TimeDeck vs Minimum Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeDeck
Display the current time and date directly on your home screen with this simple widget. Easily track time in different cities and time zones to stay connected globally.
- Home screen widget
- Displays current time
- Displays current date
- World clock functionality
- Time zone tracking
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It’s a widget that tells time. It’s that simple. Keep track of the time and date with a quick glance at your home screen. Easily connect with others around the world by knowing what time it is in other cities and time zones.
Minimum Clock
This app offers a minimalist digital and analog clock with customizable features. Adjust size, switch between 12/24 hour formats, and select background colors. It includes a time signal with numerous tones and allows for date format changes.
- Digital and analog clock display
- Adjustable clock size
- 12/24 hour format switching
- Customizable background colors
- Hourly time signal with 78 tones
- Date format customization
- Screen rotation
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A simple, no-frills digital and analog clock. The calm design is ideal for concentrating on study or work! Although simple, it has the minimum necessary functions. The clock face and analog clock can be moved with your finger. By pressing buttons such as "1X" and "2X", you can adjust the size of the letters. The analog clock can also be enlarged or reduced with two fingers. You can also switch between 12-hour and 24-hour displays. Touching a clock character or the analog clock switches to the setting mode. In setting mode, the date can be changed to various formats by touching it. In addition, a time signal can be sounded at 0 minutes of every hour, and there are 78 different tones to choose from. The screen can be rotated horizontally and vertically. The background color can be selected from 10 different colors. It is also possible to choose between a digital clock and an analog clock.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimeDeck at 57% against Minimum Clock's 0%. TimeDeck also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (67 vs 3). Minimum Clock's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, 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. TimeDeck sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Minimum Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Minimum Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeDeck has 67 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of TimeDeck's written reviews are positive against 0% of Minimum Clock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TimeDeck ships an update monthly, Minimum Clock every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | TimeDeck | Minimum Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (67 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Caleb Panza | Mihoko Araki |
Customer experience
TimeDeck
Minimum Clock
Bugs and requests
TimeDeck
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cannot get past set time zone
- Time freezes up randomly
- Widget freezes and stops showing current time
- Display is glitchy/unreadable in dark mode
- UTC time is an hour out in the UK
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- Widget disappears until app is reopened
- App crashes when opened
- No clock shows up on home screen
- Contact link leads to an error page
- Text is whited out and faint in dark mode
Requested features
13 requests- Set background color option
- AM/PM indicator
- Optional sun/moon indicators
- Option to change day/night background
- Ability to set background to own image
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- Text color picker
- Option to switch between widget sizes
- Add seconds display
- Military time (24-hour) format
- Red sunset option
- Add weather information
- Choose cities or rename time zones
- Option to match stock iOS weather app colors
Minimum Clock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TimeDeck
- A Crisp High Five$0.99
- A Cup of Coffee$2.99
- A Bigger Cup of Coffee$4.99
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- Lunch$9.99
- Family Dinner$19.99
Minimum Clock
- Minimum Clock with no ads$1.99
Questions
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