Comparison

Alarm Clock vs Chop

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Alarm Clock

Wake up to your favorite music with customizable alarms and soothing nature sounds for sleep. This app also functions as a digital clock with weather updates and a built-in flashlight.

Highlights
  • Customizable music alarms
  • Nature sounds sleep timer
  • Digital clock with designer themes
  • Live weather conditions
  • Built-in flashlight
  • Background alarm support
Features
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Wake up to your favorite music feeling refreshed, view weather conditions in your area, go to sleep gently listening to soft sounds of nature, turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a beautiful digital clock, and light up the darkness with a powerful built-in flashlight. That's this Alarm Clock app! KEY FEATURES: • Select from gorgeous designer themes on the big LCD clock (Blue, Cyan, Green, Orange, Pink, Red and Yellow) • An elegant flip clock included for those who like variety • Create your own wake-up playlist with the best music. Choose from 46 pre-supplied alarm sounds or select multiple songs from your own iPod music • Background alarm support: alarm will ring even if the app is closed & your device is locked • Don't let bad weather take you by surprise. Stay up to date with your live weather conditions • Go to sleep gently listening to soft sounds of nature. Music fades-out & turns off automatically after your predefined time period • Support for both landscape and portrait modes • Shake your device or tap the torch button to switch on the flashlight • Adjust the screen brightness by just swiping your fingers • Convenient app settings allows you easy access to all app options CLOCK • Gorgeous color LCD display: Blue, Cyan, Green, Orange, Pink, Red and Yellow • Landscape and portrait modes • 12 or 24 hour time formats • Show/Hide seconds • Show/Hide date • Customizable auto-lock time • Auto Lock when on battery ON/OFF • Auto Lock when charger plugged in ON/OFF ALARM • Wake up to your favorite music • 46 built-in alarm sounds • Super big Stop/Snooze Alarm buttons • Customizable Snooze time duration • Shake to Snooze option • Setup unlimited alarms with different tunes • Background alarm support: alarm will ring even if the app is closed & your device is locked • Adjustable volume of alarm • Alarm music Fade-in option • Vibrate option • Next alarm time displayed on main screen • Each alarm's next fire time displayed in alarms screen SLEEP TIMER • Beautiful matching theme of sleep timer with the clock • Listen to beautiful sounds of nature & environment like Rain, Ocean, Waves, Stream, Water, Shower, White Noise, Pink Noise, Train, Fan, Heater etc. • Option to create your own sleeping playlist from iPod Music • Shuffle music ON/OFF • Sleep timer music Fade-out option • Adjustable volume of Sleep timer music WEATHER • View live weather conditions and temperature • Automatic detection of your current location and weather conditions for your area • Weather information is provided by the industry leader, Weather Underground • Support for both Fahrenheit and Celsius display • Show Weather ON/OFF FLASHLIGHT • Shake your device or tap the torch button to switch on the flashlight SUPPORT • Got any questions or have a suggestion to share, shoot us an email at help@dylogicapps.com

About

Chop

Plan your weekly meals and automatically generate a shopping list. Easily add or remove items, and share your meal plans with others. Supports SFTP for menu and shopping list uploads/downloads.

Highlights
  • Create meal lists with required ingredients
  • Generate shopping lists from meal plans
  • Delete items already in stock
  • Share meal lists with others
  • SFTP upload/download for menus and shopping lists
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If you find it difficult to think up meal ideas for the week ahead, you can use this app to store all of your meals and ingredients to help build your shopping list. - Think up a meal, add all of the items required into a Meal List. Keep adding as many Meal Lists as you like! - When planning meals for the week ahead, scroll through your pre-made list, choose what you fancy and add the items in one click to your shopping list! - If you already have an item in stock at home you can just delete it from the shopping list - Share your Meal Lists with others If you have a SFTP server, you can upload your Menu Lists and upload your shopping list. If you share your login details, others can download the menus and shopping list. (Icons from https://www.flaticon.com created by Freepik)

Screenshots

Alarm Clock4 screens
Chop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chop at 100% against Alarm Clock's 49%. Chop also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Alarm Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alarm Clock ships an update every 4 months, Chop monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Alarm Clock versus Chop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlarm ClockChop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (127 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings127 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDylogicApps Pvt LtdSamuel Hepburn

Customer experience

Alarm Clock

All ratings126 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral4.0%
Negative18.3%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive48.6%
Neutral9.5%
Negative41.9%

Chop

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Alarm Clock

No in-app purchases

None

Chop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alarm Clock free?
Alarm Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chop free?
Chop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Alarm Clock or Chop have ads?
Alarm Clock shows ads; Chop does not.
Which is updated more often, Alarm Clock or Chop?
Alarm Clock ships an update every 4 months, and Chop monthly. Most recently, Alarm Clock was updated on October 29, 2026 and Chop on October 30, 2026.

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