Comparison

aClocks Premium Analog Clocks vs Bedside Clock

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

Head to head
About

aClocks Premium Analog Clocks

This app allows you to display multiple analog clocks simultaneously, with customizable skins and locator buttons. It supports over 200 cities worldwide and offers notifications for daylight saving time and holidays.

Highlights
  • Run multiple analog clocks
  • Select from 22 clock skins
  • Highlight locator buttons
  • Covers over 200 cities globally
  • Daylight Saving Time notifications
  • Holiday notifications for specific regions
Features
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aClocks Premium is an advanced version of an existing iPhone app called aClocks. It allows the user to run multiple analog clocks at a time. It comes with several, additional features that aClocks doesn’t have. aClocks Premium lets you select a clock skin out of 22 styles. Some of them are quite pretty. Also, aClocks Premium lets you highlight locator buttons so that you can give some of the clocks special attention. - Features - 1. Run multiple analog clocks at a time. Scroll the middle view left to right or vice versa to locate a clock if you have two or more clocks. 2. Tap the name of a city, which is in fact the title of a push button (locator button), at the bottom view to quickly locate the corresponding clock. 3. Highlight the titles of locator buttons. 4. The app covers more than 200 cities around the globe. They are divided into 8 regions including Africa, Asia, Atlantic, Australia, Europe, North America, Pacific, South America. 5. The user can choose one of 23 area languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Greek, Polish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Vietnamese, Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, Indonesia, Malay, Thai. The area language is responsible for showing the names of 8 areas and all 200+ city names in the selected language. 6. If a clock is under the day light saving time, a rotating, graphic notation appears at the top-left corner. 7. If the corresponding city of the clock is Japanese and the time is under a Japanese national holiday, a graphic notation will appear at the top-right corner of the clock. 8. If a clock points to a U.S. city, which is under the federal holiday, then a graphic notation will appear at the bottom-left corner of the clock. 9. The app comes with 22 clock skins. Apply one of them to all clocks that are currently running. 10.The app prevents the user from installing multiple clocks from the same city. 11.There is no WiFi or WWAN required at any time to run the application. 12.Languages: English and Japanese only. 13.Application file size: 35.3 MB. - System requirements - 1. iOS 9.0 or above 2. iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone SE, iPod Touch. - Limitations - 1. aClocks Premium allows the user to create as many as two clocks at a time if they choose to use it as freeware. 2. aClocks may be deprived of promised features if the device is jailbroken. 3. As you create more and more clocks, memory consumption will increase. For example, if you run 25 clocks at a time with iPhone 5, the app can require as much as 70 to 105 MB of memory with no known memory leak. 4. The user cannot apply a different clock skin to each clock that is currently running. The same style will apply to all clocks.

About

Bedside Clock

Transform your device into a large, easy-to-read digital bedside clock. Features voice control to silence alarms and offers customizable hourly chimes. Supports dynamic island, lock screen, and home screen widgets for at-a-glance time checks.

Highlights
  • Large digital clock display
  • Voice control to stop alarms
  • Dynamic Island and lock screen support
  • Home screen widgets with real-time seconds
  • Customizable alarm settings
  • Hourly time chime and reminders
Features
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Bedside alarm clock display a large digital clock on the bedside table. When the alarm goes off, you can turn it off via voice control. - Supports dynamic island, lock screen, and home screen display seconds. - Display time in standby mode in seconds. - Full-screen digital time display, allowing you to check the time anywhere in the room. - Hourly time chime, hourly reminder. - Voice control to stop alarm. When the alarm clock sounds, say "Stop" on the alarm clock interface, and the alarm clock will automatically turn off. - Convenient alarm clock settings, you can add multiple alarm clocks, set alarm clock music, repeat type, etc. - Supports time display in desktop widgets and lock screen widgets, updating seconds in real time.

Screenshots

aClocks Premium Analog Clocks4 screens
Bedside Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: aClocks Premium Analog Clocks at 5.0 against Bedside Clock's 4.5. aClocks Premium Analog Clocks also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Bedside Clock's advantage is ratings volume (3.6K vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. aClocks Premium Analog Clocks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bedside Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

aClocks Premium Analog Clocks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bedside Clock has 3.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

aClocks Premium Analog Clocks ships an update fortnightly, Bedside Clock every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
aClocks Premium Analog Clocks versus Bedside Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteraClocks Premium Analog ClocksBedside Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (3.6K ratings)
Positive reviews—70.5% of reviews
Number of ratings13.6K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB68 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTomoyuki Okawa章健 杨

Customer experience

aClocks Premium Analog Clocks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bedside Clock

All ratings3,644 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews440 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative21.4%

Bugs and requests

aClocks Premium Analog Clocks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bedside Clock

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Alarm not working as expected
  • Time/date display issues
  • Landscape mode not functioning
  • App crashes or fails to open
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • 12-hour clock mode
  • Ability to remove seconds display
  • More color/theme options
  • Improved alarm customization
  • Widget/home screen integration

In-app purchases

1 purchases

aClocks Premium Analog Clocks

One-time1
  • Unlimited clocks$2.99
2 purchases

Bedside Clock

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Pro Version$2.99

Questions

Is aClocks Premium Analog Clocks free?
aClocks Premium Analog Clocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bedside Clock free?
Bedside Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, aClocks Premium Analog Clocks or Bedside Clock?
aClocks Premium Analog Clocks is rated higher. aClocks Premium Analog Clocks averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Bedside Clock averages 4.5 from 3.6K ratings.
Do aClocks Premium Analog Clocks or Bedside Clock have ads?
Bedside Clock shows ads; aClocks Premium Analog Clocks does not.
Which is updated more often, aClocks Premium Analog Clocks or Bedside Clock?
aClocks Premium Analog Clocks ships an update fortnightly, and Bedside Clock every 3 weeks. Most recently, aClocks Premium Analog Clocks was updated on July 7, 2026 and Bedside Clock on September 25, 2026.

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