 hour format
  • Prevent sleep mode
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Clock and Timer is a beautiful way to display the local time, digital or analog clock, world times, a timer, or a stopwatch on your Apple TV. Customize your experience by searching for any city around the world, saving up to 9 personal favorite cities, and choosing font colors and awesome backgrounds. Premium Features (In-App Purchase) • City Search. Search for any city in the world, and view or save it as a favorite. • Analog Faces. Choose from 2 beautiful faces that are very accurate. • Favorites. Select or search, then save up to 9 favorite cities. 5 will be displayed on the menu screen, and all 9 will be displayed on the world clock screen. • Backgrounds. Customize the look of your clock by choosing from a variety of colors and beautiful styles, as well as picking font colors of black, white, red, or gray. Backgrounds will be continually added to the app. • Font Weight. Pick a font style of your preference, ranging from ultra thin to super thick. • World Clock. Make the world clock screen yours by selecting your favorite cities and picking a background and font color of choice. Features: • Local Time Mode - shows your local time and date full screen. 12hr or 24hr mode. • World Clock Mode - shows 9 cities around the world and their time and date (shows your favorite cities if premium user) • Select City Mode - choose one of 60+ cities around the world to display the time and date full screen (search any city available to premium users) • Timer Mode ā—¦ Start and End - shows start, end, and current time, and date as well as the countdown. This is ideal for classrooms that want to show the students the time remaining for a test ā—¦ Full Screen - shows current time and large countdown • Stopwatch Mode - Full screen • Settings ā—¦ 12hr or 24hr ā—¦ Choice to show or hide seconds ā—¦ Prevent Sleep so the clock, timer, or stopwatch will stay on screen ā—¦ Choice to show local on the app's home screen or not. ā—¦ Choice of which screen the app launches to. As always, remember to contact me at roboats@optonline.net with any feature requests or issues. Simply leaving a bad rating cannot help me fix issues. I take pride in making many of the features of Clock and Timer free so everyone can enjoy it, but please support the development of more free and premium features through the Premium Upgrade.

About

HeatNext

Features
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HeatNext is a friendly app that allows you to remotely manage your home heating system using your mobile device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.

Screenshots

HeatNext4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clock and Timer at every 2 weeks against HeatNext's every 2 months. Clock and Timer also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). HeatNext's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Clock and Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HeatNext sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clock and Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, HeatNext every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 5 level
Clock and Timer versus HeatNext: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock and TimerHeatNext
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesApple TViPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan O'ConnorNomnio

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clock and Timer

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$2.99
4 purchases

HeatNext

Subscriptions4
  • Plus Package$1.991 Month
  • Advanced Package$3.991 Month
  • Plus Package$18.991 Year
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  • Advanced Package$37.991 Year

Questions

Is Clock and Timer free?
Clock and Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HeatNext free?
HeatNext is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clock and Timer or HeatNext have ads?
Neither Clock and Timer nor HeatNext shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clock and Timer or HeatNext?
Clock and Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, and HeatNext every 2 months. Most recently, Clock and Timer was updated on June 1, 2026 and HeatNext on October 25, 2026.

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