Comparison

Digital Clock vs Simple Clock

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Display time in seconds
  • Customizable clock skins
  • Alarm with music selection
  • Hourly voice broadcast
  • Countdown timer
  • Home and lock screen widgets
Features
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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.

About

Simple Clock

A straightforward digital clock designed for focus and study sessions. It offers a simple interface with essential timekeeping functions and customizable themes to enhance your work environment.

Highlights
  • Basic time, date, week display
  • Countdown timer
  • Timing function
  • Pomodoro timer
  • Multiple themes and fonts
  • Custom background image
Features
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This clock is very easy to use, open it, put it on a good place, that's it. All you have to do is enjoy your study hours. Supports: # Basic time / date / week display # Countdown function # Timing function # Tomato timer # Multiple themes and fonts # Custom background image

Screenshots

Digital Clock4 screens
Simple Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Digital Clock at 69K against Simple Clock's 297. Simple Clock's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 63%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Digital Clock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Simple Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Digital Clock against 4.5 for Simple Clock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clock has 69K ratings behind it against 297, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Digital Clock's written reviews are positive against 75% of Simple Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Digital Clock versus Simple Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital ClockSimple Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (69K ratings) — better4.5 (297 ratings)
Positive reviews63.0% of reviews74.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69K — better297
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊杰 阮乃君 黄

Customer experience

Digital Clock

All ratings68,793 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews621 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative28.3%

Simple Clock

All ratings297 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative17.1%

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

Simple Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Digital Clock

One-time3
  • All clock styles$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Pro Version$2.99
2 purchases

Simple Clock

One-time2
  • unlock all contents$0.99
  • Support Developer$1.99

Questions

Is Digital Clock free?
Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Clock free?
Simple Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digital Clock or Simple Clock?
Digital Clock is rated higher. Digital Clock averages 4.6 out of 5 from 69K ratings, while Simple Clock averages 4.5 from 297 ratings.
Do Digital Clock or Simple Clock have ads?
Both Digital Clock and Simple Clock show ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Clock or Simple Clock?
Digital Clock ships an update fortnightly, and Simple Clock fortnightly. Most recently, Digital Clock was updated on September 25, 2026 and Simple Clock on September 23, 2026.

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