LivingWatch vs chimingClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LivingWatch
Experience the intricate sound and visual mechanics of a real chiming watch directly on your phone. This app simulates a quarter repeater timepiece, striking hours and quarter hours with distinct chimes. Explore both the dial and the detailed mechanism in real-time.
- Quarter repeater chime simulation
- Hour and quarter-hour strikes
- Dual-tone chimes (low for hours, high for quarters)
- Visible dial and mechanism views
- Real-time time indication
- Mechanical art simulation
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Imagine a repeater (or chiming) watch on your phone. Now imagine being able to actuate this ‘complication’ in real time. Not everyone can own a watch of this complexity but for the first time anyone can enjoy the sound and magic of this mechanical art. Make no mistake, this is not CGI. This is the real thing!! The first timepiece is a quarter repeater which, when actuated, strikes the number of hours and then the number of quarter hours since the last hour. The mechanism uses 2 chimes of different tones. The low tone signals the hours, and the high tone the quarter hours. The chimes are created by two hammers which strike gongs. Both sides of the watch are visible (by selecting ‘dial side’ or ‘mechanism’). Again, the real time is always indicated. More timepieces will be added as the app develops.
chimingClock
A simple standing clock app that always displays the correct time. It plays Westminster chimes every quarter hour, requiring minimal user interaction and customization.
- Always shows correct time
- Westminster chimes on the quarter hour
- Minimal user interaction
- No customization required
- Designed for simplicity
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Standing clock that always shows correct time, and every quarter of an hour plays Westminster chimes. This application is designed to have minimal user interaction -- it just works out of the box. Despite variety of different clocks available on the app store, which support all sort of features and customizations, it's not easy to find a clock which shows only time and requires minimal user interaction and customizations -- in which case, chimingClock is exactly what you are looking for.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: chimingClock at 4.1 against LivingWatch's 3.1. chimingClock also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 56%). LivingWatch's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
chimingClock holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of LivingWatch's written reviews are positive against 71% of chimingClock's.
| Parameter | LivingWatch | chimingClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (14 ratings) | 4.1 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McGonigle Sarl | ECHOWAVES CORP. |
Customer experience
LivingWatch
chimingClock
In-app purchases
LivingWatch
No in-app purchases
chimingClock
No in-app purchases
