Bed Time | Large Clock vs Light Here
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Light Here
This app displays clocks for different locations, color-coded to indicate the best time to contact people. It helps you find optimal times to call, message, or connect with family and friends across time zones, offering various display options and offline functionality.
- Color-coded time zones for optimal contact
- Find the best time for everyone to connect
- Direct calling and messaging integration
- Always-on display with Night Look
- Multiple clock designs and widgets
- Works completely offline
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Light Here shows the places where your people live as clocks, colored by whether it's a good time to reach them. • Gold: a good time to call • Coral: early or late, maybe send a message • Blue: they're probably asleep KNOW WHEN TO CALL • Up to four places, each with its own reachable hours • "+1 day" shows when they're already into tomorrow • Time differences between every place, at a tap FIND THE RIGHT TIME • Slide ahead to see everyone's time at once • "Find a time for everyone" jumps to the next time every place is awake • Share the time with each place's local time spelled out REACH FAMILY, FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS FROM THE APP • Add people from Contacts, no Contacts permission needed • Tap their face to call, message, FaceTime, WhatsApp or Telegram • A gentle check before you call someone who's likely asleep DISPLAY IT ANYWHERE • Made to stay on: on your nightstand, desk or an unused iPad • Stays awake while charging, and Night Look dims the faces after dark • Slow drift helps protect the screen THREE DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND WIDGETS • Airport analog clocks, LED, or a flip board • 12- or 24-hour time • Home screen, StandBy and lock screen widgets PRIVATE • Works completely offline, with over 159,000 cities and towns built in • No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Nothing leaves your device. Town names from GeoNames.org (CC BY 4.0).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bed Time | Large Clock at Free against Light Here's $4.99. Bed Time | Large Clock also leads on ratings volume (370 vs 1). Light Here's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On ads, device support 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
Bed Time | Large Clock is free to download; Light Here costs $4.99 up front. Bed Time | Large Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Light Here asks for nothing beyond the download.
Light Here holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bed Time | Large Clock has 370 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bed Time | Large Clock ships an update every 4 months, Light Here every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bed Time | Large Clock | Light Here |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (370 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 370 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Mackay | Brian Ukestad |
Customer experience
Bed Time | Large Clock
Light Here
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
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- Option to hide date display
- Adjust brightness/luminosity more effectively
Light Here
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bed Time | Large Clock
- Calming SoundsFree
- Tip for Morning Coffee$2.99
Light Here
No in-app purchases





