Global Time Machine vs Chrono
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Global Time Machine
Easily track the time in any city worldwide. Add locations to your list to plan international calls, meetings, or connect with loved ones abroad. Features DST support and quick access to nearby hours.
- Track time in over 20,000 cities
- View nearby hours by scrolling
- Convenient world clock interface
- DST support for all locations
- Shake to reset functionality
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Global Time Machine shows every time zone you care about on one line. Add your cities, drag any scale and watch them all move together. Made for iPhone Duo: cities and your calendar side by side when open, a desk clock when half-folded. • World clock for 34,000+ cities — search in any language, works offline • Drag to travel in time: plan calls and meetings across time zones • Day and night at a glance: cities where it is night turn dark • Your own place is detected automatically, wherever you travel • Your calendar on the time line — see when you are busy • Half-hour and 45-minute offsets and daylight saving time, always correct • Shake to jump back to now • 12- or 24-hour clock, light and dark themes, 19 languages • Lists (Premium): Separate sets for team, family and friends • Invite a friend: See their local time and when they are busy Free plan: your place and one city; one friend Premium: Unlimited cities, Lists, Unlimited friends, Find friends in contacts 14-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://thetimemachine.global/terms
Chrono
Easily track time across multiple global locations with this intuitive application. Manage a custom list of world clocks, add numerous locations, and even rename them for clarity. A convenient widget provides quick access to time information, helping you stay connected across different time zones.
- Manage a list of world clocks
- Extensive location selection
- Customizable clock names
- Convenient widget
- Timezone comparison
- 24/12 hour format option
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Travel a lot? Have friends or family in another timezone? Want to know what time it is somewhere else on the planet? Features: * Manage a list of world clocks * Lots of locations to choose from * Rename your clocks to something meaningful * A handy widget to save you time * Simple, easy to use interface * Additional timezone information for certain locations * See if a timezone is yesterday, today or tomorrow from where you are * Change time from 24 hour to 12 hour time * Compare time in other time zones and your own by scrolling into the future or back into the past
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Global Time Machine at every 2 weeks against Chrono's every 8 months. Global Time Machine also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 38%). Chrono's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
Chrono holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Global Time Machine's written reviews are positive against 38% of Chrono's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Global Time Machine ships an update every 2 weeks, Chrono every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Global Time Machine | Chrono |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) | 4.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 38.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | theMakeApp | Sebastian Connan |
Customer experience
Global Time Machine
Chrono
In-app purchases
Global Time Machine
No in-app purchases
Chrono
No in-app purchases
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