Comparison

Clock and Almanac vs LocRing

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

LocRing

Discover and book local events and services with an interactive map. Features include seat selection, secure payments, and instant QR check-in for various activities like live music, festivals, and workshops.

Highlights
  • Interactive event map
  • Seat selection for booking
  • Secure in-app payments
  • QR code ticketing
  • Event discovery by category
  • Smarter search functionality
Features
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LocRing helps you discover, book, and experience local events and services right at your fingertips. Whether you're hunting for live music, food festivals, sports matches, workshops, or community gatherings, LocRing puts everything happening near you onto one easy map — with seat selection, secure payments, and instant QR check-in. WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION - Seat Plan for Events — pick your exact seat before booking, just like at a real venue - Chat Support — message our team directly from inside the app whenever you need help - Smarter Search — find events by name, category, venue, or vibe - FAQ section — answers to common questions, right when you need them - Fresh app icon and UI polish across the app - Sign in with Apple — fast, private sign-in KEY FEATURES - Discover events nearby on an interactive map - Browse by category: music, food, sports, arts, workshops, and more - View detailed event info, photos, and venue layouts - Reserve specific seats with the new Seat Plan viewer - Secure checkout with Apple Pay and card payments via Stripe - Get a QR code ticket — scan and walk in - Sign in with Apple, Google, or email - Push notifications for events you've booked and new events near you WHO IT'S FOR - Locals who want to find what's happening in their city - Travelers exploring new places - Event-goers who hate fumbling with paper tickets - Anyone tired of bouncing between five apps to plan a night out GET SUPPORT We're a small team and we read every message. Reach out through in-app Chat Support or email us — link in the Support URL. PRIVACY LocRing uses your location only to show events nearby, and payment processing is handled by Stripe — we never see or store your card details. Download LocRing and start exploring your city.

Screenshots

Clock and Almanac4 screens
LocRing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LocRing at Free against Clock and Almanac's $0.99. LocRing also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Clock and Almanac's advantage is ratings volume (201 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

LocRing 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LocRing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clock and Almanac has 201 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Clock and Almanac versus LocRing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock and AlmanacLocRing
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (201 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings201 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 19 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB107 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer雪平 王LocRing LLC

Customer experience

Clock and Almanac

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

LocRing

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

LocRing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Clock and Almanac

No in-app purchases

None

LocRing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clock and Almanac free?
Clock and Almanac costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LocRing free?
LocRing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clock and Almanac or LocRing?
LocRing is rated higher. Clock and Almanac averages 4.6 out of 5 from 201 ratings, while LocRing averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Clock and Almanac or LocRing have ads?
Neither Clock and Almanac nor LocRing shows ads.

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