Comparison

Digital Clock vs Hearth

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

Hearth

Features
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Make room for a cozy fire in your day—from breakfast to a quiet evening. Hearth is an interactive fireplace you tend. Add a log, watch the flames settle into embers, and return to the same fire as time passes. Birch, oak, pine, and alder each bring their own warmth and crackle. Choose a rainy room, a snowy cabin, or an outdoor evening. Enjoy layered fire sounds and scene ambience, or turn sound off. Nightstand mode gives you a quiet clock beside a close view of the fire. Scenes feel quietly alive: rain runs down windowpanes, snow drifts past the glass, candle and lantern light flickers, stars glimmer above the lake, and chimney smoke rises beyond the rooftops. Want to stir the flames? Tap the mic by the fire and blow gently toward your device. Listening stops on its own; sound is processed on your device and is never recorded or sent. Hold to blow works without microphone access. Optional local notifications can let you know when the fire is low or down to embers. Start with three free scenes and the Black field Nightstand look. Hearth Pass is a one-time purchase for twelve more scenes, three Nightstand looks, and ten driftwood logs to start, then three each day. Driftwood brings blue and green licks to the fire. Restore your purchase whenever you need to. At Halloween and Christmas, the season's room is open to everyone. No Hearth account, subscription, or ads.

Screenshots

Digital Clock3 screens
Hearth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hearth at weekly against Digital Clock's every 3 weeks. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Digital Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hearth sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, Hearth weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Digital Clock versus Hearth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital ClockHearth
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1717.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB31 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperApplorium LtdJ&L Serverid OU

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

Hearth

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Digital Clock

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$2.99
1 purchases

Hearth

One-time1
  • Hearth Pass$4.99

Questions

Is Digital Clock free?
Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hearth free?
Hearth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Digital Clock or Hearth have ads?
Neither Digital Clock nor Hearth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Clock or Hearth?
Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hearth weekly. Most recently, Digital Clock was updated on November 7, 2026 and Hearth on October 31, 2026.

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