MoonDial vs Digital Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable colors and fonts
- Landscape or portrait mode
- Quick brightness control
- 24-hour or AM/PM format
- Optional sleep reminders
- Battery status indicator
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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
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.
- Customizable LED display
- 12/24 hour mode
- Show/hide date
- Font and color selection
- White noise generator
- Alarm function
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | MoonDial | Digital Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (292 ratings) — better | 4.3 (157 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.8% of reviews — better | 65.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 292 — better | 157 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #190 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Astral Digital, LLC | Edwin Chan |
Customer experience
MoonDial
Digital Clock
User reviews
MoonDial
From 292 App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
MoonDial
No in-app purchases
Digital Clock
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly Trials3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Clock Font$0.99
- Clock Skin$1.99
- All Features$24.99
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- Remove Ads$24.99
Questions
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