Comparison

Clocks in Motion vs NowTime

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

Head to head
About

Clocks in Motion

This utility app transforms analog clock hands into a dynamic seven-segment digital display. It offers customizable 12 or 24-hour formats and supports both light and dark themes to match system settings or user preference.

Highlights
  • Analog hands form digital display
  • 12 or 24-hour format
  • Light and dark appearance modes
  • System-based theme switching
  • Kinetic art integration
Features
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A clock so beautiful you'll watch it change. Every digit is drawn by tiny analog clock faces—24 in all—their hands sweeping into position each minute to spell out the time. Part timepiece, part kinetic art. Give it sixty seconds. You'll never want a plain digital clock again. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • A living display for your nightstand, desk, or shelf • Minimal, elegant, and mesmerizing to watch • One-time $0.99 — no subscriptions, no ads, no in-app purchases HOW IT WORKS Each digit is a 3×2 grid of six clock faces. Forty-eight hands choreograph themselves every sixty seconds, sweeping smoothly to their new positions to redraw the time. ALARMS Create alarms with a label, choose which days they repeat, and set a snooze from 1 to 30 minutes. When an alarm fires, a countdown Live Activity appears on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, showing exactly how much snooze time remains. ALWAYS-ON / BEDSIDE MODE Long-press the clock to enter always-on mode: the display dims, overlays disappear, and the idle timer is disabled—perfect as a quiet bedside or desk clock. Tap once to exit. AIRPLAY Send the clock to an Apple TV or any AirPlay 2 display. It fills the screen in the full television layout and stays perfectly in sync. WIDGET Add the medium Home Screen widget—independently configurable per instance for time format, theme, and accent color. CUSTOMIZE • 12-hour or 24-hour format • Light, Dark, or System theme • Hand accent: System, Blue, Green, or Amber ACCESSIBILITY Reduce Motion snaps transitions instead of sweeping. Increase Contrast switches to a high-separation opaque palette. VoiceOver reads the current time as one element. The same beautiful clock is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV.

About

NowTime

Features
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Displays the current time and date. Used to synchronize many cameras, record instead of timecode in the roll head and synchronize when editing. Tap the screen to bring up the settings button. A green check mark will appear when the exact time is retrieved from the server. ver 1.1.1 ◯Increase the number of servers to synchronize to reduce synchronization time (due to the change from Kronos to Flutter_Kronos). ◯Changed the application icon. Banner ads now appear on the settings screen. Changed the settings button to appear with a single tap. ◯Added title history (up to 5 titles) If the time cannot be obtained, the time of the device's internal clock is displayed. If you turn "Settings" > "General" > "Date & Time" > "Auto Setup" off and on, the time will be reset.

Screenshots

Clocks in Motion4 screens
NowTime2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NowTime at Free against Clocks in Motion's $0.99. NowTime also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Clocks in Motion's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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

NowTime is free to download; Clocks in Motion costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clocks in Motion ships an update every 4 weeks, NowTime weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Clocks in Motion versus NowTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClocks in MotionNowTime
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStefano AcerbettiRyota Kurata

In-app purchases

None

Clocks in Motion

No in-app purchases

None

NowTime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clocks in Motion free?
Clocks in Motion costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NowTime free?
NowTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clocks in Motion or NowTime have ads?
NowTime shows ads; Clocks in Motion does not.
Which is updated more often, Clocks in Motion or NowTime?
Clocks in Motion ships an update every 4 weeks, and NowTime weekly. Most recently, Clocks in Motion was updated on October 6, 2026 and NowTime on October 5, 2026.

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