Daimyo Clock vs Match Mates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daimyo Clock
Experience traditional Japanese timekeeping with this app, which recreates a 17th-century mechanical clock. It accurately displays time divided into six equal periods for day and night, adjusting for seasonal changes in daylight.
- Traditional Japanese timekeeping
- Day/night divided into six equal periods
- Seasonal daylight adjustments
- Accurate solar noon calculation
- Location-based time display
- Twilight start/end calculation
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Daimyo clock is a recreation of a mechanical clock developed in the seventeen century based on western clocks but modified to show traditional Japanese time. Traditional Japanese time divides the day and night into six equal periods from dawn to dusk and dusk to dawn respectively. Over the course of a year as the daylight and nighttime periods lengthen and shorten, the length of these six day or night periods change. Unlike Western clocks which are regulated by a single pendulum and run at a constant speed day or night, Japanese clocks incorporated two pendulums, and switched between them at dawn and dusk. Adjustment for the changing daylight and nighttime hours was accomplished by adjusting the effective length of the pendulums, normally done every two weeks, or twenty-six times a year. This kept the time shown on the clock reasonably close to the correct time, provided that the clock had been set correctly initially. This modern implementation is much more accurate and precise than the original clocks. In this implementation, the biweekly adjustments of the mechanical clock are made continuously, thus the day or night period length are always correct. Noon on the clock will, if location services are enabled, occur when the sun is at the zenith, or solar noon. Day start and end correspond to the beginning or end of twilight, and are calculated accounting for the refraction of the Earth's atmosphere. There are three situations where the clock my not show the local time in the Japanese manner: 1. If location services are off, Daimyo Clock will show the time for Tokyo, Japan. 東京 will be displayed on the clock face in this case. 2. While the application is obtaining an updated location after launch or returning to foreground. 3. Near the North or South poles the sun may either be above the horizon or below it for the entire day (24 hour period). In this case, the Japanese definition of time no longer applies, so the clock face will be shown without a clock hand.
Match Mates
Explore relationship dynamics through the lens of Chinese medicine's 5 Elements law. Understand energy compatibility, identify strengths and weaknesses, and gain insights into love, family, and professional connections. This app helps you evaluate interactions and foster harmony.
- Energy compatibility analysis
- 5 Elements law of Chinese medicine
- Relationship strengths and weaknesses
- 4 Pillars of Love and harmony
- Compatibility levels and interaction types
- Insights into personal and professional relationships
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Match ~ Mates is an application designed to enlighten your relationship, in terms of energy compatibility, according to the law of the 5 elements of Chinese medicine. - Are you afraid of engaging in a relationship? - Does your relationship arouse anger or frustration? - Do you have difficulties to conceive a common future, to share everyday life, or your intimacy? - Do you find that your relationship does not allow you to progress in your life? So, it's time to evaluate the forces at work in your relationship with Match ~ Mates. By means of the law of 5 elements used by Chinese medicine, it is possible to determine the great energy forces that govern each individual, both physiologically and psychologically. Applied to relationships, whether loving, family, friendly or professional, this law allows to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the meeting of 2 souls. So generally, everything we sense from a person or a relationship can be verified by the law of the 5 elements Match Mates provides in a practical way the main principles of this law of attraction to evaluate the type of exchange, and the level of compatibility of between 2 people, in 4 areas of life, the 4 Pillars of Love and harmony: - 1st Pillar: How we see the world - the welcome - 2nd Pillar: How we express ourselves spontaneously, how we take our place in the world - the acceptance - 3rd Pillar: How do we express our affection, and how do we perceive Love - affection - 4th Pillar: Our life objectives, our projects - the authorization For each of these Pillars the application evaluates, using the date of birth according to the precise rules of Chinese medicine, the 4 forces that characterize each one as well as the type of relationship that they establish together. Match ~ Mates distinguishes for each Pillar 4 types of relationship: - Harmony, - Support, - Hidden conflict, - Open conflict. At a glance you can enter the type of interaction, as well as the compatibility level calculated by associating more than 20 parameters per Pillar. Match ~ Mates is a unique application, based on a rich tradition of thousands of years of observation and study, and you can check the results in your life. Thanks to Match ~ Mates you will have a unique perspective on your relationship, and you will be able to understand what you are probably feeling and knowingly doing things. This application was created in order to provide elements to take stock of the love that we have for ourselves, by taking a lucid and benevolent look at our relationships, as a mirror of our achievement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daimyo Clock at 100% against Match Mates's 50%. Daimyo Clock also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Match Mates's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 37 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Match Mates sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Daimyo Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daimyo Clock ships an update every 37 months, Match Mates every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daimyo Clock | Match Mates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Hildum | Laurent Bottigliengo |
Customer experience
Daimyo Clock
Match Mates
In-app purchases
Daimyo Clock
No in-app purchases
Match Mates
- 1 Credit$1.99
- 3 Credits$4.99
- 7 Credits$9.99
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- 11 Credits$13.99
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