sClock vs X Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
sClock
This app provides a customizable full-screen clock with various display styles and widget options. It offers light and dark modes, 12/24 hour formats, and the ability to show or hide date and seconds.
- Multiple clock styles (Number, Flip, Classic, Simple, Roman)
- Floating clock functionality
- Light, dark, and system-following modes
- iOS 14 transparent widget support
- Configurable date and second display
- Optional clock sound
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sClock is a simple full-screen clock application. - Various styles: Number, Flip, Classic, Simple, Roman. - Floating clock. - Light mode, dark mode, follow system. - iOS 14 transparent widget. - 12/24 hour clock. - Show/hide date, second. - Turn on/off the sound.
X Clock
This app offers a minimalist clock display with customizable themes and widgets. It includes features like timers, reminders, and a focus clock to enhance productivity during study or work sessions. Personalize your device with its transparent widget effects.
- 14 colorful themes
- Rich widgets with transparent effects
- Countdown and reminder functionality
- Focus clock for productivity
- Multiple widget support
- New clock styles and widgets
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X Clock is a lightweight clock application that displays the time in a concise way and accompanies your study, work and study. - 14 colorful themes, more will be added in the future. - Rich widgets, support transparent effects, can beautify your desktop and create a personalized desktop. - Multiple widgets, support countdown, countdown, reminder, focus clock. Recent Updates: - Two new clock styles and widgets have been added: Cheering Duck and Childlike
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: X Clock at 5.0 against sClock's 4.2. X Clock also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 14 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). sClock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (29 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. X Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. sClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
X Clock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: sClock has 29 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of sClock's written reviews are positive against 100% of X Clock's.
sClock ships an update every 14 months, X Clock every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | sClock | X Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 万庄 黄 | 晓伟 庄 |
Customer experience
sClock
X Clock
In-app purchases
sClock
No in-app purchases
X Clock
- XClock Permanent Premium$0.99
