Clock Wave vs ChronoLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clock Wave
Calibrate your radio-controlled watch or clock using your iPhone or iPad. Simply tap 'Transmit' and place your device near your watch to automatically sync the accurate time.
- Calibrate radio-controlled watches/clocks
- Transmit accurate time automatically
- Supports 5 major global time signal stations
- Manual station selection for compatibility
- Automatic time signal transmission
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Clock Wave allows you calibrate radio controlled watch or clock anytime and anywhere. Just click "Transmit" button, set your watch or clock to manual receive time signal, and place it nearby your iPhone/iPad's speaker, it will be calibrated in a few minutes. Clock Wave features: - Covers 5 major longwave time signal stations all over the world. * USA: WWVB * Japan: JJY * China: BPC * UK: MSF * DE: DCF77 - Automatically transmit the accurate time. * If your radio controlled watch/clock doesn't support station BPC, select station JJY manually to use in China. * If your radio controlled watch/clock doesn't support station MSF, select station DCF77 manually to use in UK. * If your radio controlled watch/clock support only a specified timezone or station, (e.g. Using a radio controlled clock support only JJY station in Australia.), select the watch/clock timezone manually in app settings.
ChronoLog
This app provides professional-grade tools to track the accuracy of mechanical watches. It offers audio timegraphing, photo offset measurement, and tap timing, along with detailed analytics and atomic time synchronization for collectors and enthusiasts.
- Audio timegrapher for rate, beat error, and amplitude
- Photo offset measurement against atomic time
- Tap timing for quick offset logging
- Track accuracy trends over time
- Atomic time synchronization
- Detailed performance graphs and analytics
- Manage and organize watch collection
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ChronoLog — Timegrapher, Watch Accuracy Tracker & Collection Log Turn your iPhone into a timegrapher. ChronoLog listens to your mechanical watch through the microphone and reads its rate in seconds per day — then keeps measuring over days and weeks, on your wrist, so you know how the watch really runs, not just how it ran on the bench. No subscription. No account. One-time purchase unlocks everything. AUDIO TIMEGRAPHER • Rate in seconds per day from your watch's tick, in about 30 seconds — the same number a timegrapher gives you. • Every reading carries a confidence score, so you know when to trust it and when to record again. • Movements from 18,000 to 36,000 bph, detected automatically or set per watch. ACCURACY OVER TIME — THE PART A TIMEGRAPHER CAN'T DO A bench reading captures one moment. ChronoLog logs every measurement into timing runs and charts the daily rate as you actually wear the watch: watch it drift, catch magnetization, and see when it needs regulation or a service — before it costs you minutes a week. • Photo offset: photograph the dial against atomic time for the most precise manual reading. • Tap timing: tap on the second for a quick log with any watch, quartz included. • Tag measurements by position, temperature or activity to learn what moves the rate. ACCURACY REPORT — NEW A health score for every watch, timekeeping trends per run, and an anonymous comparison against the same models worldwide — find out whether your Submariner or your SKX keeps time better than most. Share a private report link that expires on its own. ATOMIC TIME Every measurement is referenced to NTP atomic time, not your phone's clock. Use the live atomic clock, with an optional seconds tick, to set your watches to the second. YOUR COLLECTION, ORGANISED • Unlimited watches with photos, brand, model, calibre, serial number, service history and notes. • Wear log: swipe to mark what you're wearing, then see your rotation as a calendar, timeline and stats. • Moon phase: last and next full moon with the days between — set a moonphase complication in seconds. • Full backup and restore. CSV export for your records or your watchmaker. WHY COLLECTORS CHOOSE CHRONOLOG A timegrapher is for adjusting a watch. ChronoLog is for knowing it — clean, fast, ad-free, built by a collector in Boulder, Colorado, who reads and answers every review. Download ChronoLog and find out how your watches really run.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ChronoLog at Free against Clock Wave's $1.99. ChronoLog also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Clock Wave's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#25 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, 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
ChronoLog is free to download; Clock Wave costs $1.99 up front. ChronoLog sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Clock Wave asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Clock Wave against 4.6 for ChronoLog. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 256 and 231 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Clock Wave's written reviews are positive against 85% of ChronoLog's.
Clock Wave ships an update every 2 months, ChronoLog every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clock Wave | ChronoLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (256 ratings) — better | 4.6 (231 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.0% of reviews — better | 85.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 256 — better | 231 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #25 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 震 任 | tyler wood |
Customer experience
Clock Wave
ChronoLog
Bugs and requests
Clock Wave
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incompatibility with certain iOS versions
- Incorrect time zone adjustments
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to transmit signal automatically
- Support for more watch brands/models
- Improved volume/signal strength control
ChronoLog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clock Wave
No in-app purchases
ChronoLog
- Premium$5.99
- Premium$6.99
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