Clock Watching vs Small 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.
Small Clock
This app transforms your phone into a stylish, full-screen clock with a unique page-flipping animation. Customize themes, backgrounds, and alarm settings to match your style and stay on time.
- Full-screen clock display
- Automatic page-turning animation
- Customizable themes and backgrounds
- Adjustable page-turning speed
- Alarm clock functionality
- Date and weather display options
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Flip Clock is a simple and beautiful application that is loved by users for its unique design and functionality. It can turn the mobile phone screen into a clock, and it will automatically turn the page every minute to display new numbers, giving people the feeling of turning the pages of a book. Below I will describe in detail the features of this app and how to use it. First of all, the phone flip clock has a simple and clear interface design. It adopts a minimalist style, mainly based on black and white color schemes, without complicated icons and decorations, allowing users to focus on the passage of time. At the same time, its font is clear and easy to read, and the digital display is prominent, which is convenient for users to use in different light environments. The appearance design of the mobile phone flip clock is simple and elegant, and the interface layout is clear and easy to understand. Users can choose different themes and background styles according to their preferences, so that the clock interface fits perfectly with their personal style. The numbers or patterns of the clock will automatically flip according to the set time interval, presenting a unique and interesting visual effect. In addition to the basic time display function, the mobile phone flip clock also provides a wealth of personalized setting options. Users can customize the page turning speed, page turning effect, display date or weather and other information through the setting interface to make the clock more suitable for their own needs and aesthetics. In addition, the clock also supports the alarm clock function, users can easily set multiple alarm clocks to remind important events or activities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Clock Watching at none against Small Clock's shown. Clock Watching also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Small Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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 Small Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Clock Watching against 5.0 for Small Clock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Clock Watching ships an update every 3 weeks, Small Clock every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clock Watching | Small Clock |
|---|---|---|
| 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 — better | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Thorpe | 凡宇 邓 |
Customer experience
Clock Watching
Small Clock
In-app purchases
Clock Watching
- Add Animated Seconds$1.99
Small Clock
- permanently remove ads$0.99









