Comparison

Twelve O'clock vs Winder

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

Head to head
About

Twelve O'clock

Easily track the accuracy of your mechanical watches over time. Manually log checkpoints to calculate seconds per day and visualize performance with charts. Manage your watch collection with photos and learn more about horology.

Highlights
  • Manage watch collection
  • Add/edit/remove watches
  • Include watch photos
  • Track watch accuracy
  • Calculate seconds per day
  • View accuracy charts
  • Horology content
Features
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Twelve O’clock is an app that helps track your watch accuracy easily in a realistic way. I can’t stress this enough: it’s “tracking”, not measuring instantaneous accuracy like a timegrapher device. It’s a manual and oldschool job but it brings so much fun. It reminds me of the old days when I had to synchronize my watch to the clock on the TV at 7pm every day. With Twelve O'clock you can: ** MANAGE YOUR WATCH COLLECTION * Add, edit, remove any item in a list of your watch collection * Include a nice wristshot of each watch ** KNOW YOUR WATCH ACCURACY * Simply add some checkpoints and let the app calculate the accuracy in *second per day* * A nice chart of the accuracy over the time ** LEARN MORE ABOUT HOROLOGY * Curated content for watch lovers (like me)

About

Winder

This app provides highly accurate time synchronization with atomic time servers. It features beautifully crafted, animated watch dials and optional sound cues for precise timekeeping. Designed for watch enthusiasts, it prioritizes privacy with no data collection.

Highlights
  • Atomic time synchronization (NTP)
  • Drift strip for device offset
  • Continuous-sweep second hand
  • Analog and digital display options
  • 12 handcrafted, animated dial themes
  • Optional countdown sound cues
  • No data collection or tracking
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Winder syncs to public NTP atomic time servers and shows you time you can trust, accurate to the millisecond. Open the app, read the time, set your watch. That's it. Built for collectors who care about the seconds. WHAT YOU GET Atomic time synchronization via NTP (NIST, PTB). The drift strip at the top of the screen shows your device's exact offset from atomic time. No guessing, no rounding. A continuous-sweep second hand that glides like a Spring Drive. Analog face, digital display, or both. Dauphine hands with a center ridge that catches light. Four bundled typefaces. Optional countdown sound cues (mechanical or electronic) so you can set your crown without watching the screen. 12 dial themes drawn from real watch materials: meteorite with Widmanstätten crystal lines, aventurine glass with 1,375 shimmering inclusions, sunburst rays with a rotating specular beam, tapisserie grids, black ceramic waves, and more. Every surface animates. Light sweeps slowly across crystal boundaries. Inclusions catch and release a migrating glow. Specular beams rotate over hours. These are not wallpapers. They are living dial surfaces. Three themes are free. Winder Pro unlocks the full collection with a single purchase. No subscription. PRIVACY Winder collects no data. No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No crash reporting. Your preferences stay on your device. The only network request is the NTP time sync. That's the entire privacy policy. BUILT BY A WATCH COLLECTOR I couldn't find a precision clock on the phone that felt worthy of the watches it was meant to serve, so I built one. Every dial, every animation, every pixel is crafted with the same care you'd expect from the watches Winder serves. Made in Mexico. Part of the Watchdex ecosystem. watchdex.app

Screenshots

Twelve O'clock4 screens
Winder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Winder at 5.0 against Twelve O'clock's 4.4. Winder also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Twelve O'clock's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Twelve O'clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Winder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Winder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Twelve O'clock has 83 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Twelve O'clock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Winder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Twelve O'clock ships an update every 3 weeks, Winder every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Twelve O'clock versus Winder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwelve O'clockWinder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (83 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings83 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHieu PhamIVAN ALEJANDRO MUNGUIA CRUZ

Customer experience

Twelve O'clock

All ratings82 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral1.2%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative8.1%

Winder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Twelve O'clock

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App freezes at loading requiring phone restart
  • Data deletion after app updates
  • Data loss on app crash
  • Graph display glitches after checkpoints
  • Photo checkpoint feature returns 'old photo not supported' error
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  • Beeping only works when phone not in silent mode
  • Sort function not working
  • Screenshot sharing produces blank page
  • Calculation errors showing ~150 second variance
  • Checkpoint history doesn't display correctly
  • Swiping left to delete checkpoints not intuitive

Requested features

18 requests
  • iCloud/cloud synchronization across devices
  • Notifications or reminders for checkpoints
  • Current time button on checkpoint screen
  • Larger buttons for 15/30/45 second marks
  • Power reserve tracking
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  • Wear frequency tracking
  • Average accuracy by watch position
  • Widget support
  • Atomic clock built into app
  • Regulator clock layout for time setting
  • In-app feedback option (instead of Twitter)
  • Automatic time reading from watch photos
  • 12-hour time format option
  • Sort function improvements
  • Year display in checkpoint history
  • Chrono24 account integration
  • Regular article updates
  • Export to Excel/CSV

Winder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Twelve O'clock

One-time1
  • Twelve Plus$1.99
1 purchases

Winder

One-time1
  • Winder Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Twelve O'clock free?
Twelve O'clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Winder free?
Winder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Twelve O'clock or Winder?
Winder is rated higher. Twelve O'clock averages 4.4 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while Winder averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Twelve O'clock or Winder have ads?
Neither Twelve O'clock nor Winder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Twelve O'clock or Winder?
Twelve O'clock ships an update every 3 weeks, and Winder every 5 days. Most recently, Twelve O'clock was updated on October 24, 2026 and Winder on October 30, 2026.

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