Telling Time Academy vs Trojan Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Telling Time Academy
This app helps children aged 3-12 learn to tell time through interactive games and engaging visuals. It offers five difficulty levels and covers concepts from basic analog reading to AM/PM and 24-hour notation. A city-building reward system encourages continued learning and engagement.
- Interactive clocks with movable hands
- Learn analog and digital time conversion
- Understand AM/PM and 12/24 hour formats
- 9 mini-games and learning modes
- City-building reward system
- Multiple language support
- 5 difficulty levels
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Turn learning to tell time into a hands-on adventure. Telling Time Academy helps children explore clocks, move the hands, match times and earn coins to build their own city. LEARN BY DOING • Move the hour and minute hands to set the time. • Match analog clocks with digital times in both directions. • Put clock pieces in place with clock puzzles. • Practice with quizzes and the Stop the Clock game. • Explore how time changes from day to night. • Discover 12-hour and 24-hour formats, including AM and PM. GROW AT YOUR CHILD'S PACE Choose from five difficulty levels and revisit activities as your child gains confidence. Interactive clocks make hours and minutes something children can see and move, not just memorize. PLAY, EARN AND BUILD Earn in-game coins through play and use them to create a city. Each new building gives children another reason to keep practicing. LEARN IN YOUR LANGUAGE Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Chinese and Japanese audio packs require a download. FOR PARENTS Some games and higher difficulty levels require paid access. Unlock Telling Time Academy with a one-time in-app purchase, or access it through an active 123 Kids Academy + membership. Purchase options and prices are shown in the app. Make the next little moment a chance to discover time. Privacy Policy: https://www.123kidsacademy.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.123kidsacademy.com/terms-of-service
Trojan Time
This app offers an engaging and interactive method for young learners to develop proficiency in reading analog clocks. It features progressively challenging levels to build time-telling skills effectively, making the learning process easy and exciting.
- Interactive clock learning
- Progressively challenging levels
- Develop time-telling skills
- Engaging educational gameplay
- Easy and exciting learning
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Trojan Time is a fun and interactive way for young learners to master reading analog clocks! With progressively challenging levels, kids will build their time-telling skills step by step. Engaging and educational, Trojan Time makes learning to read the clock both easy and exciting! Lead developer: Omar DeJesus
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trojan Time at 5.0 against Telling Time Academy's 4.3. Trojan Time also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). Telling Time Academy's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Telling Time Academy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trojan Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trojan Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Telling Time Academy has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Telling Time Academy ships an update every 3 months, Trojan Time every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Telling Time Academy | Trojan Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 305 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 123 Kids Academy LLC | Robby Blakemore |
Customer experience
Telling Time Academy
Trojan Time
In-app purchases
Telling Time Academy
- All contents$7.99
Trojan Time
No in-app purchases
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