Clock Watching vs Digital Clock
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.
Digital Clock
Transform your device into a stylish digital clock with a customizable LED display. Choose from various time formats, colors, and fonts. Includes white noise for focus or sleep and an alarm function.
- Customizable LED display
- 12/24 hour mode
- Show/hide date
- Font and color selection
- White noise generator
- Alarm function
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This is a beautiful digital clock for those who want to have a digital clock on their nightstand or coffee table. You can change the color to almost whatever you want. It shows you various time elements and you can use a few different time and date formats, colors, and clock faces. The app is very affordable which is a great deal for one of the simplest, but best clock apps. Features: - Beautiful digital display - Switch between 12 and 24 modes - Show or hide date - Select your preferable font or color - Play white noise to help you focus or sleep - Set alarm and never miss any important event White noise included such as: River stream, Ocean waves, Underground cave, Soft rain, Crackling fire, Sizzling pan, Birds chirping, Summer crickets, Noise fan, ASMR, Deep sea, Midnight crickets, Beach seagulls, Cave water dripping, Crackling fireplace, Pot boiling, Green forest, Peaceful ambience, Clock ticking, Footstep Notes: - The auto lock will be disabled while the clock is active. - It doesn’t start automatically like the Mac screensaver. Please leave us your review, we will do our best to improve the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clock Watching at 5.0 against Digital Clock's 4.4. Clock Watching also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 65%). Digital Clock's advantage is ratings volume (153 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 and Digital Clock sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clock Watching holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clock has 153 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Clock Watching's written reviews are positive against 65% of Digital Clock's.
Clock Watching ships an update every 3 weeks, Digital Clock every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clock Watching | Digital Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (153 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 65.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 153 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Thorpe | Edwin Chan |
Customer experience
Clock Watching
Digital Clock
Bugs and requests
Clock Watching
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Digital Clock
Reported bugs
4 issues- App display cuts off numbers on iPad Pro (resolved in v15.1)
- App times out with phone's auto-lock feature
- Date format inconsistency (TUE, 29 NOV vs TUE, NOV 29)
- Reminder feature unclear/non-functional as alarm
Requested features
11 requests- Alarm functionality (not just reminders)
- In-app brightness adjustment without leaving app
- Eliminate or dim the white navigation bar at bottom
- Full-screen mode to hide status bar and home indicator
- Easy landscape/portrait orientation toggle within app
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- Screen burn prevention with kinetic display
- Battery level indicator display
- Timer functionality
- Prevent screen auto-lock while app is open
- Additional font options without review requirement
- Better documentation and instructions
In-app purchases
Clock Watching
- Add Animated Seconds$1.99
Digital Clock
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly Trials3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Clock Font$0.99
- Clock Skin$1.99
- All Features$24.99
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- Remove Ads$24.99
Questions
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