Comparison

World Clock vs Clockwise

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 convert time zones and check the current time in any region worldwide. This tool helps you stay connected with friends abroad, manage international meetings, and plan travel by accurately displaying dates and times across different locations.

Highlights
  • Convert time zones freely
  • Search time in any area
  • Check time for friends abroad
  • Manage international conferences
  • Set up widgets
  • Set theme color
  • Set UTC and standard times
Features
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Need to know the right time in another city before you call, travel, or schedule a meeting? World Clock-Timezone Converter helps you compare world times and convert any date and time across cities, UTC, and standard time zones. Add the places you care about, check the current time at a glance, or choose a future date to see what that time becomes around the world. It is useful for international meetings, remote teams, family abroad, travel plans, and friends in different time zones. Use widgets for quick access, switch between 12-hour and 24-hour time, check UTC and standard time zones, and choose a theme that fits your phone. Features: - Compare multiple cities and time zones in one list - Convert dates and times across regions - Check UTC, GMT, Zulu time, and standard time zones - Add widgets for fast world time checks - Search many cities and time zone entries - See day and night indicators - Use 12-hour or 24-hour time format - Choose from multiple theme colors - Free to use If you have feedback or need a location added, contact us at appsupport@bokeriastudio.com.

About

Clockwise

Easily track time zones for friends, family, and colleagues worldwide. Features dynamic backgrounds, personalized photos, and home-screen widgets for at-a-glance updates. Supports over 200k locations, even offline, and syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Automatic time zone detection
  • Time scrubbing for planning
  • Dynamic sky backgrounds
  • Personalized contact photos
  • Home-screen widgets
  • Daylight Saving Time alerts
  • Offline location database
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Tired of calculating time zone differences? Meet Clockwise, the ultimate app for tracking the time of friends, family, and colleagues around the world! • Simple Setup Just enter someone’s name (or select from your contacts), choose their location, and we’ll automatically detect their time zone! • Time Scrubbing Easily shift the time forwards or backwards to plan and coordinate across time zones. • Dynamic Sky Backgrounds Watch the sky come to life with beautiful colors that change in real-time, reflecting the actual sunrise and sunset of each person’s location. • Personalized Photos Add a personal touch by uploading photos of your loved ones. You can scale and crop images to get the perfect fit! • Widgets Stay connected at a glance with home-screen widgets that display the local time of your friends and family without even opening the app! • Daylight Saving Time Never miss a time change again! Stay informed of upcoming daylight saving time changes around the world. • Contact Linking Import your contacts and call or text them directly from the app. Getting in touch with your friends and family abroad has never been easier! • Clock Customization Select from a variety of clock display options, including both analog and 24-hour formats. • Extensive Location Database Choose from over 200k locations worldwide, even offline. Whether it’s a big city or a small town, we’ve got you covered. • iCloud Sync Sync your contacts and their time zones across all your devices via iCloud. Clockwise is available on both iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

World Clock4 screens
Clockwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Clockwise at none against World Clock's shown. Clockwise also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). World Clock's advantage is ratings volume (600 vs 8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

World Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: World Clock has 600 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of World Clock's written reviews are positive against 93% of Clockwise's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Clock ships an update every 3 months, Clockwise every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
World Clock versus Clockwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld ClockClockwise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (600 ratings) — better4.6 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings600 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBokeriaBrittany Petrova

Customer experience

World Clock

All ratings600 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative11.1%

Clockwise

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

Bugs and requests

World Clock

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Widget showing blank screen instead of times
  • Widget time display stuck or frozen
  • Incorrect time display after daylight saving changes
  • Widget not working on night mode
  • Screen flickering when scrolling
Show 4 more
  • Widget configuration not saving properly
  • Date/time truncation in location field
  • Widget disappeared after recent update
  • Widget not displaying multiple cities

Requested features

12 requests
  • Alarm functionality for multiple timezones
  • Larger widget size options (2x2, 3x3)
  • Widget theme/color customization
  • Seconds display in time
  • Real-time minute updates
Show 7 more
  • Reorderable timezone list
  • Reverse time conversion capability
  • MacBook/desktop version
  • Ad-free premium version
  • Better widget transparency controls
  • Improved widget design and modernization
  • Day of week display in custom widgets

Clockwise

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

World Clock

No in-app purchases

None

Clockwise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is World Clock free?
World Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clockwise free?
Clockwise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, World Clock or Clockwise?
World Clock is rated higher. World Clock averages 4.8 out of 5 from 600 ratings, while Clockwise averages 4.6 from 8 ratings.
Do World Clock or Clockwise have ads?
World Clock shows ads; Clockwise does not.
Which is updated more often, World Clock or Clockwise?
World Clock ships an update every 3 months, and Clockwise every 6 weeks. Most recently, World Clock was updated on September 23, 2026 and Clockwise on August 2, 2026.

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