Digital Clock vs Clock Seconds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digital Clock
Transform your device into a stylish digital clock with a customizable LED display. Choose from various time formats, colors, and fonts. Includes white noise for focus or sleep and an alarm function.
- Customizable LED display
- 12/24 hour mode
- Show/hide date
- Font and color selection
- White noise generator
- Alarm function
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This is a beautiful digital clock for those who want to have a digital clock on their nightstand or coffee table. You can change the color to almost whatever you want. It shows you various time elements and you can use a few different time and date formats, colors, and clock faces. The app is very affordable which is a great deal for one of the simplest, but best clock apps. Features: - Beautiful digital display - Switch between 12 and 24 modes - Show or hide date - Select your preferable font or color - Play white noise to help you focus or sleep - Set alarm and never miss any important event White noise included such as: River stream, Ocean waves, Underground cave, Soft rain, Crackling fire, Sizzling pan, Birds chirping, Summer crickets, Noise fan, ASMR, Deep sea, Midnight crickets, Beach seagulls, Cave water dripping, Crackling fireplace, Pot boiling, Green forest, Peaceful ambience, Clock ticking, Footstep Notes: - The auto lock will be disabled while the clock is active. - It doesn’t start automatically like the Mac screensaver. Please leave us your review, we will do our best to improve the app.
Clock Seconds
A highly accurate and customizable digital clock that fills your screen. Offers adjustable colors, sizes, and 12/24 hour formats. Designed for minimal battery usage.
- Largest digital clock display
- Accurate atomic time comparison
- Customizable colors and dimensions
- 12/24 hour format options
- Minimal battery consumption design
- Portrait mode settings access
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Largest and most accurate digital clock to fit your screen, with customizable colors, dimensions, 12/24 hour modes, atomic (compare to https://time.gov) , and more. To customize the clock use Portrait, tap the clock to show / hide settings. The app was designed to minimize battery consumption on your device. Compare accuracy to https://time.gov
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clock Seconds at 5.0 against Digital Clock's 4.4. Clock Seconds also leads on ads (none vs shown). Digital Clock's advantage is ratings volume (153 vs 4). 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. Digital Clock sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Clock Seconds sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clock Seconds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clock has 153 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Digital Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, Clock Seconds every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Clock | Clock Seconds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (153 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edwin Chan | David Engler - Apps |
Customer experience
Digital Clock
Clock Seconds
Bugs and requests
Digital Clock
Reported bugs
4 issues- App display cuts off numbers on iPad Pro (resolved in v15.1)
- App times out with phone's auto-lock feature
- Date format inconsistency (TUE, 29 NOV vs TUE, NOV 29)
- Reminder feature unclear/non-functional as alarm
Requested features
11 requests- Alarm functionality (not just reminders)
- In-app brightness adjustment without leaving app
- Eliminate or dim the white navigation bar at bottom
- Full-screen mode to hide status bar and home indicator
- Easy landscape/portrait orientation toggle within app
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- Screen burn prevention with kinetic display
- Battery level indicator display
- Timer functionality
- Prevent screen auto-lock while app is open
- Additional font options without review requirement
- Better documentation and instructions
Clock Seconds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Digital Clock
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly Trials3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Clock Font$0.99
- Clock Skin$1.99
- All Features$24.99
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- Remove Ads$24.99
Clock Seconds
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Unlock$9.99
Questions
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