Comparison

Meow Clock vs When

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

Head to head
About

Meow Clock

This app offers a Pomodoro timer with cute animal themes to help you focus and build habits. Track your focus sessions, review your progress with charts, and unlock new themes as rewards. It also includes customizable flip clocks and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro timer with cute themes
  • Focus session timeline and charts
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable focus/rest times
  • Flip clock themes
  • Reward system for themes
Features
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"Meow Clock" - a Pomodoro timer that helps you stay focused If you like the Pomodoro technique but are tired of the traditional timer, you should try our "Meow Clock". Cute cats, rabbits, and bears will help you stay focused and develop good habits! The "Focus Clock" records your every focus event in a timeline, making it easy for you to review your focus time and events. When your accumulated focus time reaches a certain level, you'll receive new and beautiful themes as rewards. The "Chart" function generates a report of your focus time, allowing you to easily view your weekly, monthly, and yearly focus time. You can even compare your focus time to previous periods and see if you're more focused. Put down your phone and enjoy the process of focusing. Manage your time more efficiently, develop good habits, and become a better you! In addition, we also offer more than ten interesting "Flip Clocks" to help you manage your time better! Desktop Widget • Desktop widgets provide 16+ clock desktop widgets, making your phone's desktop more exciting and updated every week! Focus Clock Functionality • Provides a variety of exquisite focus clock themes, allowing cute "cats," "rabbits," "tomatoes," "peaches," and "ocean" clocks to accompany you through your focus time. • Supports dynamic backgrounds that automatically switch to a dynamic background when you're focused, providing you with silent companionship. • Freely adjust focus/rest time. You can click on the circular area of the focus clock to set the focus time, rest time, and focus count as you please. • Time pause. You can pause at any time during the focus period and continue focusing after handling urgent matters. • Reminder. You will be automatically reminded when the focus/rest time is up (the app must be running in the background). • Reward. When your accumulated focus time reaches a certain level, you can redeem it for a beautiful theme. Focus Achievement • Timeline. Automatically records the time of each focus, making it easy to review. • Chart function. Analyze your daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly focus time. Today, you worked harder than yesterday~~ Flip Clock • Offers a variety of beautiful flip clock themes, such as "cats," "rabbits," "jungles," "snow nights," "classic white," "classic black," and more. You can change them at will, and new themes are added every week. • Dynamic flip clock. Make time move and make your desktop more dynamic. • Landscape mode. Supports landscape mode for iPhone/iPad devices of all sizes. Open "Meow Clock" now and enjoy the process of focusing~

About

When

This app offers a minimalist flip clock experience with customizable widgets. It features a full-screen display with classic page-turning animations and adjustable brightness. Personalize your time display with options for seconds, date, and week.

Highlights
  • Full-screen classic flip animation
  • Minimalist design style
  • Customizable time display (seconds, date, week)
  • 12/24 hour mode switching
  • Adjustable screen brightness
  • Multiple widget options (Flip Clock, Digital Clock, Calendar, Progress Bar, Disc Clock)
Features
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It is a must-have personalized posing artifact for hipsters, a must-have tool for exam preparation and study, and hard work. Eye-catching digital digital watch display, convenient for your living room, any angle of the work desk to watch the time. Full screen flip, clock display more prominent, no matter where you put it, it is a beautiful scenery. Widgets: - Flip Clock Widget - Digital Clock Widget - Friday Calendar Widget - Progress Bar Widget - Disc Clock Widget Special Features. 1, full-screen classic page animation, minimalist design style 2、Free control of the display of time: seconds, date, week is free to control the display of hidden 3, 12 and 24 hours mode switching 4, left and right slide the clock screen, adjust the brightness of the screen

Screenshots

Meow Clock4 screens
When4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Meow Clock at none against When's shown. Meow Clock also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (130 vs 28). When's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 82%). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Meow Clock against 4.7 for When. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 130 and 28 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Meow Clock's written reviews are positive against 90% of When's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meow Clock ships an update every 2 months, When weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Meow Clock versus When: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeow ClockWhen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (130 ratings)4.7 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings130 — better28
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志成 汤磊 岑

Customer experience

Meow Clock

All ratings130 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral18.2%
Negative0.0%

When

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

None

Meow Clock

No in-app purchases

None

When

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meow Clock free?
Meow Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is When free?
When is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meow Clock or When?
When is rated higher. Meow Clock averages 4.7 out of 5 from 130 ratings, while When averages 4.7 from 28 ratings.
Do Meow Clock or When have ads?
When shows ads; Meow Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, Meow Clock or When?
Meow Clock ships an update every 2 months, and When weekly. Most recently, Meow Clock was updated on September 21, 2026 and When on September 26, 2026.

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