Comparison

Clocks in Motion vs BigDate

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

BigDate

Features
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Now, you can read the day's date without squinting or eye strain. Make it big and make the most of your day. A simple calendar is in the app when you tap the widget.

Screenshots

Clocks in Motion4 screens
BigDate2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BigDate at Free against Clocks in Motion's $0.99. BigDate also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). Clocks in Motion's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On 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

BigDate 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, BigDate every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and May 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Clocks in Motion versus BigDate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClocks in MotionBigDate
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStefano AcerbettiDavid Johnson

In-app purchases

None

Clocks in Motion

No in-app purchases

None

BigDate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clocks in Motion free?
Clocks in Motion costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BigDate free?
BigDate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clocks in Motion or BigDate have ads?
Neither Clocks in Motion nor BigDate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clocks in Motion or BigDate?
Clocks in Motion ships an update every 4 weeks, and BigDate every 5 days. Most recently, Clocks in Motion was updated on September 19, 2026 and BigDate on May 16, 2026.

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