Comparison

Digital Clock vs BulletScreen

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

BulletScreen

Transform your phone into a portable LED scrolling display. Perfect for concerts, bars, and promotions, this app helps you create custom visual messages for various events and settings.

Highlights
  • LED scrolling text display
  • Customizable messages
  • Concert and bar use
  • Street promotion tool
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Handheld Barrage App is a feature-rich and user-friendly mobile LED scrolling text display application that serves as an alternative to traditional LED screens. Suitable for various scenarios including concerts, bars, e-sports events, and street promotions, it effectively meets visual presentation needs in multiple settings.

Screenshots

Digital Clock4 screens
BulletScreen2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BulletScreen at 100% against Digital Clock's 63%. BulletScreen also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Digital Clock's advantage is ratings volume (69K vs 10). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 BulletScreen 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

BulletScreen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clock has 69K ratings behind it against 10, 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 100% of BulletScreen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Clock ships an update fortnightly, BulletScreen monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Digital Clock versus BulletScreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital ClockBulletScreen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (69K ratings)4.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69K — better10
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊杰 阮文智 洪

Customer experience

Digital Clock

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

BulletScreen

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

BulletScreen

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

BulletScreen

One-time2
  • Pro Theme Pack$0.99
  • Remove ads.$0.99

Questions

Is Digital Clock free?
Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BulletScreen free?
BulletScreen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digital Clock or BulletScreen?
BulletScreen is rated higher. Digital Clock averages 4.6 out of 5 from 69K ratings, while BulletScreen averages 4.8 from 10 ratings.
Do Digital Clock or BulletScreen have ads?
Both Digital Clock and BulletScreen show ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Clock or BulletScreen?
Digital Clock ships an update fortnightly, and BulletScreen monthly. Most recently, Digital Clock was updated on September 26, 2026 and BulletScreen on September 16, 2026.

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