Comparison

Mini Chroma Clock vs Punctum

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

Features
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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

Punctum

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Punctum is a dot-matrix clock for your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Every character is drawn dot by dot, in a typeface made for the grid, with the weight and roundness of the dots in your hands. A CLOCK THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY Time and date, a timer, your next calendar event, the song that is playing, and the battery. Pick what the display shows and how it moves. Dot size and shape are yours to set, and the display rolls from one value to the next. FULL DISPLAY Dock your iPhone and Punctum fills the whole screen, dimmed and quiet, as a bedside clock. Nothing but the dots, with a slow drift that protects the screen. WIDGETS AND WATCH Small Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, an Apple Watch app, and an Apple TV app, all in the same dots. PUNCTUM PRO, ONE PURCHASE Unlock everything once and keep it, shared with your family: - Live weather with 17 dot-drawn icons - Phosphor green and Night red inks, and a night schedule - Up to four timers, five rotating messages, and a live timer on the Lock Screen - Medium and Large widgets, and Apple Watch complications - Alternate app icons No account, no ads, no tracking. Punctum collects no data. Try everything free for 7 days. Then unlock the full app with a single one-time purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

Mini Chroma Clock4 screens
Punctum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mini Chroma Clock at none against Punctum's 1. Punctum's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 54 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Punctum 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, Punctum every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Mini Chroma Clock versus Punctum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini Chroma ClockPunctum
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 54 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid MickeyJiajia Zhang

In-app purchases

None

Mini Chroma Clock

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Punctum

One-time1
  • Punctum Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Mini Chroma Clock free?
Mini Chroma Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Punctum free?
Punctum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mini Chroma Clock or Punctum have ads?
Neither Mini Chroma Clock nor Punctum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mini Chroma Clock or Punctum?
Mini Chroma Clock ships an update every 54 months, and Punctum every 4 days. Most recently, Mini Chroma Clock was updated on October 30, 2026 and Punctum on October 29, 2026.

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