bnClock vs DimClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bnClock
This app displays the time with exceptionally large numbers, ideal for nighttime viewing or as a travel alarm. It also offers current weather information and customizable alarm sounds, including music from your library. Personalize your experience with custom background colors or photos.
- Extra-large number display
- Built-in alarm clock
- Current weather and forecast
- Customizable alarm sounds
- Photo or slideshow backgrounds
- Customizable background colors
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Do you ever have trouble reading the clock in the middle of the night? bnClock (big numbers clock) provides the largest numbers your iPhone or iPad will allow. Great to use as travel alarm clock. Also a great use for an old iPhone or iPad. bnClock displays the current weather conditions and the forecast based on your current location. If you prefer, choose a particular location for the forecast. Or, turn off the weather display. Choose a built-in alarm sound, or a song from your music library to use for the alarms. Now with custom background colors, or, use a photograph or slide show as a background.
DimClock
This app provides a simple, dimmable clock with customizable text colors for the time, date, and seconds. It's designed for low energy consumption by reducing screen backlight brightness.
- Dimmable backlight
- Customizable text colors
- Low energy consumption
- Displays time, date, and seconds
- Simple interface
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DimClock is a dimmable simple clock app that works with low energy consumption by reducing brightness of backlight of iPhone screen. You can customize the brightness of the backlight and the color of the date, time, and seconds text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DimClock at every 5 days against bnClock's every 2 months. DimClock also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 13.0). bnClock's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
DimClock holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: bnClock has 35 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of bnClock's written reviews are positive against 50% of DimClock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
bnClock ships an update every 2 months, DimClock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bnClock | DimClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (35 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jim Calvin | Katsuhiko Noda |
Customer experience
bnClock
DimClock
In-app purchases
bnClock
No in-app purchases
DimClock
No in-app purchases
