Comparison

Floating Clock vs Canary

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Floating digital clock
  • Millisecond display
  • Dynamic island time display
  • Lock screen timer
  • Teleprompter functionality
  • Customizable text windows
Features
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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

About

Canary

This app listens to your meetings and provides a live, scrolling summary. It transcribes conversations in real-time, allowing you to catch up instantly without manual note-taking. Action items and decisions are automatically identified and compiled into a recap.

Highlights
  • Real-time transcription and summarization
  • Live scrolling summary
  • Automatic action item detection
  • Multiple time windows (Now, 2 min, 5 min, Full)
  • Adjustable detail levels
  • Meeting history and search
  • Privacy-focused audio handling
Features
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Canary turns any meeting into a live, scrolling summary. No note-taking, no scrubbing a recording afterward. Put your phone on the table and Canary listens, transcribing and summarizing in real time. Glance down any moment to see what's being discussed right now, what happened in the last 2 or 5 minutes, or a running summary of the whole meeting, each at the level of detail you want. REAL-TIME, NOT AFTER-THE-FACT Most meeting tools hand you a transcript when it's over. Canary summarizes while you're still in the room, so you stay present instead of scribbling notes, and catch up instantly if your attention drifts. FOUR TIME WINDOWS, THREE DETAIL LEVELS Now - the last 30 seconds, for "wait, what did they just say?" 2 min / 5 min - recent context without the noise Full - the running summary of the entire meeting Toggle Short, Medium, or Detailed on any of them. ACTION ITEMS AND DECISIONS, AUTOMATICALLY Canary flags concrete action items and key decisions as they're made, then bundles them into a clean recap when the meeting ends. YOUR MEETINGS, REVISITED Every meeting is saved with its summary, action items, and full transcript so you can search back later. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Audio is streamed in short chunks for transcription and never written to disk. Once a chunk becomes text, the audio is gone. Canary Pro unlocks unlimited meetings and longer recordings. Free to try. Terms of Use (EULA): https://askcanary.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://askcanary.com/privacy

Screenshots

Floating Clock4 screens
Canary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Canary at 5.0 against Floating Clock's 4.2. Canary also leads on ads (none vs shown). Floating Clock's advantage is ratings volume (91 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Floating Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Canary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Canary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Floating Clock has 91 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Floating Clock versus Canary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFloating ClockCanary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (91 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings91 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer书敏 贾Marcus Graves

Customer experience

Floating Clock

All ratings91 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive41.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative48.8%

Canary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Floating Clock

One-time1
  • Professional Version$0.99
2 purchases

Canary

Subscriptions2
  • Canary Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Canary Pro Yearly$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Floating Clock free?
Floating Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Canary free?
Canary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Floating Clock or Canary?
Canary is rated higher. Floating Clock averages 4.2 out of 5 from 91 ratings, while Canary averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Floating Clock or Canary have ads?
Floating Clock shows ads; Canary does not.

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