Simple Digital Clock 2018 vs Clocks in Motion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Digital Clock 2018
Customize your iOS device's clock with various color and font options. Adjust brightness and switch between light/dark modes with simple gestures. This app offers a beautiful and functional desk or bedside clock.
- Change color by swiping
- Change font by double tapping
- Switch light/dark mode with two fingers
- Adjust brightness by dragging
- Desk and bedside clock functionality
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This is a Simple Digital Clock for your iOS device with below features: - Change color by swiping left and right - Change font by double tapping - Change light/dark mode by tapping with two fingers - Change the brightness by touching and dragging up and down It's maybe a beautiful clock on your desk and nice light beside your bed. Have fun :)
Clocks in Motion
This utility app transforms analog clock hands into a dynamic seven-segment digital display. It offers customizable 12 or 24-hour formats and supports both light and dark themes to match system settings or user preference.
- Analog hands form digital display
- 12 or 24-hour format
- Light and dark appearance modes
- System-based theme switching
- Kinetic art integration
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A clock so beautiful you'll watch it change. Every digit is drawn by tiny analog clock faces—24 in all—their hands sweeping into position each minute to spell out the time. Part timepiece, part kinetic art. Give it sixty seconds. You'll never want a plain digital clock again. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • A living display for your nightstand, desk, or shelf • Minimal, elegant, and mesmerizing to watch • One-time $0.99 — no subscriptions, no ads, no in-app purchases HOW IT WORKS Each digit is a 3×2 grid of six clock faces. Forty-eight hands choreograph themselves every sixty seconds, sweeping smoothly to their new positions to redraw the time. ALARMS Create alarms with a label, choose which days they repeat, and set a snooze from 1 to 30 minutes. When an alarm fires, a countdown Live Activity appears on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, showing exactly how much snooze time remains. ALWAYS-ON / BEDSIDE MODE Long-press the clock to enter always-on mode: the display dims, overlays disappear, and the idle timer is disabled—perfect as a quiet bedside or desk clock. Tap once to exit. AIRPLAY Send the clock to an Apple TV or any AirPlay 2 display. It fills the screen in the full television layout and stays perfectly in sync. WIDGET Add the medium Home Screen widget—independently configurable per instance for time format, theme, and accent color. CUSTOMIZE • 12-hour or 24-hour format • Light, Dark, or System theme • Hand accent: System, Blue, Green, or Amber ACCESSIBILITY Reduce Motion snaps transitions instead of sweeping. Increase Contrast switches to a high-separation opaque palette. VoiceOver reads the current time as one element. The same beautiful clock is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Simple Digital Clock 2018 at Free against Clocks in Motion's $0.99. Simple Digital Clock 2018 also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 26.0). Clocks in Motion's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 13 months). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Simple Digital Clock 2018 is free to download; Clocks in Motion costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simple Digital Clock 2018 against 5.0 for Clocks in Motion. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Simple Digital Clock 2018 ships an update every 13 months, Clocks in Motion every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Digital Clock 2018 | Clocks in Motion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duy Huynh Thanh | Stefano Acerbetti |
Customer experience
Simple Digital Clock 2018
Clocks in Motion
In-app purchases
Simple Digital Clock 2018
No in-app purchases
Clocks in Motion
No in-app purchases
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