Digital Clock vs Nightstand Plus
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.
Nightstand Plus
Transform your device into a stylish, always-on bedside clock with customizable displays, multiple alarms, and integrated weather. Perfect for older devices or anyone seeking a functional and attractive clock for home or travel.
- Always-on bedside clock display
- Local weather integration
- Customizable screen elements
- Multiple flexible alarms
- Built-in alarm sounds or Apple Music playlists
- 30 preloaded or custom backgrounds
- Sleep timer with white noise or music
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Nightstand Plus transforms your iOS device into a beautiful, always-on bedside clock. It’s perfect for older iPads that might be too slow for other uses — or for anyone who wants a stylish, customizable clock at home or on the go. Mount it on the wall, place it on your nightstand, or take it with you when you travel. Your alarms, music, and settings stay right where you left them. Features: • Elegant clock display with date and local weather • Shows your next scheduled alarm at a glance • Customize what’s on screen — show or hide seconds, weather, and more • Set multiple alarms with flexible scheduling options • Enable or disable alarms with a single tap • Choose from built-in alarm sounds or your favorite Apple Music playlists • Enjoy 30 preloaded backgrounds that can rotate automatically, or pick a solid color • Add your own background photos for a personal touch • Fall asleep with the sleep timer — drift off to white noise or your chosen playlist
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Digital Clock at Free against Nightstand Plus's $5.99. Digital Clock also leads on ratings volume (69K vs 14) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Nightstand Plus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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
Digital Clock is free to download; Nightstand Plus costs $5.99 up front. Digital Clock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Nightstand Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Digital Clock against 4.6 for Nightstand Plus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clock has 69K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Digital Clock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nightstand Plus's.
Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, Nightstand Plus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Clock | Nightstand Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (69K ratings) — better | 4.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #63 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 俊杰 阮 | Bitwise Development Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
Digital Clock
Nightstand Plus
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
Nightstand Plus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Digital Clock
- All clock styles$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Pro Version$2.99
Nightstand Plus
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Digital Clock free?
Is Nightstand Plus free?
Which has better reviews, Digital Clock or Nightstand Plus?
Do Digital Clock or Nightstand Plus have ads?
Which is updated more often, Digital Clock or Nightstand Plus?
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