Desk Clock vs World Time Clocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Desk Clock
This app transforms your device into a full-screen analog clock with customizable faces. It offers real-time time display, including seconds, on your home screen, lock screen, and even during charging, doubling as a screen saver. Features include smart alarms and hourly reminders.
- Full-screen analog clock display
- Customizable clock faces
- Home screen and lock screen widgets
- Smart alarm clock
- Hourly timekeeping reminders
- Charging screen saver mode
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Desktop Clock is a versatile full-screen digital and analog clock app with a rich collection of classic clock faces and custom Apple Watch face integration. Designed for your home screen, lock screen, StandBy mode, and Dynamic Island, it turns your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch into a stylish, fully customized timekeeping setup. Key Features: Classic Clock Face Collection: Explore a wide array of classic analog and sleek digital clock designs, perfect for full-screen desk displays and charging screen savers. Apple Watch Face Sync: Customize and sync stylish clock faces directly to your Apple Watch to match your personal aesthetic. Real-Time Seconds Display: Keep precise track of time with seconds displayed across home screen widgets, lock screen widgets, Dynamic Island, and StandBy mode. Home & Lock Screen Widgets: Multiple calendar and clock widget styles to personalize your iOS lock screen and home screen. Smart Volume-Adjusting Alarm: Gentle, intelligent alarm clock that automatically adjusts volume for a seamless morning wake-up. Hourly Chime & Voice Reminders: Audio notifications every hour to help you manage your daily schedule and focus sessions. Full-Screen Desk Timer & Companion: Ideal nightstand clock, aesthetic desk display. Upgrade your daily timekeeping with iconic watch faces, live seconds widgets, and seamless Apple Watch integration.
World Time Clocks
Instantly find the local time in over 2 million cities worldwide. This app allows you to easily convert times between different locations, making it simple to schedule international calls or check the time for distant friends and family.
- Local time for 2 million+ cities
- Real-time time conversion
- Worldwide coverage
- User-friendly interface
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Get the local time of more than 2 million cities around the world. Needing to know what's the time in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris or Zalău in Romania? You can access it in the blink of an eye thanks to this app. You can also convert the time from one city to another city. A skype call tomorrow at 3:30 pm in New York with colleagues, what time will it be for me in Florence?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: World Time Clocks at none against Desk Clock's shown. World Time Clocks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Desk Clock's advantage is ratings volume (22K vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. Desk Clock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and World Time Clocks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
World Time Clocks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Desk Clock has 22K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Desk Clock's written reviews are positive against 67% of World Time Clocks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Desk Clock ships an update every 9 days, World Time Clocks every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Desk Clock | World Time Clocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 翠玲 施 | Adrien Brecheteau |
Customer experience
Desk Clock
World Time Clocks
Bugs and requests
Desk Clock
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads reappear after reinstall
- Clock face doesn't update on lock screen
- Alarm stops after a few seconds
Requested features
5 requests- Add calendar view
- Implement 24-hour time format
- Allow custom clock face designs
- Add ability to set multiple alarms
- Improve widget functionality
World Time Clocks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Desk Clock
- All clock styles$0.99
- Remove All Ads$0.99
- Professional Version$3.99
World Time Clocks
- Premium$1.99
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