Clock Watching vs When
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.
When
This app offers a minimalist flip clock experience with customizable widgets. It features a full-screen display with classic page-turning animations and adjustable brightness. Personalize your time display with options for seconds, date, and week.
- Full-screen classic flip animation
- Minimalist design style
- Customizable time display (seconds, date, week)
- 12/24 hour mode switching
- Adjustable screen brightness
- Multiple widget options (Flip Clock, Digital Clock, Calendar, Progress Bar, Disc Clock)
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It is a must-have personalized posing artifact for hipsters, a must-have tool for exam preparation and study, and hard work. Eye-catching digital digital watch display, convenient for your living room, any angle of the work desk to watch the time. Full screen flip, clock display more prominent, no matter where you put it, it is a beautiful scenery. Widgets: - Flip Clock Widget - Digital Clock Widget - Friday Calendar Widget - Progress Bar Widget - Disc Clock Widget Special Features. 1, full-screen classic page animation, minimalist design style 2、Free control of the display of time: seconds, date, week is free to control the display of hidden 3, 12 and 24 hours mode switching 4, left and right slide the clock screen, adjust the brightness of the screen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: When at none against Clock Watching's 1. When also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Clock Watching's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price 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. When asks for nothing beyond the download.
Clock Watching holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: When has 28 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 90% of When's.
Clock Watching ships an update every 3 weeks, When weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clock Watching | When |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 90.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| 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 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Thorpe | 磊 岑 |
Customer experience
Clock Watching
When
In-app purchases
Clock Watching
- Add Animated Seconds$1.99
When
No in-app purchases
