Clock and Almanac vs LocRing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- Interactive event map
- Seat selection for booking
- Secure in-app payments
- QR code ticketing
- Event discovery by category
- Smarter search functionality
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Clock and Almanac | LocRing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (201 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 201 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 雪平 王 | LocRing LLC |
Customer experience
Clock and Almanac
LocRing
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
Clock and Almanac
No in-app purchases
LocRing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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