Comparison

Mini Chroma Clock vs Binary Clock

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

Head to head
About

Mini Chroma Clock

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ChromaClock — a color‑coded clock for the rhythm of your day. ChromaClock turns the time on your phone into something you can feel at a glance. Instead of just numbers, the entire screen shifts color throughout the day based on time windows you define — morning yellow, lunchtime green, afternoon blue, evening red, or whatever fits your life. It's a beautifully simple bedside clock, desk companion, kitchen timer reference, and gentle daily rhythm — all in one. HOW IT WORKS • Set up to four time slots, each with a custom start time, end time, message, and background color. • When the clock enters a slot, the background and greeting change automatically. • Outside of any scheduled slot, a default "in‑between" color takes over. • That's it — no accounts, no setup beyond your slots. WHAT YOU SEE • Big, easy‑to‑read time in a rounded display • The full date — day of the week, month, day, year • A friendly greeting you write yourself ("Good Morning", "Time to focus", "Wind down") • Current weather for your location, right in the corner WEATHER, WITHOUT THE FUSS Tap the weather chip to see live conditions and temperature for where you are. Tap again to refresh. Weather data comes from the free, open Open‑Meteo service — no accounts, no tracking, just the forecast. PERFECT FOR • A bedside clock that signals morning vs. late evening at a glance • A desk clock that reminds you when it's lunchtime or time to log off • A kitchen or family clock with messages everyone in the house can read across the room • Kids learning the rhythm of a school day, before they can read a clock • Anyone who wants a calmer, more colorful way to keep time THOUGHTFULLY MADE • Built entirely in modern SwiftUI for iOS • Big, accessible type with high‑contrast color backgrounds • Landscape support — great when propped on a stand or dock • Dark, screen‑friendly design • No ads. No tracking. No accounts. Your settings stay on your device. Set it once, prop it up, and let your day take on a little color.

About

Binary Clock

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Binary Clock turns your iPhone into a beautiful binary timepiece for your desk, nightstand, or a charging dock in landscape. Read the time the elegant way. Six columns of glowing dots show the hours, minutes, and seconds in binary, floating on a pane of Liquid Glass over slow, living artwork. LIVING BACKGROUNDS Swipe through a gallery of hand-built backgrounds that drift, glow, and breathe: - Aurora, a living color gradient - Cosmos, deep nebula with a twinkling starfield - Borealis, northern lights over a starry sky - Horizon, a cinematic sunset - Ridges, misty layered mountains - Mercury, flowing liquid metal - Artwork, an editorial sun over hills - Contemporary, minimal drifting light - Pattern, a pulsing halftone wave MADE FOR STANDBY Leave it running while charging and the screen stays awake with a calm, always-on display. A matching widget brings the binary clock to StandBy and your Lock Screen. BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN - A Liquid Glass clock face with refractive, glassy dots - Live local weather and the date - Clean controls that fade away on their own - Portrait and landscape, iPhone and iPad NEW TO BINARY? It is easy. Each column is one digit. A lit dot counts, from top to bottom, as 8, 4, 2, and 1. Add the lit dots in a column and you get the number. You will be reading it in a day. PRO One simple, one-time purchase unlocks every background, color themes, and the always-on standby display. No subscription, ever. Tell the time in binary. Make it art. Terms of Use (EULA): https://policies.superfuturelabs.com/binary-clock/terms Privacy Policy: https://policies.superfuturelabs.com/binary-clock/privacy

Screenshots

Mini Chroma Clock2 screens
Binary Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mini Chroma Clock at none against Binary Clock's 1. Mini Chroma Clock also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Binary Clock's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 54 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Binary Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mini Chroma Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mini Chroma Clock ships an update every 54 months, Binary Clock daily. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Mini Chroma Clock versus Binary Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini Chroma ClockBinary Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 54 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid MickeySuper, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Mini Chroma Clock

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Binary Clock

One-time1
  • Binary Clock Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Mini Chroma Clock free?
Mini Chroma Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Binary Clock free?
Binary Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mini Chroma Clock or Binary Clock have ads?
Neither Mini Chroma Clock nor Binary Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mini Chroma Clock or Binary Clock?
Mini Chroma Clock ships an update every 54 months, and Binary Clock daily. Most recently, Mini Chroma Clock was updated on September 18, 2026 and Binary Clock on August 1, 2026.

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