Comparison

Digital Clock vs big O'Clock

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

big O'Clock

A full-screen clock, timer, and stopwatch app featuring large, clear digits. It offers high-quality visuals, sounds, and vibrations, serving as a stylish nightstand or work clock.

Highlights
  • Full-screen display
  • Large, clear digits
  • Customizable sounds and vibrations
  • Timer functionality
  • Stopwatch functionality
  • Nightstand mode
Features
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Big O'Clock is a clock, timer or stop watch with big digits in full screen with high quality images, sounds and vibrations Beautiful night stand or working clock

Screenshots

Digital Clock4 screens
big O'Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Digital Clock at Free against big O'Clock's $0.99. Digital Clock also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 11). On rating, ads, 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

Digital Clock is free to download; big O'Clock costs $0.99 up front. Digital Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and big O'Clock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Digital Clock against 4.5 for big O'Clock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clock has 1.3K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, big O'Clock every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Digital Clock versus big O'Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital Clockbig O'Clock
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (1.3K ratings)4.5 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1716.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApplorium Ltdjohn bogaert

Customer experience

Digital Clock

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

big O'Clock

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

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

big O'Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Digital Clock

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$2.99
3 purchases

big O'Clock

One-time3
  • I Love Big O'Clock$1.99
  • I Deeply Love Big O'Clock$3.99
  • I Adore Big O'Clock$6.99

Questions

Is Digital Clock free?
Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is big O'Clock free?
big O'Clock costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Digital Clock or big O'Clock?
big O'Clock is rated higher. Digital Clock averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while big O'Clock averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Digital Clock or big O'Clock have ads?
Neither Digital Clock nor big O'Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Clock or big O'Clock?
Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, and big O'Clock every 12 months. Most recently, Digital Clock was updated on September 21, 2026 and big O'Clock on September 24, 2026.

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