Floating Clock vs Instant Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Floating Clock
This app provides a versatile floating window for displaying a digital clock with millisecond precision and customizable text. It's ideal for video recording, offering teleprompter functionality and dynamic island integration.
- Floating digital clock
- Millisecond display
- Dynamic island time display
- Lock screen timer
- Teleprompter functionality
- Customizable text windows
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Floating Clock, a small window floating on the desktop, displays a digital clock, displays any text information, and helps you record short videos. - Display time in seconds on dynamic island and lock screen. - Desktop digital clock, providing millisecond display. - Support 12 hours, 24 hours switch. - Floating teleprompter, small text and script windows for easy video recording. Contact us: cuiling_shi@163.com
Instant Board
This app allows you to create custom keyboard shortcuts for frequently used text phrases. Save time by instantly inserting pre-programmed responses, and easily back up or transfer your custom keys between devices.
- Create custom keys with predefined phrases
- Export/Import keys between devices
- Backup and restore custom keys
- Edit keys in backup files
- Use clipboard and date as dynamic variables
- Send text snippets to computer
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Hate typing the same thing over and over, one key at a time? Personalize and pre-program your keyboard with Instant Board – your personal custom keyboard for phrases and responses. Features: 1. Create your own custom keys with predefined phrases. 2. Export/Import Keys between devices instantly. 3. Backup/Restore Keys. Advanced Features: 1. Edit Keys directly in your backup file. 2. Clipboard and date as dynamic variable, so you can config them in any format. 3. Send text snippets to your computer
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Verdict
Floating Clock and Instant Board both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 41% of Floating Clock's written reviews are positive against 0% of Instant Board's. Floating Clock also leads on ratings volume (91 vs 7). Instant Board's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Floating Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Instant Board sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Floating Clock against 4.3 for Instant Board. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Floating Clock has 91 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Floating Clock's written reviews are positive against 0% of Instant Board's.
Floating Clock ships an update every 3 months, Instant Board every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Floating Clock | Instant Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (91 ratings) | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 91 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 书敏 贾 | JIE WANG |
Customer experience
Floating Clock
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In-app purchases
Floating Clock
- Professional Version$0.99
Instant Board
- Pro$5.99
- Desktop Pro$6.99
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