Desk Clock vs AClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Desk Clock
This app transforms your devices into stylish timekeeping stations with a variety of analog and digital clock faces. It offers split-screen functionality to display time and calendar simultaneously, and integrates with Apple Watch for a cohesive look. Features include real-time seconds display, customizable widgets, and a smart alarm.
- Full-screen analog and digital clock faces
- Split-screen time and calendar display
- Apple Watch face synchronization
- Real-time seconds display on widgets
- Smart volume-adjusting alarm
- Hourly chime and voice reminders
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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: ◆Simultaneous Split-Screen Display: Keep track of both live time and your calendar on a single split screen—perfect for desk stands, charging dock screensavers, and bedside nightstands. ◆Classic Clock Face Collection: Explore a wide array of classic analog and sleek digital clock designs, perfect for full-screen desk displays and charging screensavers. ◆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, and productivity timekeeper. Upgrade your daily timekeeping with iconic watch faces, split-screen calendar displays, live seconds widgets, and seamless Apple Watch integration.
AClock
This minimalist clock app offers a variety of display styles, including page-turning and classic digital. It includes a stopwatch, countdown timer, and Pomodoro timer, with customizable colors, fonts, and motivational slogans. The app also features a night mode for eye protection and is designed for extreme power saving.
- Page turning and classic digital clock displays
- Built-in stopwatch and countdown timer
- Pomodoro timer functionality
- Countdown to specific dates
- Customizable font, color, and background
- Night mode for eye protection
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AClock is a fully functional, minimalist design, extreme power saving, lightweight and efficient clock app. special function: 1. Switch between page turning clock and classic digital clock as you like 2. Built-in convenient stopwatch, countdown, Pomodoro 3. Display of countdown days and anniversaries to create your own personalized clock 4. Customize the font color and size, and customize the background color 5. Customize your inspirational slogan to encourage your dedicated self~ 6. Date, second, motivational slogan, custom display 7. Support night mode, more eye protection 8. Support 12-hour system and 24-hour system 9. Extremely power saving, all-round optimization, escort the power 10. Countdown to the exam
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AClock at none against Desk Clock's 3. AClock also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 69%). Desk Clock's advantage is ratings volume (22K vs 56) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads and iOS requirement 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. AClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Desk Clock against 4.4 for AClock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Desk Clock has 22K ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Desk Clock's written reviews are positive against 89% of AClock's.
Desk Clock ships an update every 9 days, AClock every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Desk Clock | AClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22K ratings) — better | 4.4 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | 89.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 56 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 翠玲 施 | Zhengzhou Sibo Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Desk Clock
AClock
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
AClock
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
AClock
No in-app purchases
