Comparison

MoonDial vs Digital Clock

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

Head to head
About

MoonDial

A highly customizable bedside clock designed for minimal distraction. It offers a range of color, font, and display options to help you rest easy and manage your sleep time. Enjoy an ad-free experience with optional sleep reminders and battery status.

Highlights
  • Customizable colors and fonts
  • Landscape or portrait mode
  • Quick brightness control
  • 24-hour or AM/PM format
  • Optional sleep reminders
  • Battery status indicator
Features
Currently charting
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MoonDial is the #1 fully customizable and minimal bedside clock. Rest easy and stop tossing and turning in the night wondering how much time you have left to sleep. • 100% ad-free • hundreds of curated colors • landscape or portrait mode • custom fonts • quick brightness control • 24 hour or AM/PM format • option to show the current date • receive optional nightly sleep reminders • battery status indicator (optional) • very low battery usage if not charging (especially with OLED screens) • actively developed, supported, and updated

About

Digital Clock

Transform your device into a stylish digital clock with a customizable LED display. Choose from various time formats, colors, and fonts. Includes white noise for focus or sleep and an alarm function.

Highlights
  • Customizable LED display
  • 12/24 hour mode
  • Show/hide date
  • Font and color selection
  • White noise generator
  • Alarm function
Features
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This is a beautiful digital clock for those who want to have a digital clock on their nightstand or coffee table. You can change the color to almost whatever you want. It shows you various time elements and you can use a few different time and date formats, colors, and clock faces. The app is very affordable which is a great deal for one of the simplest, but best clock apps. Features: - Beautiful digital display - Switch between 12 and 24 modes - Show or hide date - Select your preferable font or color - Play white noise to help you focus or sleep - Set alarm and never miss any important event White noise included such as: River stream, Ocean waves, Underground cave, Soft rain, Crackling fire, Sizzling pan, Birds chirping, Summer crickets, Noise fan, ASMR, Deep sea, Midnight crickets, Beach seagulls, Cave water dripping, Crackling fireplace, Pot boiling, Green forest, Peaceful ambience, Clock ticking, Footstep Notes: - The auto lock will be disabled while the clock is active. - It doesn’t start automatically like the Mac screensaver. Please leave us your review, we will do our best to improve the app.

Screenshots

MoonDial4 screens
Digital Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Digital Clock at Free against MoonDial's $1.99. MoonDial's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, update cadence 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

Digital Clock is free to download; MoonDial costs $1.99 up front. Digital Clock sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MoonDial asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MoonDial holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 292 and 157 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of MoonDial's written reviews are positive against 65% of Digital Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MoonDial ships an update every 4 weeks, Digital Clock every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
MoonDial versus Digital Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonDialDigital Clock
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (292 ratings) — better4.3 (157 ratings)
Positive reviews95.8% of reviews — better65.5% of reviews
Number of ratings292 — better157
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#190 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.3 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAstral Digital, LLCEdwin Chan

Customer experience

MoonDial

All ratings284 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%

Digital Clock

All ratings153 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral4.6%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral11.9%
Negative22.6%

User reviews

MoonDial

From 292 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and good
  • 👍 Uncomplicated and lovely
  • 👍 No constant flashing ads
  • 👍 Customizable colors and brightness
  • 👍 Dimming capabilities

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Cannot set clock or alarm
  • 💡 Request to remove leading zero
  • 💡 Request for metric time display

Digital Clock

From 157 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Clean and simple design
  • 🎨 Customizable colors and display options
  • 💡 Useful night light/bedside clock functionality
  • 📱 Easy to set up and use
  • 🌙 Soft, non-intrusive display for nighttime

Room to improve

  • 🔊 Annoying sound when seconds change
  • 🚫 Cannot be placed on home screen
  • 💸 Paid features required for full functionality
  • ⚪ Bright white status/navigation bar at bottom is intrusive
  • 🔆 No in-app brightness control (must use phone settings)

Bugs and requests

MoonDial

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Can’t set the clock or the alarm!!

Requested features

3 requests
  • Remove the zero from single digit numbers
  • Display the clock in metric time
  • Text shifts around the screen to prevent burn in

Digital Clock

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App display cuts off numbers on iPad Pro (resolved in v15.1)
  • App times out with phone's auto-lock feature
  • Date format inconsistency (TUE, 29 NOV vs TUE, NOV 29)
  • Reminder feature unclear/non-functional as alarm

Requested features

11 requests
  • Alarm functionality (not just reminders)
  • In-app brightness adjustment without leaving app
  • Eliminate or dim the white navigation bar at bottom
  • Full-screen mode to hide status bar and home indicator
  • Easy landscape/portrait orientation toggle within app
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  • Screen burn prevention with kinetic display
  • Battery level indicator display
  • Timer functionality
  • Prevent screen auto-lock while app is open
  • Additional font options without review requirement
  • Better documentation and instructions

In-app purchases

None

MoonDial

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Digital Clock

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Trials3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time4
  • Clock Font$0.99
  • Clock Skin$1.99
  • All Features$24.99
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  • Remove Ads$24.99

Questions

Is MoonDial free?
MoonDial costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Digital Clock free?
Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MoonDial or Digital Clock?
MoonDial is rated higher. MoonDial averages 4.7 out of 5 from 292 ratings, while Digital Clock averages 4.3 from 157 ratings.
Do MoonDial or Digital Clock have ads?
Digital Clock shows ads; MoonDial does not.
Which is updated more often, MoonDial or Digital Clock?
MoonDial ships an update every 4 weeks, and Digital Clock every 6 weeks. Most recently, MoonDial was updated on November 2, 2026 and Digital Clock on November 3, 2026.

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