Simple Clock vs The Digital Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
The Digital Clock
This app displays a large, customizable digital clock on your entire screen. Adjust background and text colors, font, and time format. Enjoy an ad-free viewing experience while the clock is active.
- Full-screen digital clock display
- Ad-free clock viewing
- Portrait and landscape support
- Customizable background and text colors
- Font selection (normal, digital)
- Second display toggle
- 24h/12h time format option
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What can you do with "The Digital Clock" app? ・Display a digital clock on the entire screen ・No ads when the clock is displayed ・Both portrait and landscape orientations supported ・Background color, text color, font, second display, time display (24h, 12h) can be changed It's the perfect app for just keeping a digital clock. No ads are displayed when the clock is displayed! It also supports portrait and landscape orientations and can be used for many purposes. About the clock appearance change function ・ You can select your favorite color for the background color and text color. ・You can choose from two types of fonts: normal and digital. ・You can select whether to display seconds. ・(24h, 12h) can also be changed as you like. Customize your favorite color and enjoy your own digital clock!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Digital Clock at none against Simple Clock's 2. The Digital Clock also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Simple Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. The Digital Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Digital Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 297 and 626 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Simple Clock's written reviews are positive against 80% of The Digital Clock's.
| Parameter | Simple Clock | The Digital Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (297 ratings) | 4.7 (626 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 297 | 626 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 乃君 黄 | Vida Apps Incorporated |
Customer experience
Simple Clock
The Digital Clock
Bugs and requests
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
The Digital Clock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Clock
- unlock all contents$0.99
- Support Developer$1.99
The Digital Clock
No in-app purchases
Questions
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