Clockwork vs WindUp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clockwork
This app allows you to measure the accuracy of your watches using your phone's camera. It compares an image of your watch to an atomic clock to calculate its timekeeping offset. Track accuracy over time with graphs and store detailed watch information.
- Measure accuracy using images
- Atomic clock synchronization
- Accuracy over time graphs
- Store detailed watch information
- Dark mode support
- Digital and analog atomic clock
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Measure the accuracy of your watches today! Clockwork includes several useful features. You can store watch information, measure watch accuracy, and set your watch using a clock synchronized with atomic time. Check it out now! _MEASUREMENTS USING IMAGES_ Most other watch measurement apps require either third-party equipment or that you press a button at a specific time. Additional equipment is often expensive, and timing a button press is difficult to do precisely. Clockwork solves this by letting you take a picture of your watch and indicate the time shown in the image. We then synchronize the image capture time with atomic time before comparing it with the time shown on the watch to calculate an offset. Taking measurements over time provides a real-world view of your watch's accuracy. _GRAPHS_ Watch your measurements over time on a beautifully crafted graph. The graph shows how your watch's accuracy changes over time and offers several modes to help you understand its performance. _WHY MEASURE?_ Knowing the accuracy of your watch is interesting on its own, but it also has several practical uses. It can indicate when it is time for a service, and documented accuracy could increase resale value, especially for vintage watches. _STORE DETAILED INFORMATION_ In case of theft or accidents, it will always help to have your information stored in a secure place. _ATOMIC CLOCK, DARK MODE AND MUCH MORE!_ Clockwork includes an atomic clock in both digital and analog formats to help you set your watch as precisely as possible. Powerful settings such as Dark or Light mode, separate day and date formats, and different ways to sort your watches let you customize the app to your liking. // Appfred AS © 2026
WindUp
This app provides tools to set, maintain, and learn about mechanical watches. It features an interactive museum to explore watch mechanisms and a digital collection to manage your timepieces. Widgets offer at-a-glance information for your home and lock screens.
- Set Assistant for atomic time synchronization
- Beat Rate analysis via microphone
- Chronograph with tachymeter
- Power Reserve tracking
- Interactive watch museum
- Digital watch collection management
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
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WindUp is the all-in-one app for mechanical watch lovers: precision tools to set and regulate your watch, a hands-on museum that teaches you how it works, and a beautiful vault for your collection. Set it. Learn it. Collect it. THE TOOLS • Set Assistant — set your watch against atomic time, to the second, and track how many seconds a day it really drifts • Beat Rate — hold your watch to the microphone and hear its beat, or compare two movements ear to ear • Chronograph — laps, splits, flyback, and the tachymeter explained with your own runs • Power Reserve — wind it on screen, track it per watch, know before it stops • Service — every service interval tracked, so nothing is ever overdue • Fitting Room — chalk-fit any case size to your own wrist before you buy THE MUSEUM Eighteen interactive rooms you walk into and touch — scrub a single beat of the escapement frame by frame, wind a mainspring in the engine room, seat all seventeen jewels of a movement, dive to the Mariana Trench to find your watch's depth limit, and more. Every complication, hands on. THE COLLECTION • An acquisition timeline of every piece you own, with photos, specs, and values • A ranked wishlist — promote a watch to the collection the day it arrives • Paste a product link and the form fills itself; one-tap photo background removal • Dashboard: your pieces, brands, what you paid, what it's worth today • Share it: publish your collection at windup.web.app with full control over what shows WIDGETS Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: an analog dial dressed to match your own watch, moon phase, power reserve, next service, and your collection at a glance. The tools and the museum run entirely on your device — no account, no tracking. The collection takes an optional free sign-in with Apple or Google. For people who wind their watch and mean it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WindUp at 100% against Clockwork's 43%. WindUp also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Clockwork's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 2). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Clockwork sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WindUp asks for nothing beyond the download.
WindUp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clockwork has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Clockwork's written reviews are positive against 100% of WindUp's.
Clockwork ships an update every 3 weeks, WindUp every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clockwork | WindUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 242 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appfred AS | Sameer Bhutani |
Customer experience
Clockwork
WindUp
In-app purchases
Clockwork
- Clockwork Premium$5.99
WindUp
No in-app purchases









