Comparison

Digital Clock vs DimClock

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

DimClock

This app provides a simple, dimmable clock with customizable text colors for the time, date, and seconds. It's designed for low energy consumption by reducing screen backlight brightness.

Highlights
  • Dimmable backlight
  • Customizable text colors
  • Low energy consumption
  • Displays time, date, and seconds
  • Simple interface
Features
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DimClock is a dimmable simple clock app that works with low energy consumption by reducing brightness of backlight of iPhone screen. You can customize the brightness of the backlight and the color of the date, time, and seconds text.

Screenshots

Digital Clock4 screens
DimClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DimClock at none against Digital Clock's 1. DimClock also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

Both are free to download. Digital Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DimClock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, DimClock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Digital Clock versus DimClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital ClockDimClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews51.1% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS179.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApplorium LtdKatsuhiko Noda

Customer experience

Digital Clock

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

DimClock

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

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

DimClock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Digital Clock

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$2.99
None

DimClock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Digital Clock free?
Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DimClock free?
DimClock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Digital Clock or DimClock have ads?
Neither Digital Clock nor DimClock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Clock or DimClock?
Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, and DimClock every 5 days. Most recently, Digital Clock was updated on September 21, 2026 and DimClock on August 24, 2026.

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