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
Wake up gently with your favorite music or nature sounds. This app offers a customizable alarm experience with features like a bedside clock, adjustable snooze, and a sleep timer. It also includes a widget for quick access and a unique touch-to-snooze functionality.
- Wake up with favorite music
- Nature sounds for alarms
- Bedside clock display
- Adjustable snooze and brightness
- Sleep timer with music
- Widget support
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Wake up easy and go to Sleep with your Favorites Music. Alarm clock, features: - 12/24 hour time mode - iTunes music for alarm - 6 different nature sounds - Bedside clock - Adjustable snooze time (optional) - Adjustable brightness - 16,7 million colors of digital clock - Sleep timer with iTunes music - Widget Use tips: - Adjust brightness: swipe diagonally from left bottom to right top. - Add alarm: tap "+" button or double tap on "Alarm" icon - Delete alarm: swipe left. - Stop alarm from the lock screen: push volume down button. Alarm Clock: Missed alarm will automatically repeat again after 10 minutes. For use as home clock: disable option "Auto-Lock" in app settings. About alarm option "Touch Device to Snooze": - Work when screen locked - Easy touch to device for activation snooze - Recommended place device on nightstand - If device in hand, snooze activated after 3 seconds - You can't set vibration with alarm
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 3 weeks) and review sentiment (50% vs 39%). Alarm Clock's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (568 vs 19). On price, rating 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 568 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 39% of Alarm Clock's written reviews are positive against 50% of Nightstand Digital Clock Timer's.
Alarm Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, Nightstand Digital Clock Timer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alarm Clock | Nightstand Digital Clock Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (568 ratings) | 4.4 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 568 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vitalii Gryniuk | Siarhei Krasnouski |
Customer experience
Alarm Clock
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
Bugs and requests
Alarm Clock
Reported bugs
9 issues- Alarm doesn't trigger next day despite being set
- Alarm goes off inconsistently (40% failure rate reported)
- Music doesn't play on scheduled alarms, only test alarms
- Sleep timer starts but playlist doesn't play
- Snooze function non-functional in premium version
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- Alarm skips over scheduled times
- iOS 13 compatibility issues with music playback
- Pop-ups lock bottom of alarm clock interface
- Song clips don't play as selected
Requested features
8 requests- Vibration option for silent alarms
- Auto-adjusting screen brightness based on time of day
- Light sensor for automatic brightness adjustment
- Improved alarm sound selection variety
- Louder volume options
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- Longer alarm duration before auto-shutoff
- Better music/playlist integration
- Customizable fade-in speed
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Alarm Clock
- PREMIUM$2.99
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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