NFC E vs Paragonday
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NFC E
This utility app allows you to update NFC-powered e-paper displays from Waveshare Electronics. Ensure your iPhone supports NFC and runs iOS 13.0 or later for full functionality.
- Update NFC e-paper displays
- Waveshare Electronics compatibility
- NFC functionality required
- iOS 13.0+ support
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This is a NFC tool, it is used to update the NFC-Powered e-Paper of Waveshare Electronics. To use this app, your iPhone should support NFC function and the OS should be IOS13.0 and above.
Paragonday
This app offers a unique timekeeping system based on the sun's rise and set, allowing users to schedule events relative to these natural occurrences. It provides features like time travel to view different locations and a lock screen widget for convenient access.
- Horizon Time clock
- Schedule events around sunrise/sunset
- Time travel to other locations
- Lock screen widget
- Convert UTC to Horizon Time
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A clock for Horizon Time, a new time standard based on the rise and set of the sun. With Paragonday you can plan your day and events around the sun; a brunch at +4:00 pastrise, a dinner at -2:00 tilset, bedtime at -8:00 tilrise. Since the sunrise and sunset change every day, your location becomes your timezone. Try living in its time and let us know how you want to use it day to day. Today, you can: • Find and Share Horizon Times • Time Travel to view Horizon Times in other locations of the world • Replace your clock with the Lock Screen Widget • Convert between UTC and Horizon Time This app and time standard are maintained by Paragonday Systems, a foundation on a mission to re-ground our sense of time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Paragonday at 4.3 against NFC E's 3.3. Paragonday also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). NFC E's advantage is review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and ratings volume (14 vs 3). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Paragonday holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of NFC E's written reviews are positive against 0% of Paragonday's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
NFC E ships an update every 2 months, Paragonday every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NFC E | Paragonday |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (14 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 伟标 杨 | Matthew O'Hagan |
Customer experience
NFC E
Paragonday
In-app purchases
NFC E
No in-app purchases
Paragonday
No in-app purchases
