Comparison

Clear Spaces vs Ora

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

Head to head
About

Clear Spaces

Personalize your device's home and lock screens with transparent widgets and custom elements. Organize information like weather, music, and time, and add quotes or stickers for a unique look. Easily switch between different styles and automate changes with shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Basic Transparent Spaces
  • Widget overlays (Weather, Now Playing, Time/Date)
  • Add quotes and stickers
  • Multiple Clear Spaces Styles
  • Lock Screen Transparent Spaces
  • Automate with Shortcuts
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Clear Spaces provides you with a wealth of customization options allowing you to create Basic Transparent Spaces, with the option to add Widget overlays to display quick information such as Weather, Now Playing and Time / Date. Clear Spaces also allows you to add quotes and stickers to your Home Screen. With the ability to make multiple Clear Spaces Styles, you can add all your different wallpapers into Clear Spaces and change your widgets with a tap, or automate it all with a Shortcut. Clear Spaces also takes customization to the Lock Screen with Transparent Spaces on the Lock Screen to allow you to move your widgets wherever you want. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at support@clearspaces.uk or @clearspaces_ on Twitter.

About

Ora

Visualize global times on an interactive globe. This app allows you to see the current time in various locations worldwide and even travel through time to check past or future times. It's ideal for professionals working across time zones or anyone tracking international events.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D globe display
  • View time in multiple global locations
  • Time travel feature to see past/future times
  • Useful for cross-time zone work
  • Track international events
Features
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Ora is a world clock app, in the most literal sense possible. Like any good world clock, it lets you see the time in different locations around the globe; but unlike others, it can show you those times on an actual globe, and you can use Time Travel to see different times. This is especially useful if you work across time zones, or are following events in other time zones; for all those times you might ask questions like “What time is it in New York when it’s 3pm in London?”.

Screenshots

Clear Spaces4 screens
Ora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ora at 84% against Clear Spaces's 38%. Ora also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.9 vs 3.3). Clear Spaces's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On ads 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

Ora is free to download; Clear Spaces costs $2.99 up front. Ora sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Clear Spaces asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ora holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clear Spaces has 589 ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Clear Spaces's written reviews are positive against 84% of Ora's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clear Spaces ships an update every 4 days, Ora every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Clear Spaces versus Ora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClear SpacesOra
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (589 ratings)4.9 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.7% of reviews84.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings589 — better68
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEden Software LimitedDan Eden

Customer experience

Clear Spaces

All ratings589 ratings
Positive55.7%
Neutral6.6%
Negative37.7%
Written reviews414 reviews
Positive37.7%
Neutral14.7%
Negative47.6%

Ora

All ratings68 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral13.7%
Negative2.0%

Bugs and requests

Clear Spaces

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Incompatibility with iOS 15 and newer devices
  • Widget labels not removable in recent updates
  • Inconsistent widget behavior across different iOS versions
  • Freezing/crashing issues on some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More widget customization options (fonts, colors, sizes)
  • Support for iPad and larger iPhone models
  • Ability to delete/remove old widget presets
  • Integration with Focus modes and dynamic wallpapers

Ora

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Clear Spaces

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Ora

One-time3
  • Small tip$1.99
  • Medium tip$5.99
  • Large tip$12.99

Questions

Is Clear Spaces free?
Clear Spaces costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ora free?
Ora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clear Spaces or Ora?
Ora is rated higher. Clear Spaces averages 3.3 out of 5 from 589 ratings, while Ora averages 4.9 from 68 ratings.
Do Clear Spaces or Ora have ads?
Neither Clear Spaces nor Ora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clear Spaces or Ora?
Clear Spaces ships an update every 4 days, and Ora every 2 months. Most recently, Clear Spaces was updated on September 23, 2026 and Ora on September 18, 2026.

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