Charging Show vs Lock Screen Clock with Seconds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charging Show
Personalize your iPhone charging experience with dynamic animations. Choose from hundreds of pre-set themes or upload your own videos to create a unique visual effect while your device powers up. Customize sound, exit behavior, and progress display for a truly tailored charging session.
- Hundreds of charging animation themes
- Upload custom videos as animations
- Customizable animation sound
- Exit animation after playing
- Progress display options
- Gravity sensor and car dashboard animations
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Charging Show, cool charging animation with new technology! From now on, when charging iPhones, you can also have charging animations with various personalized themes! Just install the Charging Show and set it up according to the tutorial, plug in the charger on your iPhone, no need to open the APP, the charging effect can appear immediately! We support rich charging themes, such as: decompression bubbles, water waves, circuit boards, gravity sensors, astronauts, car dashboards, etc., which are super cool when charging. - Rich charging animation: Built-in hundreds of selected charging effects and creative animations; - Upload your videos: You can upload your own video as a charging animation to make the charging effect unique; - Flexible settings: Support setting animation sound, exit after playing, progress display, etc., the effect can be customized with you; - Creative animation: The latest support for charging animations such as gravity sensor, car dashboard, bubbles, etc. Charging Show, making iPhone charging more cool~ More charging animations are being updated continuously! 【Premium member function】 -Unlock advanced features -All animations and wallpapers -Download and save as wallpaper -No ads 【How to subscribe to premium members】 We support three methods: monthly, yearly and permanent membership. The payment is deducted through the user's iTunes account, and the user will pay after confirming the purchase. Automatic renewal: Apple’s iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before expiration. After the deduction is successful, the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period. If you need to cancel the renewal, please operate at least 24 hours before the current deduction period. Operation method: Click "Settings"-"iTuneStore and AppStore"-"AppleID"-"View AppleID"-"Subscription" to cancel the automatic renewal membership subscription That's it. User Agreement: http://www.xmzerone.com/about/rechargeagreement.html Privacy Policy: http://www.xmzerone.com/about/rechargeprivacy.html
Lock Screen Clock with Seconds
Display precise time with seconds on your lock screen and home screen. Personalize your device with custom signatures and a variety of digital clock fonts. Add clock widgets to your desktop for quick time access.
- Lock screen clock with seconds display
- Real-time refresh
- Personalized signature display
- Customizable digital clock fonts
- Home screen clock widget support
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The lock screen clock supports real-time display of precise time, personalized signature, etc. in the lock screen。 You can also add a clock widget to the desktop. - Lock screen clock widget, supports seconds display and real-time refresh - Personalize your phone and display your signature on the lock screen - Choose from a variety of digital clock fonts to customize your phone - Support adding clock widget to Home Screen. contact us: cuiling_shi@163.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lock Screen Clock with Seconds at none against Charging Show's 4. Lock Screen Clock with Seconds also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 27%) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). Charging Show's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 146). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Charging Show sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Lock Screen Clock with Seconds asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lock Screen Clock with Seconds holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Charging Show has 1.6K ratings behind it against 146, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Charging Show's written reviews are positive against 55% of Lock Screen Clock with Seconds's.
Charging Show ships an update every 4 weeks, Lock Screen Clock with Seconds every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Charging Show | Lock Screen Clock with Seconds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1.6K ratings) | 4.3 (146 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.0% of reviews | 55.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 146 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xiamen ShenZhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd. | 书敏 贾 |
Customer experience
Charging Show
Lock Screen Clock with Seconds
Bugs and requests
Charging Show
Reported bugs
4 issues- Animations not working as expected
- Constant notifications to open the app
- Menus not fully accessible on iPad
- Charging animation not showing on lock screen
Requested features
4 requests- More free charging animations
- Option to add custom music/sounds
- 12-hour time format
- Improved compatibility with older devices
Lock Screen Clock with Seconds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Charging Show
- 1 Month$3.991 Month
- Annual VIP3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- 3 Month$2.99
- VIP forever$9.99
Lock Screen Clock with Seconds
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Charging Show free?
Is Lock Screen Clock with Seconds free?
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