Lifeclock One vs YuleTrack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lifeclock One
This app reimagines a classic movie countdown watch with modern features. It displays time, date, notifications, and includes a compass, stopwatch, alarms, and customizable animations. Track your steps and trigger your phone's camera directly from the device.
- Customizable countdown timer
- World clocks and date formats
- Incoming call and text notifications
- Built-in compass
- Camera remote trigger
- Stopwatch and alarms
- Animated LED screen customization
- Step counting
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The Lifeclock One is an officially licensed, supercharged version of Snake Plissken’s countdown watch from Escape from New York. In John Carpenter's famous masterpiece, Escape from New York, Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), has 24 hours to rescue the President from the country's largest prison — New York City. The United States Police Force gives Snake a two-way radio, a position locator and a countdown watch. The Lifeclock One is a fully licensed reboot of that watch but with a twist — it's a countdown timer of course, but it also comes packed with tons of additional features. Here's a preview of just a few: TIME AND DATE: See the time in either 12 or 24 hour mode, five different date formats and up to 6 world clocks. You can check the time simply by pressing one of the side buttons, or have the Lifeclock One fire up every few minutes and do it for you - guaranteed to attract attention. NOTIFICATIONS: See incoming calls, texts and notifications from your favorite apps right there on the cool, vibrant and retro LED screen. The Lifeclock One will also vibrate and beep when a notification arrives. COUNTDOWN: Yes it counts down - just like the movie. COMPASS: Get your bearings instantly with a built in compass. CAMERA: Trigger your iPhone's camera to take the coolest selfies. STOPWATCH: Counting down is what this watch was made for, but of course it can count up as well with a fully featured stopwatch. ALARMS: Up to 6 custom alarms to notify you at any time of the day. ANIMATIONS: Who would have thought you could animated an LED screen? Choose from a combination of appearance and character animations to completely customize the way you experience the Lifeclock One. STEP COUNTING: Count the number of steps you're taking every day. All step counting is stored on your iPhone and easy to send and share with third party services. We don't store any information such as step counting on any server anywhere. SCROLL SPEED: Finely tune how fast those notifications come in and scroll across your wrist. AND MUCH MORE: Learn more about the Lifeclock One as well as the different versions available at lifeclockone.com.
YuleTrack
Countdown to Christmas with dynamic scenery and special holiday surprises. Track Santa's activities and explore a comprehensive gift guide updated year-round.
- Christmas countdown timer
- Dynamic seasonal scenery
- Special holiday surprises
- Santa's activities telemetry
- Comprehensive gift guide
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YuleTrack celebrates lots of holidays...but mostly Christmas! Get in the holiday spirit with the ultimate Christmas Countdown app! Watch the days, hours and minutes tick down to the most magical day of the year. Includes special surprises for Black Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Years day, and each of the 12 Days of Christmas! -Think YuleTrack just shows the same ol' scene every day of the year? Think again! The YuleTrack world is filled with furry friends that come to visit on occasion, and you can collect them all! When you see a dog, cat, deer, or other animal, tap it to learn more about it and it will be automatically added to your collection album. You can also collect holiday awards by opening the app on any of a wide variety of special days of the year! -Special animations and surprises for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, the Fourth of July, and more! -The scenery in the main view will change dynamically throughout the year, with time-appropriate snow, grass, trees, falling snow, falling leaves, fireworks, snowmen, and more. -A special surprise on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day -Comprehensive gift guide that is updated throughout the year -Telemetry with the North Pole provides regular updates to what Santa, the Elves, and the Reindeer are up to!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: YuleTrack at 5.0 against Lifeclock One's 4.6. YuleTrack also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). Lifeclock One's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
YuleTrack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.
Lifeclock One ships an update every 3 months, YuleTrack every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lifeclock One | YuleTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ridgewood Watch Company | Josh Fenton |
Customer experience
Lifeclock One
YuleTrack
In-app purchases
Lifeclock One
No in-app purchases
YuleTrack
No in-app purchases
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