Comparison

Standby Alarm Clock vs perma widget

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

Head to head
About

Standby Alarm Clock

This app transforms your device into a customizable bedside or desk clock. It features a clear HD display, slideshow capabilities with your own photos, and a variety of alarm options including custom sounds and a flashlight alert for the hearing impaired.

Highlights
  • Customizable clock with personal photos
  • Slideshow background
  • Analog and digital display options
  • Set favorite song as alarm
  • Flashlight alarm for hearing impaired
  • Customizable brightness
  • Lock screen functionality
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NT CLOCK – HIGHLIGHTS • Minimal, sleek design with no nonsense features. • Clear, HD display makes it easy to see the time. • Customize the clock with your own pictures. • Slideshow and a wide range of colors. • Use as a desk or bedside clock. • Set your alarms in seconds. • Lock Screen. • Customizable Brightness. • Set your favorite song as alarm sound. • Flashlight alarm for people with hearing impairment. • Analog style clock. WAKE UP THE RIGHT WAY WITH NT CLOCK – DOWNLOAD TODAY! It's simple: In standby, the display turns into a nice photo reminder with the time and alarm clock. The most comfortable way to wake up with your favorite song! In addition to 9 Sounds you can use a song selected from your media library as alarm sound. If you have a hearing impairment, you can activate the flashlight alarm function. Designed to be used as a free standing desk or bedside clock, NT Clock is a simple, no-frills digital alarm clock designed to tell you the time wake you up when you need. Create your own unique alarm clock with a variety of customization features. Choose from a wide range of colours and upload your own picture, slideshow to use as a background. You could use your favorite holiday snaps, a picture of your family or you and your partner so every time you look at the clock, you’ll be reminded of a happy memory! Our clear, HD display makes it easy to see the time, without the distractions that come with many other digital alarm clock apps. Set the alarm in just a few taps by clicking the icon I the corner. No fuss, just a wake up call when you need it.

About

perma widget

Design custom widgets for your home screen with pictures and text. Display single templates or create slideshows that cycle through your designs. Personalize your device's look with unique layouts and content.

Highlights
  • Create custom widget templates
  • Include pictures and text
  • Display single templates
  • Create slideshows of templates
  • Define slideshow timing
  • Randomize slideshow order
Features
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Customise your home screen! Create simple templates that contain pictures and text and have them displayed in a Widget on your home screen — permanently. You can either display a single template or all of them in a slideshow. perma widget offers you a simple yet powerful way to customise your home screen with pictures of e.g. your loved ones: - Save multiple widget templates which can have different layouts with one or more pictures and text. - Choose manually which of your templates you want to display permanently in your widget. - Use the slide show feature to let the widget on your home screen go through all your templates. - Define the time after which the next template is supposed to be shown in the slideshow. - Define whether the order of your widget templates in a slideshow is supposed to be randomised. We’re looking forward to hearing from you and to providing even more possibilities to customise your widget in future updates. Give it a try!

Screenshots

Standby Alarm Clock4 screens
perma widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Standby Alarm Clock at free against perma widget's paid. Standby Alarm Clock also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 15 months) and review sentiment (63% vs 50%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Standby Alarm Clock costs $1.99 and perma widget $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Standby Alarm Clock ships an update every 3 months, perma widget every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Standby Alarm Clock versus perma widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStandby Alarm Clockperma widget
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.5 (116 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings116 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJ.Benito PereiraGramse Kordylewski Group

Customer experience

Standby Alarm Clock

All ratings116 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral5.2%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative26.3%

perma widget

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Standby Alarm Clock

No in-app purchases

None

perma widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Standby Alarm Clock free?
Standby Alarm Clock costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is perma widget free?
perma widget costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Standby Alarm Clock or perma widget have ads?
Neither Standby Alarm Clock nor perma widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Standby Alarm Clock or perma widget?
Standby Alarm Clock ships an update every 3 months, and perma widget every 15 months. Most recently, Standby Alarm Clock was updated on October 24, 2026 and perma widget on October 22, 2026.

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