Comparison

Daimyo Clock vs koopl

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

koopl

Features
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Buy the koopl games from bonolingo.com or elsewhere, and match the pictures with the names. You can choose from a number of themes, such as maths, geography, nature, science, culture and sports. You'll gain new knowledge quickly - while playing, being social and having fun!

Screenshots

Daimyo Clock2 screens
koopl3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: koopl at 13.0 against Daimyo Clock's 16.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daimyo Clock ships an update every 37 months, koopl every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Daimyo Clock versus koopl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaimyo Clockkoopl
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsEvery 19 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDouglas HildumBonoLingo Group AS

In-app purchases

None

Daimyo Clock

No in-app purchases

None

koopl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daimyo Clock free?
Daimyo Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is koopl free?
koopl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daimyo Clock or koopl have ads?
Neither Daimyo Clock nor koopl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daimyo Clock or koopl?
Daimyo Clock ships an update every 37 months, and koopl every 19 months. Most recently, Daimyo Clock was updated on October 4, 2026 and koopl on October 1, 2026.

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