Clock Face vs Simple Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clock Face
Enhance your device's lock screen and home screen with beautiful analog and digital clocks. Set music alarms, enjoy hourly chimes, and utilize desktop widgets for convenient timekeeping.
- Analog and digital clock display
- Lock screen and home screen widgets
- Multiple clock dial styles
- Music alarms
- Hourly chime and voice broadcast
- Desktop widgets
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Analog clock, contains multiple sets of analog clock dials. Your device needs such a beautiful clock - Display digital clock with seconds on lock screen, dynamic island, home Screen, standby mode screen. - Multiple sets of beautiful clock dials, switch by swiping left and right. - Provide a variety of music alarm clocks to wake you up on time。 - Hourly chime, voice broadcast current time. - Desktop Clock supports desktop widgets and lock screen widgets.
Simple Clock
A straightforward digital clock designed for focus and study sessions. It offers a simple interface with essential timekeeping functions and customizable themes to enhance your work environment.
- Basic time, date, week display
- Countdown timer
- Timing function
- Pomodoro timer
- Multiple themes and fonts
- Custom background image
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This clock is very easy to use, open it, put it on a good place, that's it. All you have to do is enjoy your study hours. Supports: # Basic time / date / week display # Countdown function # Timing function # Tomato timer # Multiple themes and fonts # Custom background image
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Clock Face at 17K against Simple Clock's 303. Simple Clock's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 61%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Face sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Clock Face against 4.5 for Simple Clock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clock Face has 17K ratings behind it against 303, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Clock Face's written reviews are positive against 75% of Simple Clock's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clock Face | Simple Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (17K ratings) | 4.5 (303 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.0% of reviews | 74.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 303 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 化媚 席 | 乃君 黄 |
Customer experience
Clock Face
Simple Clock
User reviews
Clock Face
From 17K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🕰️ Variety of clock faces
- 🔔 Useful alarm feature
- 🖼️ Attractive analog clock design
- 🕰️ Helpful for keeping track of time
Room to improve
- 💸 Ads can be intrusive
- 🔍 Limited customization options
- 🐛 Clock sometimes freezes or shows wrong time
- 🔋 Battery drain issues
- 🕰️ Lack of smooth second hand movement
Simple Clock
From 303 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simplicity and ease of use
- 🌟 Good for study focus
- 🖼️ Customizable backgrounds/fonts
- ✨ Minimalist design
- 🚫 Ad-free (for some users)
Room to improve
- 💰 Many features require payment
- 🤔 Difficult to navigate/find options
- ⏳ Limited timer duration (free version)
- 📱 Some users report unresponsiveness
- 💸 Paid features should be free
Bugs and requests
Clock Face
Reported bugs
3 issues- Alarm not working as expected
- Time not syncing correctly
- Widget not reflecting selected clock face
Requested features
5 requests- Add more clock face options
- Allow customization of clock faces
- Implement a 12-hour time format
- Enable setting the clock as lock screen
- Add option to display time on home screen widget
Simple Clock
Reported bugs
11 issues- Cannot exit timer mode
- App unresponsive on some devices
- Quit working correctly, stuck on military time
- Cannot change clock design
- Not compatible with iPhone
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- Cannot restore purchases
- Timer only 15 minutes in free version
- App does not respond when operating from smartphone
- Need to uninstall to delete timer
- Custom image changes time number color to gray
- App drains battery quickly
Requested features
17 requests- Add alarm function
- Allow setting custom wallpaper and adjusting its size/position
- Add option to change font color with custom images
- Add a countdown feature
- Add PiP mode for iPad
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- Add option to keep night mode setting
- Add option to change date format
- Add option to change text color and position
- Add stopwatch functionality
- Add simple white noise sounds
- Add music to the app
- Add a daily total time recording function
- Add option to change AM/PM to 00:00 format
- Add option to disable second display
- Add vertical mode for phones
- Add analog/flip clock styles
- Allow restoring purchases
In-app purchases
Clock Face
- Pro Version$2.99
Simple Clock
- unlock all contents$0.99
- Support Developer$1.99
Questions
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