Clock vs Simple_Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clock
This app displays the time with a minimalistic design, utilizing the full screen. It offers extensive customization for time format, including 12/24 hour, leading zeros, and seconds precision. Screen brightness can be adjusted by swiping, and screen dimming can be prevented.
- Full-screen display
- Customizable time format (12/24hr, seconds)
- Adjustable screen brightness
- Prevent screen dimming
- Minimalistic design
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A simple app that displays the time beautifully and in the most minimalistic way possible while using the whole size of your screen. The time format is completely customizable! You can choose to: – use the 24 hours or 12 hours format with am/pm – show a leading zero in front of single-digit hours – show seconds or only hours and minutes – even display tenths, hundredths and thousandths of a second! You can also optionally adjust the brightness of the clock by swiping on the screen and configure whether you want the app to prevent your screen from automatically turning off!
Simple_Clock
A minimalist analog clock designed with a classic Apple iPad aesthetic. It offers the unique ability to integrate calendar events and reminders as clock hands for enhanced time management.
- Classic Apple iPad style analog clock
- Optional calendar integration as clock needles
- Optional reminders integration as clock needles
- Minimalist design
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Classic Apple iPad style clock. Feature • Add Calendar and Reminders as clock needles (optional) Support: vibecoder.company@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clock at none against Simple_Clock's 1. Clock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (84% vs 71%). Simple_Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 12 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume 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. Simple_Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple_Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 152 and 133 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Clock's written reviews are positive against 71% of Simple_Clock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Clock ships an update every 12 months, Simple_Clock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clock | Simple_Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (152 ratings) | 4.7 (133 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better | 70.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 152 — better | 133 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Max-Joseph Krempl | Seung-Un Ham |
Customer experience
Clock
Simple_Clock
Bugs and requests
Clock
Reported bugs
12 issues- 12/24 hour format setting not saving properly
- Widget fails to display current time
- Siri cannot distinguish between this app and Apple's Clock
- App not appearing in Shortcuts app list
- Screen burn-in after extended use
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- Font weight changing unexpectedly during use
- AM/PM indicator appearing without user action
- App freezing and blocking phone access
- Camera turning on automatically after download
- Excessive battery drain on some devices
- Display remaining bright when dimming is enabled
- Wrong time display with no way to set correct time
Requested features
12 requests- Date display option (most frequently requested)
- Bold/thicker font option for better readability
- Color customization (especially red for night vision preservation)
- Widget support with live time display
- Battery percentage indicator
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- Timer functionality
- Donation/tip button for supporting developer
- Dark red color option to reduce room lighting impact
- AM/PM positioning adjustment (above, below, or between digits)
- Screen burn-in prevention feature
- Settings toggle visibility improvement
- Ability to replace system status bar clock
Simple_Clock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clock
No in-app purchases
Simple_Clock
- Remove Ads (Lifetime)$4.99
