Comparison

Don't Waste It vs DekaClock

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

Head to head
About

Don't Waste It

This minimalistic app helps you visualize the passage of time, encouraging you to spend it on what matters. It offers countdown and count-up modes with customizable themes and widgets for easy access. Designed for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, it promotes mindful time management.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up modes
  • Customizable color themes
  • Multisize widgets
  • Gesture protection
  • Support for multiple screen orientations
  • iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch support
Features
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This minimalistic application brings you a unique value - an ability to see the time you have and how fast it goes. You will realize that you can't reclaim the time you waste and that it is not an endless thing. Understanding it together with a simple visualization will give you a spark to spend your time on something you love, need, and care about. Time is the most valuable thing you have - Don't Waste It. Features: + Multiple application modes: Birthday (count up) and Deadline (count down) + Selection autosave per application mode + Different color themes are selected based on your system preferences + Multisize widgets for easier access and reminders + Gesture protection from unexpected screen touch and interruptions + Support of different screen orientations: portrait and landscape + Multiple devices support: iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch + Usage independence with different modes + Simple and minimalistic design

About

DekaClock

Features
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Did you ever notice, the time of the day is based on odd numbers? So, a day is split into 24 hours, an hour is split into 60 minutes and a minute is split into 60 seconds. Strange, isn't it? Since in many cultures nowadays our numbering system is based on the base of 10, the usual time structure as stated above, leads to some strange counting artefacts. DekaClock attempts to solve this by introducing a time-system strictly based on the base 10. The different tiers required will not be named hour, minute, etc. to avoid confusion, but rather "deka-1, "deka-2", ..., at least until a better naming comes up. "Deka" is the greek name for 10, so the name is very suitable. Since the duration of a second is a very tangible and the shortest time-period in the traditional time scheme, the DekaClock needs to come up with something similar. A traditional day has 24 * 60 * 60 = 86,400 seconds. So, the DekaClock day has 100,000 deka-5 periods, since ist has to be a number by an integer power of 10. Naturally by this, the DekaClock scheme has 5 tiers to give an accurate time of the day: deka-1, deka-2, deka-3, deka-4 and deka-5. A deka-5 period therefore is slightly shorter than a second, concretely 0.864 seconds. But this is close enough to "feel" the ticking of the clock correctly, as the passing of time in DekaClock shows. To give the full time of the day, consequently 5 single digit numbers from 0 to 9 are required. They are given separated by a colon each. For example midday is 5:0:0:0:0, 6am is 2:5:0:0:0 and 6pm is 7:5:0:0:0. So, a deka-1 period of time is a tenth of a full day of 24 hours, thus encompasses 2 hours and 24 minutes. The time of day "9 deka-1" as example refers to 9:36pm on our standard clock. A good time to go to bed.

Screenshots

Don't Waste It3 screens
DekaClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DekaClock at every 2 months against Don't Waste It's every 27 months. Don't Waste It's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Don't Waste It ships an update every 27 months, DekaClock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Don't Waste It versus DekaClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon't Waste ItDekaClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMax IvashchenkoCarsten Traupe

In-app purchases

None

Don't Waste It

No in-app purchases

None

DekaClock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Don't Waste It free?
Don't Waste It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DekaClock free?
DekaClock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Don't Waste It or DekaClock have ads?
Neither Don't Waste It nor DekaClock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Don't Waste It or DekaClock?
Don't Waste It ships an update every 27 months, and DekaClock every 2 months. Most recently, Don't Waste It was updated on September 10, 2026 and DekaClock on September 13, 2026.

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