Time vs Brutal Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time
Enhance your device's home screen with a customizable, minimalist clock widget. Choose from multiple sizes and styles, and personalize fonts and weather displays for a unique look.
- Clean and minimal design
- Customizable widget style
- Customizable font style
- Weather display options
- Three widget sizes (Small, Medium, Large)
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- Clean and minimal design - Customise widget style, font style and weather - Three widget sizes: Small - Medium - Large Contact Support Please email us at time@techulus.com Privacy and Security If you have any questions or suggestions about Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at time@techulus.com. Terms of use: https://bit.ly/3jeT4hc Privacy policy: https://bit.ly/3CaXeiT
Brutal Time
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Brutal Time turns your iPhone into a brutalist desk clock. Put it on a charger and it fills the screen, edge to edge, with nothing but type. It tells time without decoration, distraction, or gimmicks. ON THE CHARGER StandBy widgets for every clock face, and widgets for the Home Screen. A full-screen, StandBy-style display for the app itself, with the status bar hidden so the clock owns the whole screen. Add a Shortcut and it opens by itself the moment you plug in. Always-On keeps it lit while charging and dims it after a few seconds, then lets the phone sleep again as soon as you unplug. FOUR TYPOGRAPHIC FACES Four distinct designs, each built on a different typographic system: digits locked to a ruled grid, editorial Swiss with a red accent, oversized poster glyphs cropped by the frame, and mono type over a dot-indexed field. Each reads as words or numerals, in dark or light, portrait or landscape. UNLOCK AMBIENT MOTION WITH THE FULL EDITION Each face can come alive. Continuous, ambient motion runs through the type — letters that breathe, sway, and resolve on their own unhurried rhythm, with several motions for every face. Calm and deliberate, never a screensaver. Ambient Motion is the only paid feature, and the Full Edition is a one-time purchase — buy it once, keep it forever. Everything else is free: every clock face, every typeface, every widget, the full-screen display and Always-On. Also included: - Three typefaces per face - Custom accent colors - Home Screen and StandBy widgets - No subscription. No ads. Ever. Brutal Time is shaped by brutalist design principles: visible structure, a restrained palette, and the removal of unnecessary ornament. Time is shown as type, grid, and rhythm — clear, functional, and deliberate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Brutal Time at Free against Time's $0.99. On update cadence, 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
Brutal Time is free to download; Time costs $0.99 up front. Time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Brutal Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Time ships an update every 2 weeks, Brutal Time every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time | Brutal Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arjun Komath | Forager Lab LLC |
In-app purchases
Time
- Local weather information7 Days trial$0.491 Month
- Local weather information7 Days trial$4.991 Year
Brutal Time
- Full Edition$4.99









