Comparison

Hark Audio vs Y2K38 Doomsday Clock

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

Head to head
About

Hark Audio

Discover curated podcast moments and "mixtapes" from expert editors and podcast hosts. Enjoy personalized weekly playlists and a full-featured player for all your favorite shows. Create your own clips and share them.

Highlights
  • Curated podcast moments ('Harklists')
  • Personalized weekly playlists
  • Full-featured podcast player
  • Create custom clips and Harklists
  • Import subscriptions from other apps
  • Listen on mobile, car, and smart speakers
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Hark is a new way to experience the best of podcasts. Time Magazine included it in its "Best Inventions of 2021" list and Hark won the "Vision Award" from American Public Media for being the experience "most likely to reinvent journalism and media." Here’s how it works: Hark editors curate genius podcast moments into ‘Harklists’ - podcast mixtapes - that let you discover new voices, stories, perspectives… and new podcasts! We create Harklists on everything from “History’s Most Audacious Heists,” to “Unleash Your Inner Optimist,” “NBA Weekly,” “Little Known New York Food History,” “Celebrating Joan Didion” and so much more. Every week, you’ll receive “Your Weekly Hark” - a Harklist of podcast moments curated just for you. And of course, you can use Hark to listen to all of your favorite podcasts too. Hark is an easy-to-use, full-featured podcast player that lets you choose your listening speed, create a queue, pick up where you left off and listen on CarPlay or smart speakers. WHAT YOU CAN DO ON HARK Tune in to Hark Daily and tap into the most zeitgeisty podcast conversations of the day. Explore the expanding array of Harklists on everything from Books, Comedy and Science to Tech, Food, Sports, History and more. Experience “Curated by Podcasters” Harklists, created by the hosts of favorite podcasts like Song Exploder, Nice Try and Rough Translation. When you love a clip, tap “Play Full Episode” to continue listening. Bookmark episodes, Harklists and clips into your queue to listen to later. Import your current podcast subscriptions from Spotify and Apple Podcasts with the click of a button. Make your own podcast clips and Harklists. Enjoy a weekly playlist of podcast moments, chosen just for you. Listen on your mobile device, in your car and voice-controlled speakers. All in a beautiful free app curated by people who love podcasts too. Let your ears wander with Hark!

About

Y2K38 Doomsday Clock

Features
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Are you too young to remember Y2K and wish you could've gotten in on the fun? Good news, the next one is already on the way. On January 19, 2038, at 03:14:07 UTC, 32-bit systems around the world will run out of seconds. It's called the Year 2038 Problem, or Y2K38, and it's a real bug baked into decades of legacy code, embedded systems, and infrastructure you probably rely on every day. This app is your front-row seat, a retro-terminal interface wrapped around a live countdown to the exact moment Unix time overflows, served with Matrix rain, CRT scanlines, and the occasional glitch. Features - Live countdown to January 19, 2038, 03:14:07 UTC, accurate to the second, with a real-time Unix timestamp and a progress bar marching toward INT32_MAX (2,147,483,647) - Home Screen widgets in small, medium, and large, including a large widget with a live binary representation of the current timestamp and a progress meter toward overflow - Opt-in milestone notifications at every stage of panic: 10 years, 5 years, 1 year, 6 months, 100 days, 30 days, 7 days, 1 day, 1 hour, and the final minute - Plain-English explainer of the Y2038 problem: why 32-bit signed integers are the villain, which systems are at risk (IoT, embedded, legacy databases, older kernels, industrial control), and which are already safe (Linux 5.6+, macOS, iOS, modern Windows, glibc 2.34+, MySQL 8.0.28+) - Y2K vs. Y2K38 side by side, what was cosmetic then vs. fundamental now, plus a timeline of incidents the bug has already caused, from AOL in 2006 to 30-year certificates in 2020 - Preparedness checklist that ranges from genuinely useful (audit your embedded systems) to deeply unhinged (learn to read a sundial, tell your smart fridge it's going to be okay) - Epoch Explorer, pick any date, watch all 32 bits flip in real time, and cross the 2038 boundary to see exactly how your system time-travels to December 13, 1901 - Binary Visualizer, interactive 32-bit overflow simulation for when you want to feel the rollover in your bones - Device Checker, a completely legitimate, definitely-not-dramatized diagnostic scan, complete with an IoT-exposure risk rating - Fun Facts about Unix time: the GPS rollover, the Boeing 787's 248-day reboot bug, why Mars rovers may have a future problem, and other real-world overflow disasters Built for developers who appreciate a good integer overflow joke, sysadmins counting down to early retirement, millennials who missed Y2K and feel robbed, zoomers discovering legacy infrastructure for the first time, and anyone who enjoys a slow-motion software apocalypse with a side of tongue-in-cheek humor. Download now and start the countdown. Time is literally running out.

Screenshots

Hark Audio4 screens
Y2K38 Doomsday Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hark Audio at none against Y2K38 Doomsday Clock's 1. Hark Audio also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Y2K38 Doomsday Clock's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Y2K38 Doomsday Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hark Audio asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hark Audio versus Y2K38 Doomsday Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHark AudioY2K38 Doomsday Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (84 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings84 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHark Audio IncParra LLC

Bugs and requests

Hark Audio

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Slow to update lists
  • Slow to search
  • App slows down phone
  • App crashes when opening
  • App freezes and crashes constantly
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  • App crashes after selecting podcast
  • Clips don't work
  • Profile section crashes on history/activity tab
  • Podcasts quit abruptly before the end
  • No way to play remaining content

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add shorten silences playback option
  • Make queuing, organizing, and playing easier
  • Automatically move to the next episode
  • Add more features for primary app use
  • Improve navigation to desired curation
Show 2 more
  • Keep place in last podcast listened to
  • Add Hark original content

Y2K38 Doomsday Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hark Audio

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Y2K38 Doomsday Clock

One-time1
  • Y2K38 Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Hark Audio free?
Hark Audio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Y2K38 Doomsday Clock free?
Y2K38 Doomsday Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hark Audio or Y2K38 Doomsday Clock have ads?
Hark Audio shows ads; Y2K38 Doomsday Clock does not.

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