Comparison

Alarm Clock vs Hanzi Clock

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

Hanzi Clock

Features
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Some watches tell the time in Chinese numerals. Now your iPhone can too. Hanzi Clock is a set of analog clock widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. Each dial is drawn the way a watch dial is made: brushed steel, jade, a deep-blue wave pattern, or a plain colour, with the hours written in Chinese numerals. TEN DIALS • Five plain colours: white, teal, black, red and yellow • Five textured dials: silver, jade, ocean blue, crimson and earth SEVEN WAYS TO WRITE THE HOURS From the everyday numerals to the formal ones used on cheques and banknotes, and the Suzhou numerals once used in Hong Kong's markets. Every style is written correctly, and scripts are never mixed on one dial. WIDGETS • Small, medium and large sizes; the medium and large widgets add a calendar: month, week, flip calendar, moon phase or solar term • Lock Screen: today's lunar date, and a dial wallpaper that moves to the new numeral every hour • StandBy, with a night face that is easy on the eyes • A seconds hand that ticks once a second • Each widget can have its own dial: long-press, then Edit Widget ALSO INSIDE • A watch-setting screen that shows the time to the second and marks each full minute, for setting a mechanical watch • The 24 solar terms of the Chinese calendar, and the lunar date at a glance FREE TO TRY The white dial with the everyday numerals and the month calendar is free. One purchase unlocks every dial, numeral style and calendar, for everyone in your Family Sharing group. No subscription, no account. Available in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.

Screenshots

Alarm Clock4 screens
Hanzi Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Alarm Clock at none against Hanzi Clock's 1. Alarm Clock also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Hanzi Clock's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price 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. Hanzi Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Alarm Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alarm Clock ships an update every 4 months, Hanzi Clock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Alarm Clock versus Hanzi Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlarm ClockHanzi Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (127 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings127 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB216 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDylogicApps Pvt LtdDerick Tsang

Bugs and requests

Alarm Clock

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Ads prevent alarm from being stopped
  • Alarm only goes off after clicking notification on lock screen
  • App not working after update
  • Cannot access settings or set alarms after update
  • App freezes and becomes unresponsive
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  • Alarm does not go off
  • Clock displays unknown city
  • Weather location not displayed correctly
  • App crashes on startup
  • App closes by itself
  • Sleep timer does not play
  • Date is incorrect
  • App downloads other apps without permission
  • Alarm missed when app is not open
  • App drains battery significantly
  • Alarm does not ring
  • App stopped working after update
  • App crashes on launch
  • App doesn't work in background or when device is locked

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add option to customize alarm with saved music/prayer
  • Build for Android platform
  • Add TV font
  • Add white color option
  • Make location/city display more intuitive
Show 1 more
  • Improve UI for better clarity

Hanzi Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Alarm Clock

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Hanzi Clock

One-time1
  • Full Version$5.99

Questions

Is Alarm Clock free?
Alarm Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hanzi Clock free?
Hanzi Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Alarm Clock or Hanzi Clock have ads?
Alarm Clock shows ads; Hanzi Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, Alarm Clock or Hanzi Clock?
Alarm Clock ships an update every 4 months, and Hanzi Clock every 3 days. Most recently, Alarm Clock was updated on November 2, 2026 and Hanzi Clock on October 31, 2026.

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