Digital Clock vs CoolLED1248
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digital Clock
This app transforms your device into a stylish LED bedside clock with customizable skins and dynamic time displays. It offers alarm functionality, voice time broadcasts, and a countdown timer, perfect for your desk or nightstand.
- Display time in seconds
- Customizable clock skins
- Alarm with music selection
- Hourly voice broadcast
- Countdown timer
- Home and lock screen widgets
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Transform your desk with a minimalist LED digital clock, standby display, and focus timer — designed for Dynamic Island, Lock Screen, and Home Screen widgets. - Live Second Precision: Real-time clock display with seconds across Dynamic Island, Standby Screen, Lock Screen, and Home Screen widgets. - Custom Clock Skins: Eye-catching LED digital clock designs, themes, and customizable bedside displays. - Flexible Display: Toggle between 12-hour/24-hour time formats and easily hide week and date displays. - Smart Alarms & Chimes: Custom alarm sounds, music library, and hourly voice time broadcasts. - Pomodoro Focus Timer: Stay focused on work and study with customizable break intervals. - Stopwatch & Countdown Timer: High-precision timer for workouts, cooking, productivity, and study. - Target Date & Event Countdown: Track important milestones, project deadlines, holidays, and event countdowns.
CoolLED1248
Transform your device into a dynamic display for advertising and information. Easily change text, utilize rich templates, and access a library of pre-made materials for various commercial and personal uses. Supports multiple programs, regions, and real-time data like time and scoreboards.
- One-click word change
- Rich text, templates, and borders
- Built-in commercial advertisements
- Supports multiple programs and regions
- Time, date, and scoreboard functions
- Versatile scene applications
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Redefine the display screen form, subvert the traditional LED display screen, and choose from a variety of display screens. [One-click word change] Change the word on the phone, a magic tool for advertising. Rich text, templates, borders, and multi-line effects. [Various materials] Built-in commercial advertisements, demon eyes, driving, festivals and other materials are waiting for you to unlock. [Multiple functions] Not only supports multiple programs and multiple regions, but also supports time, date, scoreboard, stopwatch and other functions. [Various scenes] Various scenes such as windows, cars, mobile stalls, door heads, etc. are available to meet different needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Digital Clock at 4.6 against CoolLED1248's 3.1. Digital Clock also leads on ratings volume (69K vs 240) and review sentiment (63% vs 39%). CoolLED1248's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Digital Clock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CoolLED1248 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Digital Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clock has 69K ratings behind it against 240, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Digital Clock's written reviews are positive against 39% of CoolLED1248's.
Digital Clock ships an update fortnightly, CoolLED1248 monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Clock | CoolLED1248 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (69K ratings) — better | 3.1 (240 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews — better | 38.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69K — better | 240 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 372 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 俊杰 阮 | 玲玉 代 |
Customer experience
Digital Clock
CoolLED1248
User reviews
Digital Clock
From 69K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Formidable
- 🚀 Très satisfait
- 🚀 Buena
- 🚀 Night display
- 🚀 Best clock app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Snooze doesn't snooze anymore
- 🐛 Ne fonctionne pas normalement = Grosse déception
- 🐛 no suenan las alarmas
- 🐛 Неплохо, но...
- 🐛 Adds
CoolLED1248
From 240 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Lots of built-in pics and gifs
- 💡 Ability to upload own photos and gifs
- 👍 Stable connectivity
- 👍 Solid app functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Music doesn't work
- 🐛 App crashes when trying to change color or access certain features
- 🐛 Buggy after updates
- 🐛 Disconnects from Bluetooth frequently
- 🐛 Lacks basic text editing features
Bugs and requests
Digital Clock
Reported bugs
6 issues- Alarm doesn't sound if device is in silent mode
- Alarm doesn't work
- Time display is wrong
- Widget doesn't show correct time
- App crashes frequently
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- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
9 requests- Dark mode option
- More skins please ie: pixie (tube); RGB sliders
- Ability to input own music for alarm
- Vertical display
- Battery percentage and reminder
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- Ability to change alarm sounds
- Portrait mode
- Bigger clock display
- Transparent widget
CoolLED1248
Reported bugs
5 issues- Music playback issues due to copyright restrictions
- Text input and editing problems
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between app and other apps
- Randomly losing saved content after updates
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
11 requests- Ability to share or download user-created designs
- More color options
- Ability to combine text and graphics
- Playlist mode for cycling through saved messages
- Landscape mode support for iPad
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- Import/export functionality for animations and graphics
- Ability to schedule messages or set automatic rotations
- Live clock or timer display
- More emoji support
- Font customization options
- Undo/redo functionality
In-app purchases
Digital Clock
- All clock styles$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Pro Version$2.99
CoolLED1248
No in-app purchases
Questions
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