Clock Watching vs digi
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.
digi
A minimalist digital clock app designed for iPhones and iPads. It offers a clean, monochrome display ideal for use while charging. Users can adjust screen brightness via system settings.
- Modern monochrome display
- Ideal for charging
- Adjustable brightness
- Simple interface
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A simple, modern, monochrome 12hr digital clock to use while charging your iPhone. Use system settings to dim the display.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: digi at none against Clock Watching's 1. digi also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Clock Watching's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. digi 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 digi. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Clock Watching ships an update every 3 weeks, digi every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clock Watching | digi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Thorpe | Christopher Lamb |
Customer experience
Clock Watching
digi
In-app purchases
Clock Watching
- Add Animated Seconds$1.99
digi
No in-app purchases
