Comparison

Pips! vs MatrixWatchFace

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

Head to head
About

Pips!

Generate custom tone sequences for time synchronization, inspired by global broadcast signals. Control frequency, duration, and volume to create unique 'pips' for personal or professional use. Includes presets from international broadcasters.

Highlights
  • Build custom pip sequences
  • Control frequency, duration, and volume
  • Use built-in presets
  • Recreate historical time signals
  • Generate new tone combinations
Features
Read full description

Pips is a tone sequence generator inspired by the alluring & mysterious Greenwich Time Signal and its countless friends broadcast around the world. Both amateur and professional pip connoisseurs have the power to recreate time signals of yore or innovate new combinations of boops that will delight the world's radio lovers and keep things in sync. Become time by becoming boop. This is your goal. Features! - Build a sequence of one or more custom pips and play them through your device. - Control the frequency, duration, and volume of your pips so people of all ages can keep their clocks on time. - Use our built in presets to kickstart your new pip-filled existence. Includes time signals used by international broadcasters like the BBC & CBC as well as time stations like NIST's WWV. Pips will give you the power to tame time by delineating it in your own personal style. Synchronize yourself, your family, your life. You control time now. Congratulations.

About

MatrixWatchFace

Features
Currently charting
Read full description

Bring the iconic digital rain aesthetic to your Apple Watch. MatrixWatch is a customizable, Matrix-inspired watch experience for people who want their time to feel a little more cinematic. Design your screen on iPhone, preview every change, and send it to Apple Watch in seconds. MAKE IT YOURS - Choose your code rain color - Adjust rain density, speed, and character size - Use your own character set - Customize the clock format, color, and size - Show or hide seconds - Choose from multiple date layouts - Preview your design live on iPhone STAY IN SYNC - Send your settings from iPhone to Apple Watch - Check pairing, installation, and sync status - Keep your latest design available on Apple Watch - Enjoy your customized screen even when your iPhone is not nearby COUNT DOWN IN STYLE - Choose from quick presets ranging from 1 to 60 minutes - Set a custom countdown of up to 120 minutes - Pause, resume, or cancel anytime - Receive a wrist alert when your countdown ends - Enjoy a Matrix-style terminal completion screen - Restore an active countdown after reopening the app No account. No clutter. Just a distinctive Apple Watch experience built around your style.

Screenshots

Pips!3 screens
MatrixWatchFace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pips! at Free against MatrixWatchFace's $2.99. MatrixWatchFace's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#193 vs unranked). On 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

Pips! is free to download; MatrixWatchFace costs $2.99 up front. Pips! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MatrixWatchFace asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pips! versus MatrixWatchFace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPips!MatrixWatchFace
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 25 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank—#193 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJason Thompson佳文 陈

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pips!

One-time1
  • Tip Jar$4.99
None

MatrixWatchFace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pips! free?
Pips! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MatrixWatchFace free?
MatrixWatchFace costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pips! or MatrixWatchFace have ads?
Neither Pips! nor MatrixWatchFace shows ads.

Other comparisons