Big Clock vs McClockface
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Clock
Transform your iPhone into a stylish bedside clock with interactive widgets for your home screen, lock screen, and Dynamic Island. Enjoy customizable themes and essential information at a glance.
- Interactive iOS widgets
- Stand-by mode widget
- Dynamic Island support
- Lock Screen widget with seconds
- Transparent widget option
- Full screen digital clock
- Gradient themes
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Turn Your iPhone into Big Clock. Simple and beautiful Digital clock designed for Table Stand. App includes Features: · iOS 26 Interactive Widget, Stand-by Widget · Dynamic Island. · LockScreen Widget with seconds. · Transparent WIdget. · Clock Widget with seconds . · Full Screen Digital Clock. · Beautiful Gradient Themes. · 24-12 hr Format. · Calendar View. and many other exciting features
McClockface
Enhance your device's display with a variety of customizable timepiece widgets. Choose from playful retro flip clock designs, progress indicators, and interactive stopwatch widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode.
- Customizable timepiece widgets
- Retro flip clock display
- Home Screen widgets
- Lock Screen widgets
- StandBy mode widgets
- Interactive stopwatch widgets
- Alternate app icons
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Add beautiful timepiece widgets to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode with McClockface. McClockface provides a collection of playful widget designs that provide the date, time, and other chronographic info, such as day and annual progress, at a glance, with options to customize colors and time zones widget-by-widget. The in-app timepiece displays a silky-smooth retro flip clock that makes a perfect display for your nightstand or whilst charging your device. There are currently 32 exclusive widget designs available (and counting) with different sizes to discover in the system widget gallery for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode. --- HOME SCREEN WIDGETS The McClockface widget lineup is now stronger than ever, with numerous vibrant, colorful designs to choose from, including stitched leather, knitted socks, sticky notes, neon signs, VHS cassette tapes, scratched metal, blueprints, metro maps, license plates, bunny memes, and so much more! --- LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Lock Screen widgets are perfect for quickly viewing info on the go. Simplified versions of some McClockface widgets are available on Lock Screen for both iPhone and iPad, including the default clock and the progress gauges. There’s also a weekday emoji widget that’s exclusive to Lock Screen. --- STANDBY MODE WIDGETS StandBy mode widgets are available on iPhone whilst charging your device. McClockface offers 20 elegant and customizable widget designs for StandBy mode. --- INTERACTIVE WIDGETS Stopwatch widgets are available for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode. These super handy widgets allow you to time an event without the need to open an app or even unlock your device. --- ALTERNATE APP ICONS With over 15 colorful app icons available, there’s something here to make everyone’s Home Screen shine. --- SOUNDS & HAPTICS Funny animal sounds and subtle haptic effects help bring the app to life. --- Some of the content discussed above and displayed in screenshots, specifically, all widgets, alternate app icons, custom fonts, and sound effects, require an in-app purchase. The free version of McClockface is free forever, and contains no ads: The free version gives you unlimited access to the in-app flip clock. McClockface Plus is required for the additional content mentioned above, which can be accessed by either an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time in-app purchase. --- Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. --- Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/lazycatapps/home/mcclockface/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: McClockface at 4.6 against Big Clock's 4.0. Big Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Big Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and McClockface sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
McClockface holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 700 and 316 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Big Clock's written reviews are positive against 63% of McClockface's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Big Clock ships an update every 4 weeks, McClockface every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Clock | McClockface |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (700 ratings) | 4.6 (316 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.7% of reviews — better | 63.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 700 — better | 316 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amit Verma | David Steppenbeck |
Customer experience
Big Clock
McClockface
User reviews
Big Clock
From 700 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great clock for nightstand or widget
- 👍 Stylish and complements iOS 26
- 👍 Useful seconds display
- 👍 Simple and clean interface
- 👍 Good for presentations and visibility
Room to improve
- 🐛 Widget doesn't handle daylight saving changes
- 🐛 Widget doesn't always display time correctly
- 🐛 Constant review pop-ups blocking the clock
- 🐛 Occasional time freezing or display issues
- 🔋 Clock goes to sleep when phone does
McClockface
From 316 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful and visually stunning widget designs
- 👍 Highly customizable clock faces and widgets
- 🌈 Wide variety of widget styles to choose from
- ⚡ Smooth animations and polished UI
- 💬 Responsive and communicative developer support
Room to improve
- 💰 Requires paid subscription for widget access
- 🔄 Widget time display doesn't update properly
- 🐛 Widgets freeze or show incorrect time
- 🔒 Misleading about free widget availability
- 📍 Limited city options in location list
Bugs and requests
Big Clock
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widget not updating time correctly
- Inconsistent time display between app and widget
- Review pop-ups blocking clock functionality
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize font, size, and appearance
- Option to disable seconds display
- Landscape mode support
- More color/theme options
- Ability to tap widget to access settings
McClockface
Reported bugs
10 issues- Widget displays incorrect or outdated time unless app is opened
- Widget freezes and stops updating time
- Widget shows blank or black screen
- Widget locked despite having Plus version subscription
- Time accuracy issues (8-10 minutes behind real time)
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- Widget not appearing in available widgets list
- iOS 17 dark mode widget background appears blurry or white
- Widget fails to update after device screen locks
- Widgets removed after app update despite previous purchase
- Incompatibility with Liquid Glass on iOS 26
Requested features
12 requests- Ability to remove date or annual progress percentage
- Customizable date/time format options
- Option to start weekdays with Monday instead of Sunday
- Smaller quarter-size widget option
- Transparent widget backgrounds
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- Adjustable font sizes in app
- Additional color palette options including OLED black
- Ability to disable vibration on ticking sound
- Brightness adjustment by swiping
- More widget styles and clock faces
- Expanded city list with clearer descriptions
- Widget options matching in-app display capabilities
In-app purchases
Big Clock
- Big Clock Pro.$6.99
McClockface
- McClockface Plus$1.007 Days
- McClockface Plus$3.001 Month
- McClockface Plus7 Days trial$12.001 Year
- Snack Sized Tip$0.99
- Coffee Sized Tip$1.99
- Lunch Sized Tip$4.99
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- Movie Sized Tip$9.99
- McClockface Plus (Lifetime)$25.00








