Comparison

Clock and Almanac vs When Was It?

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

When Was It?

Features
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Welcome to "When Was It?" – the app that's more about the "Did-Do" than the "To-Do"! In a world full of reminders telling you what you're about to do, "When Was It?" is your personal time-travel agent that keeps tabs on what you've already done. Whether it's the vitamin you popped, the dog you walked, or that spontaneous moonwalk in the kitchen – if you did it, we log it. Categorize your actions with emojis that even your grandma could understand. And let's talk about Siri – your voice-activated memoirist. Say "Siri, I just meditated," and boom – it's logged with a timestamp precise enough to make a Swiss watch blush. Ask "When did I last meditate?" and Siri's on it faster than you can say "Ommm." So go ahead, live your life and let "When Was It?" handle the history. Because every action deserves its own spotlight, and we make sure it gets one – with a cherry on top.

Screenshots

Clock and Almanac4 screens
When Was It?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: When Was It? at Free against Clock and Almanac's $0.99. When Was It? also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 19 months). Clock and Almanac's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On 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

When Was It? is free to download; Clock and Almanac costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clock and Almanac ships an update every 19 months, When Was It? every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Clock and Almanac versus When Was It?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock and AlmanacWhen Was It?
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (201 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings201 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer雪平 王Meet Thakkar

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

When Was It?

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Clock and Almanac

No in-app purchases

None

When Was It?

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clock and Almanac free?
Clock and Almanac costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is When Was It? free?
When Was It? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clock and Almanac or When Was It? have ads?
Neither Clock and Almanac nor When Was It? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clock and Almanac or When Was It??
Clock and Almanac ships an update every 19 months, and When Was It? every 4 days. Most recently, Clock and Almanac was updated on October 26, 2026 and When Was It? on October 12, 2026.

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