Comparison

World Clock vs Clock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

World Clock

Easily track time across multiple locations with this multi-function world clock. It offers home screen widgets, custom time zones, and automatic location detection for convenient access to global time and dialing codes.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget
  • Custom time zones
  • Multiple clocks
  • Automatic location detection
  • Time zone information
  • Dialing codes
Features
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This easy and Simple application to display multi-function World Clock application. Worldclock It show the local time and current time conditions in places all over the world. Also includes alarms and widgets. Contains • A home screen widget for easy access to city times. • Custom Time zone • Multiple clocks support. • Automatic detection of your current location. • Time zone information. • Dialing codes (country and area codes).

About

Clock

This app helps you manage your time across devices. It offers features like a world clock for global time zones, customizable alarms with music options, a stopwatch for measuring durations, and timers for countdowns.

Highlights
  • World Clock for global time zones
  • Customizable Alarms with music
  • Stopwatch with lap recording
  • Multiple Timers with labels
  • Sleep schedule integration
Features
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Clock helps you manage your time on iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Check the current time anywhere with World Clock, make sure you wake up on time with Alarms, or keep track of passing time with Stopwatch and Timers. World Clock Check the current time in cities around the world. Or quickly see the time difference compared to your local time to make coordinating across time zones easy. Alarms Set regular alarms for any time of day. Choose to set them to repeat on specific days, give them a label and select the sound that plays with each. When your alarm goes off, you can choose to play from a selection of sounds, or pick a song from your Apple Music library. You can also adjust your wake up alarm and sleep schedule from Health right in the Clock app so you can wind down with a Sleep Focus and make sure you always wake up on time. Stopwatch Measure the duration of an event. You can see how much time has lapsed with either a digital or analog stopwatch face, and you can quickly record laps or splits throughout the time. Timers Count down seconds, minutes or hours. Or count down using multiple timers, and add labels and distinct sounds to each. You can also choose to set a timer that stops any music playing in the background—perfect for getting to sleep with your favorite playlist.

Screenshots

World Clock4 screens
Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Clock at 2.5 against World Clock's 1.0. Clock also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (20K vs 1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. World Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clock holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clock has 20K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of World Clock's written reviews are positive against 14% of Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Clock ships an update every 49 months, Clock every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on July 13, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
World Clock versus Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld ClockClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)2.5 (20K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews14.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings120K — better
Update frequencyEvery 49 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbdullah SaleemApple

Customer experience

World Clock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Clock

All ratings19,552 ratings
Positive33.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative60.2%
Written reviews4,265 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative77.1%

Bugs and requests

World Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Clock

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Alarms not going off or being silent
  • Alarms disappearing or turning off on their own
  • Timer issues like not showing countdown or not working properly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to set alarms for specific dates
  • Option to silence all alarms for a period
  • More customization for alarm sounds and snooze
  • Separate volume control for alarms
  • Ability to group and manage alarms
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  • Display seconds in digital clock view

In-app purchases

1 purchases

World Clock

One-time1
  • Pro Version$3.99
None

Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is World Clock free?
World Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clock free?
Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, World Clock or Clock?
Clock is rated higher. World Clock averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Clock averages 2.5 from 20K ratings.
Do World Clock or Clock have ads?
Neither World Clock nor Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, World Clock or Clock?
World Clock ships an update every 49 months, and Clock every 9 months. Most recently, World Clock was updated on July 13, 2026 and Clock on September 24, 2026.

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