Comparison

Time vs Brutal Time

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Clean and minimal design
  • Customizable widget style
  • Customizable font style
  • Weather display options
  • Three widget sizes (Small, Medium, Large)
Features
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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

About

Brutal Time

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Time4 screens
Brutal Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Time versus Brutal Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeBrutal Time
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArjun KomathForager Lab LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Time

Subscriptions2
  • Local weather information7 Days trial$0.491 Month
  • Local weather information7 Days trial$4.991 Year
1 purchases

Brutal Time

One-time1
  • Full Edition$4.99

Questions

Is Time free?
Time costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Brutal Time free?
Brutal Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time or Brutal Time have ads?
Neither Time nor Brutal Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time or Brutal Time?
Time ships an update every 2 weeks, and Brutal Time every 3 weeks. Most recently, Time was updated on November 3, 2026 and Brutal Time on November 9, 2026.

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