UTC Orbit vs Unix Time UTC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UTC Orbit
This utility converts between human-readable dates and a YYDDD.FFFFFF format essential for spacecraft orbital element calculations. It also features a UTC alarm clock based on the day of the year and a large digit UTC display.
- UTC time conversion
- YYDDD.FFFFFF format display
- UTC alarm clock
- Day of Year alarm setting
- Large digit UTC clock display
- Background alarm notifications
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UTC Orbit; is a time conversion utility for use with Earth orbital elements calculations for spacecraft. The application also contains a UTC alarm clock that is based on "Day of Year". UTC stands for "Universal Time Coordinated", but is also known as Zulu Time or GMT Time. The application allows the user to select any epoch time in the future or past via pick wheels and that time is then displayed as YYDDD.FFFFFF where YY=Two digit year, where DDD=day of the year (000 - 366), and where .FFFFFF is the decimal fraction of the day. This is the standard format for manipulation of spacecraft tracking TLE's (Two Line Element sets). The app also works in reverse where the user types in the epoch time and the pick wheels will spin to the human readable date. The alarm is set via the pick wheels and operates in the background for sound and screen notification as well as the foreground if application is running. The user must "allow notifications" for the background to function. A useful feature of the app is that if you rotate the iPhone you then have a large digit UTC clock. iPad large digit clock is selected by touching the button "UTC screen". Note that this locks the screen rotation on all devices and to return to the calculation screen you must touch "Back to main screen".
Unix Time UTC
This utility app displays the current time from the Unix epoch, along with UTC time, network time, and device time in your detected timezone. It also calculates and shows any time drift on your device.
- Unix epoch time display
- Current UTC time
- Network time UTC
- Device time in detected timezone
- Time drift calculation
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Unix Time UTC is a clock for developers showing the current time on device from the Unix epoch (1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC). The bonus is that you also get the UTC time, the current network time UTC and your device time in the detected timezone. It will calculate the time drift for your device too. So, if you ever suspected that your clock is off, this will tell you how far.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UTC Orbit at 5.0 against Unix Time UTC's 3.4. UTC Orbit also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Unix Time UTC's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UTC Orbit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of UTC Orbit's written reviews are positive against 67% of Unix Time UTC's.
| Parameter | UTC Orbit | Unix Time UTC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dave Massey | Mark Slemko |
Customer experience
UTC Orbit
Unix Time UTC
In-app purchases
UTC Orbit
No in-app purchases
Unix Time UTC
No in-app purchases








