Comparison

Digital Clock vs Planetary Hours + Widget

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

Head to head
About

Digital Clock

This app provides a clear and attractive LED digital clock display. It's ideal for use on a nightstand or desk, offering customizable options for time format and visibility of weekdays and dates.

Highlights
  • Beautiful LED digital display
  • 12/24 hour mode switching
  • Show/hide weekdays
  • Show/hide date
Features
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Digital Clock turns your iPhone, iPad, and Mac into a crisp retro LED display — the glow of a classic bedside or desk clock, right on your screen. Prop it up on your nightstand, desk, or home-office shelf and read the time at a glance, day or night. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Choose from several LED and LCD display styles • Show the time in 12- or 24-hour format, with optional seconds, weekday, and date • Add a blinking colon for that authentic digital-clock feel • Keep it in portrait or landscape, or lock it to the orientation you prefer • Dim the screen with a swipe for a gentle, glare-free glow at night • The display stays awake, so the clock is always there when you glance over TIMER & ALARMS • Set alarms to wake up or stay on schedule • Countdown timer, stopwatch, and a Pomodoro mode with work and break intervals • Pick your own alarm sound WIDGETS • Add Digital Clock to your Home Screen and Lock Screen DIGITAL CLOCK PRO Make it truly yours with a one-time upgrade: • Set custom digit and background colors • Use your own photo as the background • See the track currently playing in the Music app • Display any time zone in the world However you like to keep time — a stylish desk clock, a calm bedside companion, or a focus timer for work — Digital Clock has you covered.

About

Planetary Hours + Widget

Discover the ancient astrological system of planetary hours. Each hour is influenced by a specific planet, carrying unique energies and characteristics. Use this knowledge to choose favorable times for your plans and enhance your success and happiness.

Highlights
  • Planetary hours system
  • Chaldean order of planets
  • Planet energy influence
  • Favorable timing for plans
  • Astrology clock
  • Widget functionality
Features
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Planetary Hours helps you align your daily life with the rhythm of the cosmos. Discover planetary hours, moon phases, Void of Course periods, zodiac influences, and cosmic timing insights — all in a beautifully designed experience created for modern spiritual living. Plan your day with supportive planetary energies, explore lunar cycles, and discover favorable moments for work, creativity, relationships, focus, rest, and more. Whether you follow astrology, practice spiritual routines, or simply seek a more intentional daily rhythm, Planetary Hours brings ancient cosmic timing into a modern and elegant experience. FEATURES • Real-time planetary hours • Planetary day & hour insights • Multi-location planetary hour tracking • Elegant widgets • Calendar view with planetary and lunar cycles • Story-style cosmic insights • Beautiful planetary animations • Timeline view for the entire day • Minimal and elegant design PLANETARY HOURS PRO Unlock advanced cosmic tools and premium experiences: • Best Time Finder • Moon phases & illumination • Void of Course (VOC) tracking • Advanced Moon & VOC insights • Zodiac sign guidance • Premium widgets & Live Activities • Personalized notifications • Create & share cosmic story videos • Explore the Current Sky with planetary positions, aspects, and retrogrades • Generate Natal, Transit, Synastry, Composite, Davison, and Progressed Charts • Discover deeper astrological insights and chart interpretations • Future updates and premium features The planetary hours system is based on the ancient Chaldean order of the planets: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, and Moon. Each planetary hour carries its own symbolic energy that may support different activities, intentions, and states of mind throughout the day. Align with the rhythm of the cosmos --- Privacy Policy: https://mertkacmaz.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/planetary-hours-widget/ Terms of Use: https://mertkacmaz.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/planetary-hours-widget/

Screenshots

Digital Clock4 screens
Planetary Hours + Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Planetary Hours + Widget at 4.8 against Digital Clock's 4.4. Planetary Hours + Widget also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (75% vs 51%). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Digital Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Planetary Hours + Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Planetary Hours + Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 891 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Digital Clock's written reviews are positive against 75% of Planetary Hours + Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, Planetary Hours + Widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Digital Clock versus Planetary Hours + Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital ClockPlanetary Hours + Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.3K ratings)4.8 (891 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.1% of reviews75.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better891
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApplorium LtdMERT KACMAZ

Customer experience

Digital Clock

All ratings1,288 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive51.1%
Neutral6.7%
Negative42.2%

Planetary Hours + Widget

All ratings891 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive75.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative16.5%

User reviews

Digital Clock

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and clean design
  • 🚀 Fast and responsive
  • 💡 Potential for customization (font, background)
  • 👍 Useful for specific use cases (e.g., pool clock)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Time display issues (24-hour format, incorrect time)
  • 💰 Paid features that should be free (color customization)
  • 🐛 Widget issues (only shows military time)
  • 🔍 Lack of advanced features (alarms, weather)

Planetary Hours + Widget

From 891 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Handy tool
  • 👍 Beautifully laid out and easy to use
  • 👍 Practical and useful
  • 👍 Helps track planetary hours
  • 👍 Excellent app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Widget and Apple Watch complications not working properly
  • 🐛 Scrolling issues in the app
  • 🐛 Location update issues
  • 🐛 App seems abandoned with no recent updates
  • 🐛 Confusing and not very functional

Bugs and requests

Digital Clock

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Time display issues
  • Widget only shows military time
  • Inconsistent behavior with background images

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add alarm functionality
  • Improve widget customization options
  • Allow changing time format (12-hour vs. 24-hour)
  • Introduce more free customization options
  • Add weather information display

Planetary Hours + Widget

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Widget and Apple Watch complications show incorrect planetary information
  • Scrolling issues prevent viewing full descriptions
  • Location update functionality not working properly
  • App seems abandoned with no updates in over 2 years

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add ability to add notes/reminders for each day-hour combination
  • Show names of upcoming planets on the main screen
  • Add a table view to show the whole day's planetary hours
  • Provide more astrological information and examples of how to use the app
  • Add moon phase and full moon name/meaning information
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  • Allow customization of widget colors
  • Add a mode to play planetary sounds

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Digital Clock

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$2.99
2 purchases

Planetary Hours + Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Planetary Hours Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Planetary Hours Pro Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Digital Clock free?
Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planetary Hours + Widget free?
Planetary Hours + Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digital Clock or Planetary Hours + Widget?
Planetary Hours + Widget is rated higher. Digital Clock averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Planetary Hours + Widget averages 4.8 from 891 ratings.
Do Digital Clock or Planetary Hours + Widget have ads?
Neither Digital Clock nor Planetary Hours + Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Clock or Planetary Hours + Widget?
Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, and Planetary Hours + Widget weekly. Most recently, Digital Clock was updated on September 21, 2026 and Planetary Hours + Widget on September 19, 2026.

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