Comparison

ShowTime Simple Clock Display vs Lumen Grimoire

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

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About

ShowTime Simple Clock Display

This app provides a large, clear digital clock with a background that changes color to indicate day or night. It also features an AM/PM indicator and optional spoken time, designed for simplicity and ease of use for anyone needing to quickly determine the time of day.

Highlights
  • Large, clear digital time display
  • Day/night background indicator
  • AM/PM indicator
  • Optional spoken time
  • Always-on display mode
  • Customizable 24-hour format
Features
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Do you, or a loved one, ever get confused when you wake up and are not sure if it is morning or night? This app will help you with that. ShowTime will help seniors, people with dementia or anyone really who needs a quick and easy way to work out what time of day it is. With that in mind, it has been written to be extremely simple to use. In essence, it is a digital clock, with very clear text showing the time. In the default operation, the background will be black at night and white during the day. So if you wake up at say 1:23, and are not sure if it is 1:23 at night, or 1:23 in the afternoon, then the background will help with this confusion. if it is black, then it is 1:23 at night. If it is white, then it is 1:23 in the afternoon. As well as the background, there is an AM/PM indicator beside the time, again helping you work out what part of the day you are in. If you prefer, or find it less confusing, the Settings can be changed to display the time in 24-Hour format. There is also a description, clearing indicating if it is "Night". "Morning" etc. The text is very large and clear, but should you need to, tap on the speaker button to have the time read out to you. By the way, it is also possible to change the settings such that the background is black between sunset and sunrise, and white between sunrise and sunset. NOTE: so that the app continues to display the time, without any interaction, it runs in an "always-on" mode i.e. does not automatically switch to the Lock Screen after a timeout. Because of that, it might be a good idea to keep the device plugged in.

About

Lumen Grimoire

This app offers a unique year-long illuminated journal experience. Each day, write a reflection and receive a custom-matched Companion card from a deck of 366 original designs. Your reflections and collected Companions form a personal, unshared manuscript.

Highlights
  • Year-long illuminated journal
  • Daily reflection entries
  • 366 original Companion cards
  • AI-powered literary narratives
  • On-device data storage
  • Premium subscription for expanded features
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Have you ever wanted to write your year as a book — your own story, in your own hand, paired with Companions no one else owns? Lumen Grimoire is your year-long illuminated journal. Each day you write a reflection — what you're carrying, what you noticed, what kept you up — and the app brings forward a Companion from a deck of 366 original cards, matched to what you wrote. Across the year you collect them all. Across the year, you author your own book. This is not a notes app. This is not a generic journal where entries pile up unread. Lumen Grimoire pairs your thoughts with meaning. Each Companion has its own archetype, mood, and place in the year. Each reflection becomes part of your codex — a personal manuscript no other user will ever have. THE COMPANIONS 366 original cards, designed and created specifically for this app and nothing else — plus a special tribute card unique to the deck. Each one its own thing — an animal, a place, a moment of human experience — drawn with the richness of an illuminated manuscript. Four rarity tiers: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Legendary. Real-time animated reveals powered by Apple's Metal framework bring every Companion forward with cinematic motion. Premium subscribers receive new Companions added to the deck each year — your codex keeps growing. A DAILY PRACTICE The first reflection of each day brings forward a new Companion, matched to what you wrote — never random. Write what you carried into the morning. Write what you noticed on the walk home. Write what kept you up. Tomorrow brings the next. Across a year, the year writes itself in your hand. PYTHIA — YOUR LITERARY REFLECTION COMPANION (PREMIUM) Pythia is an optional AI presence that weaves your reflections into something lasting: - Stories — a brief literary narrative about the Companion that emerged from your entry, frozen on save - Lenses — Pythia's Deeper or Wider perspective on any entry, an additional turn of light - Chapters — once a week, Pythia composes the prose of your past seven days into a chapter of your story. Your week, written as literature. - Whispers — a brief note linking your current entry to a past moment or Companion - Patterns — what Pythia notices about you, surfacing over time YOUR CODEX, IN TWO HANDS - My Story — Pythia's woven narratives, frozen on save, organized chronologically - My Book — your full reflection grimoire, organized by date and Companion Everything stays on your device. No cloud sync in v1.0. No accounts. No login. No email. No tracking. No advertising. Quiet by design. PRIVACY Reflections are stored on your device only. Optional AI features send only the context needed to a secure proxy, and your data is never used to train AI models. Full details in Privacy Policy. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Lumen Grimoire is free to use. The free tier includes unlimited journal reflections, 1 Companion per week (Common and Uncommon rarities), and 1 daily Lens. Premium unlocks 1 Companion per day across all rarities, Pythia's Stories on every Companion, Deeper and Wider Lenses, weekly Chapters, Whispers, Patterns, up to 20 Pythia interactions per day, and new Companions added to the deck each year as the codex grows. Current pricing is shown in-app at the point of purchase. The Annual tier includes a 7-day free trial, the Weekly tier includes a 3-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your Apple Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://poised-plier-5c6.notion.site/Lumen-Grimoire-Privacy-Policy-33ad1b9444c38177925ee8eaecbacae7 Terms of Service (EULA): https://poised-plier-5c6.notion.site/Lumen-Grimoire-Terms-of-Service-33ad1b9444c381fab2b1cf87e2cc77e5

Screenshots

ShowTime Simple Clock Display4 screens
Lumen Grimoire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lumen Grimoire at Free against ShowTime Simple Clock Display's $2.99. Lumen Grimoire also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (61 vs 5). ShowTime Simple Clock Display's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Lumen Grimoire is free to download; ShowTime Simple Clock Display costs $2.99 up front. Lumen Grimoire sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. ShowTime Simple Clock Display asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShowTime Simple Clock Display holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lumen Grimoire has 61 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ShowTime Simple Clock Display's written reviews are positive against 75% of Lumen Grimoire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShowTime Simple Clock Display ships an update every 7 months, Lumen Grimoire every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard10 real differences · 0 level
ShowTime Simple Clock Display versus Lumen Grimoire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowTime Simple Clock DisplayLumen Grimoire
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.8 (61 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings561 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB1.4 GB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHamiltonsAppsCristian Critelli

Customer experience

ShowTime Simple Clock Display

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lumen Grimoire

All ratings56 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

ShowTime Simple Clock Display

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Lumen Grimoire

Subscriptions4
  • Lumen Premium Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Lumen Premium Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Lumen Premium • 3 Months$21.993 Months
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  • Lumen Premium • Annual7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is ShowTime Simple Clock Display free?
ShowTime Simple Clock Display costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lumen Grimoire free?
Lumen Grimoire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ShowTime Simple Clock Display or Lumen Grimoire?
ShowTime Simple Clock Display is rated higher. ShowTime Simple Clock Display averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Lumen Grimoire averages 4.8 from 61 ratings.
Do ShowTime Simple Clock Display or Lumen Grimoire have ads?
Lumen Grimoire shows ads; ShowTime Simple Clock Display does not.
Which is updated more often, ShowTime Simple Clock Display or Lumen Grimoire?
ShowTime Simple Clock Display ships an update every 7 months, and Lumen Grimoire every 2 weeks. Most recently, ShowTime Simple Clock Display was updated on October 24, 2026 and Lumen Grimoire on October 28, 2026.

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