Comparison

Clockology Watch Faces vs gradeful

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

Head to head
About

Clockology Watch Faces

Design and display custom watch faces and widgets on your mobile devices. Utilize a robust editor to craft personalized visuals and integrate real-time data like health metrics and weather. Share your creations and explore designs from a global community.

Highlights
  • Powerful watch face editor
  • Customizable widgets
  • HealthKit integration
  • Real-time weather display
  • Video and sound layers
  • Design sharing and importing
Features
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Create and view beautiful, personalized watch faces on your Apple Watch. With a powerful editor, you can tap into your creative side and design feature-rich watch faces custom-tailored to the information and visuals you want to see. You can also share and import designs from users around the world. See beautiful clocks on your nightstand or desk using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. View real-time data from your Apple Watch including steps, distance traveled, activity rings, calendar events, battery level, golden hour timing, and more using HealthKit and system integrations. Clockology supports the following layer types: Video and Animations: Play high-speed video and animations with multiple playback triggers Sound: Play audio with customizable triggers such as on the hour or on tap Date & Time: Display time, date, and seconds using a wide variety of fonts and visual effects Weather: Show current conditions using Apple Weather, including icons, temperature, and text Activity & Health: Use HealthKit integration to display steps, activity goals, and fitness data as rings, bars, or text Calendar: Display upcoming events and schedule information from your calendar Charts: Visualize your data with dynamic charts and trends for activity, health, and other metrics Golden Hour: Display sunrise, sunset, and golden hour timing based on your location Device: Display battery level and other device-specific information End User License Agreement: https://clockologyapp.com/eula/

About

gradeful

Features
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Create your own random wallpaper with beautiful color gradients. Swipe for a new pattern, choose your favorite color, and create widgets with custom text for your Home Screen. Features: • New wallpapers with a simple swipe • Customize colors and gradients • Dynamic mode for subtle color and pattern shifts • Preview directly in the app • Perfect for OLED devices with notch or Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets with your personal text • Save directly to Photos • Built-in gallery for favorites The basic features of gradeful are completely free. With gradeful+, you get these benefits: • All modes (Horizon, Aura, Orbit & more) • Up to 3 colors for richer gradient blends • Maximum quality (export in full resolution) • Unlimited gallery (no 7-wallpaper limit) • Hide UI (touch & hold your wallpaper) Test gradeful+ 7 days for free (monthly and yearly subscription) or choose the one-time lifetime purchase. With your purchase, you support me as an independent developer and help me continue improving gradeful and my other apps. Thank you! PS: If you have ideas, questions, or problems, feel free to email me at info.kkaupp@icloud.com.

Screenshots

Clockology Watch Faces4 screens
gradeful3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Clockology Watch Faces at #80 against gradeful's unranked. Clockology Watch Faces also leads on device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Clockology Watch Faces sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and gradeful sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Clockology Watch Faces versus gradeful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClockology Watch Facesgradeful
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (57K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings57K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#80 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClockology, LLCKevin Kaupp

Bugs and requests

Clockology Watch Faces

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Inability to sync watch faces to Apple Watch
  • Compatibility issues with newer Apple Watch models

Requested features

4 requests
  • Always-on display support
  • Ability to save and export custom watch faces
  • Improved weather integration
  • More intuitive design tools

gradeful

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Clockology Watch Faces

Subscriptions2
  • Clockology+ Monthly$3.491 Month
  • Clockology+ Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Clockology+ Monthly$1.99
  • Clockology+ Yearly$19.99
3 purchases

gradeful

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Clockology Watch Faces free?
Clockology Watch Faces is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is gradeful free?
gradeful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clockology Watch Faces or gradeful have ads?
Neither Clockology Watch Faces nor gradeful shows ads.

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