Comparison

Clock and Almanac vs Clock Pocket

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

Head to head
About

Clock and Almanac

This app helps you stay connected with people worldwide by providing accurate time zone information, multiple calendar systems, and details on global holidays and working days. Track time, sunrise/sunset, moon phases, and celestial events across different regions.

Highlights
  • World time zones with weather and sun/moon data
  • Multiple calendar systems (Gregorian, Chinese, Islamic, etc.)
  • Global public holidays and working days
  • Astronomical data (sunrise, sunset, moon phases)
  • Celestial events (eclipses, constellations)
  • 24 Solar Terms tracking
Features
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With the progress of globalization, we communicate with people all over the world more and more frequently. Or your friends and relatives go to work, study and live all over the world. So we need to be concerned about the time and time zone of their city, the calendar and working day arrangements of their country or region, and the national or religious holidays. Clock and Almanac is an APP to help you understand local time zones, world calendars, astronomical yearbooks, global festivals and public holidays. The calendar in the Clock and Almanac supports Gregorian Calendar, Chinese Calendar, Tibetan Calendar, Sexagenary cycle, Indian Calendar, Japanese Calendar, Thai Calendar, Islamic Calendar, Hebrew Calendar, Persian Calendar, and Julian Calendar. The festival supports traditional Chinese festivals, major festivals of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Orthodox, Judaism, and international days. Support forty to fifty countries or regions on public holidays and working days. The Clock and Almanac is from time to day, month, year, era, and the time span is from small to large. The Clock and Almanac is divided into the following five parts: 1. Time: Five locations can be added to the list to display time and timezone, real-time weather, sun and moon locations . The world time zone distribution map displays the world day and night distribution in real time. 2. Day: Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, calendar dates of the day, public holidays on the day 3. Month: World calendars of this month . working day in different countries or regions . the rise and fall of the sun and moon, planets, constellations, major stars. 4. Year: calendar festivals and government public holidays,24 solar terms in a year, changes of moon phase in a year, and solar and lunar eclipses in a year 5. More: app settings and calendar era

About

Clock Pocket

This app offers a creative and visually appealing way to display time with numerous customizable themes and practical tools. It includes widgets, a picture-in-picture feature, and a clean, ad-free interface. The app is designed for iOS 17's StandBy mode.

Highlights
  • 20+ customizable time themes
  • Habit Challenge, Stopwatch, Countdown, Floating Milliseconds
  • Nearly 100 matching widgets
  • Picture in Picture functionality
  • Ad-free interface
  • iOS 17 StandBy mode support
Features
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"Pocket Clock" is a practical and fun application designed to display time in a unique and creative way, catering to users' diverse time-telling needs. Perfectly adapted for iOS 17 Staying up-to-date with the latest iOS system, we prioritize your experience on the new system and devices, allowing you to experience the perfect performance of Pocket Clock on StandBy at the earliest opportunity! ● Carefully designed multiple time themes There are 20 distinctly styled time themes, each with rich color schemes, creatively showcasing the beauty of time. Moreover, each clock comes with feature-rich personalization settings to meet all your time-related imaginations! ● Practical and aesthetically pleasing time tools With 4 exquisite time tools - Habit Challenge, Stopwatch, Countdown, and Floating Milliseconds - we've struck the perfect balance between visual enjoyment and practical functionality! Furthermore, each tool offers a variety of color options. ● A staggering number of exquisite widgets Nearly a hundred widgets that perfectly match the clock themes. They not only provide various combinations of images, time, calendars, and more in terms of functionality but also implement dynamic displays for a unique look on your phone's desktop! ● Nimble and user-friendly Picture in Picture Whether it's the numerous time themes or the astonishing Floating Milliseconds, we've expanded the usage scenarios of the entire time tool with the nimble and concise Picture in Picture feature, covering your unique time and tool requirements! ● Clean and tidy page design No ads, no ads, no ads! A clean and streamlined interface ensures a silky-smooth experience from start to finish! ● Continuous updates Such a wealth of themes and features is not our final destination! We will discover more possibilities for time themes and explore more entry points for iOS system regarding time. Of course, we also welcome your proactive contact through the following channels to express your expected time features. Time is not just numbers, and time is not just hands. Here, we discover more possibilities of time and fully showcase the beauty of time. Sales Method Explanation Subscription Service: 1 month (continuous monthly product) auto-renewing membership Early Bird Membership: Get all the features of Pocket Clock at an extremely favorable price Lifetime Membership: Get all the features of Pocket Clock We recommend choosing the Early Bird Membership, which is only available for a "limited time" during the product's initial launch phase. Purchase within the specified period to enjoy the lifetime price, with excellent value for money this method will no longer be available after expiration Payment Method Explanation · After you select the sales method and confirm the payment, the system will charge the corresponding fee from your iTunes account according to your chosen method and price. · If you choose the subscription membership method, the system will automatically renew after your subscription period ends. Contact Us Xiaohongshu: https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/6424320d0000000012011962 Weibo: https://m.weibo.cn/u/7646937792 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pocketclock9/ Privacy Policy: https://www.xunshanapp.cn/privacy_en.html User Agreement: https://www.xunshanapp.cn/useragreement_en.html

Screenshots

Clock and Almanac4 screens
Clock Pocket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Clock Pocket at Free against Clock and Almanac's $0.99. Clock Pocket also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 19 months) and review sentiment (78% vs 64%). Clock and Almanac's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (4.6 vs 4.1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Clock Pocket is free to download; Clock and Almanac costs $0.99 up front. Clock Pocket sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Clock and Almanac asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clock and Almanac holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 201 and 42 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Clock and Almanac's written reviews are positive against 78% of Clock Pocket's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clock and Almanac ships an update every 19 months, Clock Pocket fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Clock and Almanac versus Clock Pocket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock and AlmanacClock Pocket
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (201 ratings) — better4.1 (42 ratings)
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews78.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings201 — better42
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB328 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer雪平 王正峰 蒋

Customer experience

Clock and Almanac

All ratings198 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive63.8%
Neutral15.9%
Negative20.3%

Clock Pocket

All ratings42 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative19.5%

Bugs and requests

Clock and Almanac

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Hebrew calendar shows wrong month/date
  • App crashes when accessing month and year
  • Location services required for country selection
  • Cannot delete or reorder locations
  • Newly added time entries cannot be deleted
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  • Swipe to delete/move locations does not work
  • Fahrenheit only, no Celsius option
  • Clock hands are unclear
  • Flashing error message
  • Default location is Argentina and cannot be changed
  • Time is incorrect (potentially due to DST)
  • Map resolution is poor, cannot zoom to read city names

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add more widgets (city clock, calendar, weather)
  • Improve map quality and zoom functionality
  • Allow deletion and reordering of locations
  • Add option to display local/city time in fullscreen
  • Add more international events daily
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  • Improve date format to DD/MM/YYYY
  • Add ability to link custom holidays/calendars
  • Add Ethiopian calendar with 13 months
  • Add Gregorian calendar day of the year
  • Add Julian date
  • Improve clarity of clock hands
  • Add Celsius option
  • Add UTC support
  • Add widgets for iPhone
  • Enable zoom on light/darkness map

Clock Pocket

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Clock and Almanac

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Clock Pocket

Subscriptions2
  • Month Member$0.991 Month
  • Annual subscription$3.991 Year
One-time2
  • Early Bird Membership$4.99
  • Lifetime Membership$4.99

Questions

Is Clock and Almanac free?
Clock and Almanac costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clock Pocket free?
Clock Pocket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clock and Almanac or Clock Pocket?
Clock and Almanac is rated higher. Clock and Almanac averages 4.6 out of 5 from 201 ratings, while Clock Pocket averages 4.1 from 42 ratings.
Do Clock and Almanac or Clock Pocket have ads?
Neither Clock and Almanac nor Clock Pocket shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clock and Almanac or Clock Pocket?
Clock and Almanac ships an update every 19 months, and Clock Pocket fortnightly. Most recently, Clock and Almanac was updated on October 29, 2026 and Clock Pocket on October 22, 2026.

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