Bedside Clock vs SimpleClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bedside Clock
Transform your device into a large, easy-to-read digital bedside clock. Features voice control to silence alarms and offers customizable hourly chimes. Supports dynamic island, lock screen, and home screen widgets for at-a-glance time checks.
- Large digital clock display
- Voice control to stop alarms
- Dynamic Island and lock screen support
- Home screen widgets with real-time seconds
- Customizable alarm settings
- Hourly time chime and reminders
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Bedside alarm clock display a large digital clock on the bedside table. When the alarm goes off, you can turn it off via voice control. - Supports dynamic island, lock screen, and home screen display seconds. - Display time in standby mode in seconds. - Full-screen digital time display, allowing you to check the time anywhere in the room. - Hourly time chime, hourly reminder. - Voice control to stop alarm. When the alarm clock sounds, say "Stop" on the alarm clock interface, and the alarm clock will automatically turn off. - Convenient alarm clock settings, you can add multiple alarm clocks, set alarm clock music, repeat type, etc. - Supports time display in desktop widgets and lock screen widgets, updating seconds in real time.
SimpleClock
A customizable clock app designed for studying, offering a clean interface with no ads or charges. Personalize the background, font, and text color, and utilize built-in stopwatch and timer functions. Widgets are now available for enhanced convenience.
- Customizable clock appearance
- No ads or charges
- Stopwatch function
- Timer function
- Widget support
- Dark mode support
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Widgets are now available! Dark mode support, no ads, no charges. All functions are free of charge. - A simple clock that is perfect for studying! - You can change the background photo, font, and color of the text to customize the clock to your liking. - Stopwatch function and timer function! - Widgets* are now available! * To use the widgets, you need a device with iOS 14 or later or iPadOS 14 or later. -------------------------------------------- If you have any problems, please contact us using the support form below or "Help" in the app. https://support.reoapp.com/form Privacy Policy https://support.reoapp.com/clock/en Support email address support[at]reoapp.com *Please replace [at] with @ when sending email. --------------------------------------------
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SimpleClock at 5.0 against Bedside Clock's 4.5. SimpleClock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Bedside Clock's advantage is ratings volume (3.6K vs 3). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Bedside Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and SimpleClock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SimpleClock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bedside Clock has 3.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Bedside Clock's written reviews are positive against 100% of SimpleClock's.
Bedside Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, SimpleClock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bedside Clock | SimpleClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.6K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 章健 杨 | Reo Shigeno |
Customer experience
Bedside Clock
SimpleClock
Bugs and requests
Bedside Clock
Reported bugs
5 issues- Alarm not working as expected
- Time/date display issues
- Landscape mode not functioning
- App crashes or fails to open
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- 12-hour clock mode
- Ability to remove seconds display
- More color/theme options
- Improved alarm customization
- Widget/home screen integration
SimpleClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bedside Clock
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Pro Version$2.99
SimpleClock
- Cheer for the developer$0.49
- Cheer for the developer$2.99
- Cheer for the developer$5.99
