Comparison

Bed Time | Large Clock vs Bedtime Clock

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

Head to head
About

Bed Time | Large Clock

This app offers a large, customizable clock designed for bedside or desk use. It features adjustable brightness, color options, and display settings like date and seconds. Calming sounds are included to aid sleep, and the interface is simple with gesture controls.

Highlights
  • Large, readable time display
  • Adjustable brightness and color
  • Dark and light modes
  • Optional date, seconds, and 12/24 hour format
  • Calming sleep sounds (rain, waves, fire)
  • Gesture-based controls
  • Portrait and landscape orientation support
Features
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A simple and elegant clock with a focus on displaying the time in the most pleasing and readable way possible. There's a dark mode, with the ability to lower the brightness so that the time is only just readable, ideal for use at night as a bedside clock. During the day, the light mode with full and vibrant colours can be used to keep track of the time while you work. As well as customising the clock with a selection of colours and brightness levels, you can choose to display or hide the date, seconds, use the 12 or 24 hour clock, and of course toggle between night and day mode. The layout of the clock intelligently adjusts to make the best use of the screen whether your device is in portrait or landscape. Bed Time also includes a set of calming sounds - such as rain, ocean waves, a burning fire, etc - to help you drift off to sleep. Bed Time is designed with simplicity in mind - just tap the screen and a small selection of controls will be displayed - or alternatively you can use simple gestures: • Swipe left and right to cycle through a selection of colours • Swipe up and down to adjust the brightness • Pinch and zoom to show or hide the date and the seconds • Long press to switch between 4 different styles • Dark mode with a coloured background • Dark mode with a black background • Light mode with coloured background • Light mode with a white background • Elegant in both portrait and landscape The Bed Time app is designed to be used in conjunction with a stand on your bedside table or desk.

About

Bedtime Clock

A minimalist bedside clock designed for nighttime use. It features a large, easily visible display that prevents your device from sleeping and offers simple controls for brightness, color, and font. The app prioritizes privacy by not collecting personal data or requiring internet access.

Highlights
  • Large, visible time display
  • Adjustable brightness
  • Customizable color
  • Multiple font options
  • Day and night modes
  • No ads or personal data collection
Features
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A simple Bedtime Clock - No Fuss - no adverts - no social media - no location - no personal data - no complicated menus - no complicated settings - just a big clock for night time 4 Simple Interactions - swipe down to darken the clock at night time - swipe sideways to change the colour - double tap to change font - pinch to switch to day mode (and back again) The clock is designed to show the current time (from your device) in the upper 2/3 of the screen. The time is big, so that you can see it from its charging location, and the app prevents the display from going to sleep so you don't have to wake it up in the night. Swiping down slowly means that you can reduce the brightness of the time so that its not too bright for you to sleep, and there's no bright ads keeping you awake. It doesn't need any internet access, it doesn't have any unnecessary features, it doesn't need you to log in, it doesn't need information about your location, access to your pictures, or any kind of personal data. And we expect that you already have a preferred alarm app - or an entirely different alarm device. It is simply: a large night time clock, for the bed side, that you can make as dark as you like. You can cycle through six different fonts - from an olde style, to the 60s, 70s, 80s digital clock, modern, to futuristic. Just double tap to cycle through them. And change the colour by moving your finger slowly from side to side. Want a bright clock to see during the day? Just pinch (or zoom) to switch the background to white, for a colourful and bright display during.

Screenshots

Bed Time | Large Clock4 screens
Bedtime Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bed Time | Large Clock at 4.7 against Bedtime Clock's 3.9. Bed Time | Large Clock also leads on ratings volume (369 vs 46). Bedtime Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Bed Time | Large Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Bedtime Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bed Time | Large Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bed Time | Large Clock has 369 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Bed Time | Large Clock's written reviews are positive against 72% of Bedtime Clock's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bed Time | Large Clock versus Bedtime Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBed Time | Large ClockBedtime Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (369 ratings) — better3.9 (46 ratings)
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews — better72.0% of reviews
Number of ratings369 — better46
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn MackayMixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham

Customer experience

Bed Time | Large Clock

All ratings369 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative13.0%

Bedtime Clock

All ratings42 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral9.5%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral24.0%
Negative4.0%

User reviews

Bed Time | Large Clock

From 369 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Large, easy-to-read numbers
  • 🎨 Great color options
  • 🔋 Doesn't kill battery
  • 💡 Simple and works well
  • 💰 One-time purchase, not subscription

Room to improve

  • 💡 Wish it could set bedtimes
  • 💡 Too bright even at minimum
  • 🐛 Shuts off during the night
  • 💡 Would like date/day larger
  • 💡 Not enough contrast

Bedtime Clock

From 46 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🌟 Just a clock, no ads or junk
  • 🎨 Customizable font, size, color, brightness
  • 💡 Great for night time visibility
  • 🚀 Works as expected, no fuss

Room to improve

  • ⚪ Annoying white bar at bottom
  • ⚙️ No settings menu
  • ⏳ Settings not saved
  • 📏 Fixed 24-hour format only
  • ❓ Default clock face sometimes changes size

Bugs and requests

Bed Time | Large Clock

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Brightness too high after update
  • App shuts off during the night
  • Clock lags slightly behind system clock
  • Unable to use after payment (Scam)

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to set bedtimes
  • Display date/day larger
  • Better contrast options (white on black, yellow on black)
  • Notification on screen for alarm activation
  • Ability to lock phone with clock face displayed
Show 2 more
  • Option to hide date display
  • Adjust brightness/luminosity more effectively

Bedtime Clock

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • White bar at the bottom of the screen is too bright and cannot be turned off
  • Default clock face sometimes goes extra large without reason
  • No 'about' information or settings menu accessible

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to save settings
  • 12-hour time format option
  • Ability to turn off the white home bar
  • Option for seconds to flash
  • Settings menu for more options

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bed Time | Large Clock

One-time2
  • Calming SoundsFree
  • Tip for Morning Coffee$2.99
None

Bedtime Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bed Time | Large Clock free?
Bed Time | Large Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bedtime Clock free?
Bedtime Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bed Time | Large Clock or Bedtime Clock?
Bed Time | Large Clock is rated higher. Bed Time | Large Clock averages 4.7 out of 5 from 369 ratings, while Bedtime Clock averages 3.9 from 46 ratings.
Do Bed Time | Large Clock or Bedtime Clock have ads?
Neither Bed Time | Large Clock nor Bedtime Clock shows ads.

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