Comparison

Clock Face vs McClockface

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Analog and digital clock display
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets
  • Multiple clock dial styles
  • Music alarms
  • Hourly chime and voice broadcast
  • Desktop widgets
Features
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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.

About

McClockface

Enhance your device's display with a variety of customizable timepiece widgets. Choose from playful retro flip clock designs, progress indicators, and interactive stopwatch widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode.

Highlights
  • Customizable timepiece widgets
  • Retro flip clock display
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • StandBy mode widgets
  • Interactive stopwatch widgets
  • Alternate app icons
Features
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Add beautiful timepiece widgets to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode with McClockface. McClockface provides a collection of playful widget designs that provide the date, time, and other chronographic info, such as day and annual progress, at a glance, with options to customize colors and time zones widget-by-widget. The in-app timepiece displays a silky-smooth retro flip clock that makes a perfect display for your nightstand or whilst charging your device. There are currently 32 exclusive widget designs available (and counting) with different sizes to discover in the system widget gallery for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode. --- HOME SCREEN WIDGETS The McClockface widget lineup is now stronger than ever, with numerous vibrant, colorful designs to choose from, including stitched leather, knitted socks, sticky notes, neon signs, VHS cassette tapes, scratched metal, blueprints, metro maps, license plates, bunny memes, and so much more! --- LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Lock Screen widgets are perfect for quickly viewing info on the go. Simplified versions of some McClockface widgets are available on Lock Screen for both iPhone and iPad, including the default clock and the progress gauges. There’s also a weekday emoji widget that’s exclusive to Lock Screen. --- STANDBY MODE WIDGETS StandBy mode widgets are available on iPhone whilst charging your device. McClockface offers 20 elegant and customizable widget designs for StandBy mode. --- INTERACTIVE WIDGETS Stopwatch widgets are available for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode. These super handy widgets allow you to time an event without the need to open an app or even unlock your device. --- ALTERNATE APP ICONS With over 15 colorful app icons available, there’s something here to make everyone’s Home Screen shine. --- SOUNDS & HAPTICS Funny animal sounds and subtle haptic effects help bring the app to life. --- Some of the content discussed above and displayed in screenshots, specifically, all widgets, alternate app icons, custom fonts, and sound effects, require an in-app purchase. The free version of McClockface is free forever, and contains no ads: The free version gives you unlimited access to the in-app flip clock. McClockface Plus is required for the additional content mentioned above, which can be accessed by either an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time in-app purchase. --- Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. --- Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/lazycatapps/home/mcclockface/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Clock Face4 screens
McClockface4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: McClockface at none against Clock Face's shown. Clock Face's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 357) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Clock Face sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and McClockface sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Clock Face against 4.5 for McClockface. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clock Face has 17K ratings behind it against 357, 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 63% of McClockface's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clock Face ships an update fortnightly, McClockface every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Clock Face versus McClockface: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock FaceMcClockface
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17K ratings)4.5 (357 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews63.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17K — better357
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer化媚 席David Steppenbeck

Customer experience

Clock Face

All ratings16,668 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews292 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral11.0%
Negative28.1%

McClockface

All ratings356 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral8.8%
Negative27.9%

User reviews

Clock Face

From 17K App Store ratings

What 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

McClockface

From 357 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Beautiful and visually stunning widget designs
  • 👍 Highly customizable clock faces and widgets
  • 🌈 Wide variety of widget styles to choose from
  • ⚡ Smooth animations and polished UI
  • 💬 Responsive and communicative developer support

Room to improve

  • 💰 Requires paid subscription for widget access
  • 🔄 Widget time display doesn't update properly
  • 🐛 Widgets freeze or show incorrect time
  • 🔒 Misleading about free widget availability
  • 📍 Limited city options in location list

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

McClockface

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Widget displays incorrect or outdated time unless app is opened
  • Widget freezes and stops updating time
  • Widget shows blank or black screen
  • Widget locked despite having Plus version subscription
  • Time accuracy issues (8-10 minutes behind real time)
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  • Widget not appearing in available widgets list
  • iOS 17 dark mode widget background appears blurry or white
  • Widget fails to update after device screen locks
  • Widgets removed after app update despite previous purchase
  • Incompatibility with Liquid Glass on iOS 26

Requested features

12 requests
  • Ability to remove date or annual progress percentage
  • Customizable date/time format options
  • Option to start weekdays with Monday instead of Sunday
  • Smaller quarter-size widget option
  • Transparent widget backgrounds
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  • Adjustable font sizes in app
  • Additional color palette options including OLED black
  • Ability to disable vibration on ticking sound
  • Brightness adjustment by swiping
  • More widget styles and clock faces
  • Expanded city list with clearer descriptions
  • Widget options matching in-app display capabilities

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clock Face

One-time1
  • Pro Version$2.99
8 purchases

McClockface

Subscriptions3
  • McClockface Plus$1.007 Days
  • McClockface Plus$3.001 Month
  • McClockface Plus7 Days trial$12.001 Year
One-time5
  • Snack Sized Tip$0.99
  • Coffee Sized Tip$1.99
  • Lunch Sized Tip$4.99
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  • Movie Sized Tip$9.99
  • McClockface Plus (Lifetime)$25.00

Questions

Is Clock Face free?
Clock Face is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is McClockface free?
McClockface is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clock Face or McClockface?
McClockface is rated higher. Clock Face averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while McClockface averages 4.5 from 357 ratings.
Do Clock Face or McClockface have ads?
Clock Face shows ads; McClockface does not.
Which is updated more often, Clock Face or McClockface?
Clock Face ships an update fortnightly, and McClockface every 3 weeks. Most recently, Clock Face was updated on October 31, 2026 and McClockface on October 25, 2026.

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