Clock Watching vs aNixie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clock Watching
This app displays the current time using a four-digit digital format for hours and minutes. An optional in-app purchase adds animated seconds with pendulums that fall or explode as each minute completes.
- Four-digit time display
- Hour and minute tracking
- Animated seconds (in-app purchase)
- Pendulum animation
- Minute completion effects
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It is a digital clock that shows the time, using four digits to display both hours and minutes. You can watch a multitude of minutes and hours progress through time. Add animated seconds to your flanks with an In-App Purchase. Pendulums will move into place with each second until the minute is complete. The pink pendulums will then fall or explode offscreen to allow the sequence to repeat itself. Minute after minute.
aNixie
This is a straightforward digital clock application designed to mimic the aesthetic of a Nixie tube display. It includes a basic alarm function that automatically repeats every 24 hours if not manually stopped.
- Nixie tube clock display
- Basic alarm function
- Automatic 24-hour alarm repeat
- Simple and plain interface
- iPad and iPhone compatibility
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Nixie Clock with Alarm It is a new Version and should work on: iPad iPhone (greater than 5) it is just a plain and simple Nixie Clock with a basic Alarm. The alarm will automatically repeat itself every 24hrs if not stopped,
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: aNixie at none against Clock Watching's 1. aNixie also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Clock Watching sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. aNixie asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Clock Watching against 5.0 for aNixie. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Clock Watching | aNixie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Thorpe | Andre D Labbe |
Customer experience
Clock Watching
aNixie
In-app purchases
Clock Watching
- Add Animated Seconds$1.99
aNixie
No in-app purchases
