Big Clock vs PureClock
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
PureClock
Enhance your desktop with a variety of transparent clock widgets and a unique page-turning timer. This app offers creative designs and visual experiences to help you manage your time effectively.
- Transparent clock widgets
- Page-turning tomato clock
- Dozens of clock styles
- Creative animation effects
- Bedside clock mode
- Minimalist and analog designs
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This is an extremely pure clock application, which makes your desktop time more warm and helps you better manage your time in your work life. Features: dozens of transparent small components, creative animation travel time design, simple and elegant quiet full screen clock 【ios transparent widget】 Clock widget is the main feature of this application, including minimalist clock, pseudo clock, analog clock, dynamic clock, mechanical clock, creative clock and other rich styles; Each design is highly creative, exquisite and beautiful, supports transparent display, makes your mobile desktop more dynamic and excellent, and makes every time you watch time a fun enjoyment. 【page turning style tomato clock】 Simple and easy to use, dedicated artifact. Compared with the monotonous digital tomato clock, the page turning clock has a more beautiful style and increases concentration. 【main functions】 ——Turn the page tomato clock, beautiful turn the page, full of the sense of time flow, help you focus on current matters and better manage and plan time ——Rich clock styles. At present, there are 9 exquisite clocks, including page turning clock, digital clock, minimalist clock, analog clock, mechanical watch clock, dynamic clock, creative clock, text clock, etc ——Each clock supports adding small components, original animation effect and amazing visual experience ——Support transparent widgets to create a transparent and flowing desktop effect ——Bedside clock mode, which is always bright after opening and placed on the desktop, which is comparable to the feeling of real desktop clock ——More functions waiting for you to experience
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PureClock at 4.6 against Big Clock's 4.0. PureClock also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 68%). Big Clock's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (700 vs 44). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 PureClock sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PureClock holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Clock has 700 ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Big Clock's written reviews are positive against 78% of PureClock's.
Big Clock ships an update every 4 weeks, PureClock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Clock | PureClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (700 ratings) | 4.6 (44 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.7% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 700 — better | 44 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amit Verma | 浩龙 郭 |
Customer experience
Big Clock
PureClock
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
PureClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Big Clock
- Big Clock Pro.$6.99
PureClock
- 购买巧匠时钟小组件Free
- 购买Sunshine时钟小组件Free
- 购买原点时钟小组件Free
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- 购买探险者时钟小组件$0.99
- 购买Emoji时钟小组件$0.99
- 购买麦克128k时钟小组件$0.99
- Upgrade to PureClock PRO$4.99









