Alarm Clock vs Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alarm Clock
Transform your device into a free, easy-to-use digital alarm clock with a classic interface. Features large buttons, a bright LCD-style display, and customizable alarm sounds for a simple wake-up experience.
- Large buttons
- Big display
- Red LCD style
- Customizable alarm sounds
- Retina display support
- Automatic clock format settings
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This is a super simple alarm clock with large buttons. It turns your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch into a beautiful digital alarm clock for free! Alarm Clock is designed to work exactly like a classic digital alarm clock. It's easy to use with the features you really need. Features: ◉ Gorgeous red LCD style display ◉ Personalize with 5 built-in alarm sounds ◉ Retina display ◉ Big buttons ◉ A large display ◉ It automatically uses your iPhone clock settings, like 24/12 hour clock format and AM/PM settings. ◉ Control the foreground brightness by sliding the clock screen from left to right. ◉ Very useful and easy to use. Download this alarm clock today!
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
Wake up and fall asleep to your favorite music with a customizable alarm and sleep timer. Features designer clock themes, countdowns to events, and easy access to settings. A reliable and versatile utility for managing your daily schedule.
- Designer clock themes
- Customizable wake-up playlists
- Sleep timer with music or white noise
- Event countdowns
- 12/24 hour format
- Vertical and horizontal modes
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Wake up and go to sleep to your favorite music, never sleep through your alarm again, get your own collection of designer clocks, countdown to important events! FEATURES: * Choose from stylish designer themes for the clock * Create your own wake-up playlist with the best music * Go to sleep to your favorite songs or white noise * Convenient app settings. Get easy access to any option you need Alarm Clock provides the functionality of 3 indispensable apps in 1: CLOCK - Exclusive designer clocks - Vertical and horizontal modes - 12 or 24 time format - Show/Hide seconds - Show/Hide day of the week - Auto-Lock when plugged in ON/OFF - Auto-Lock when on battery ON/OFF - Customizable auto-lock time SLEEP TIMER -Use the shortcut on the main screen to go directly to the sleep timer settings - Create your own playlist with your favorite songs - Shuffle music ON/OFF - Adjust the volume of Music/Sounds - Go to sleep to white noise COUNTDOWN - Never miss important events and special occasions. Count down to your vacation, anniversary, graduation and more Beautiful. Reliable. Versatile. Get the alarm clock that you've been looking for! For complete access to all Alarm Clock features, you will need to allow access to the following: *Notifications – otherwise, alarm will not ring; *Media library so that you can set your own music as an alarm or a sleep timer sound; *Photos to give you a possibility to set them as countdown pictures.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nightstand Digital Clock Timer at none against Alarm Clock's 1. Nightstand Digital Clock Timer also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 20 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 35%). Alarm Clock's advantage is ratings volume (185 vs 19). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Alarm Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nightstand Digital Clock Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Alarm Clock against 4.4 for Nightstand Digital Clock Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alarm Clock has 185 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 35% of Alarm Clock's written reviews are positive against 50% of Nightstand Digital Clock Timer's.
Alarm Clock ships an update every 20 months, Nightstand Digital Clock Timer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alarm Clock | Nightstand Digital Clock Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (185 ratings) | 4.4 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Netviking AB | Siarhei Krasnouski |
Customer experience
Alarm Clock
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
In-app purchases
Alarm Clock
- Ad Removal$1.99
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
No in-app purchases
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