Comparison

World Clock with Widget vs Clockwise

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

Head to head
About

World Clock with Widget

This app helps you keep track of time across different cities and countries. It also functions as a meeting planner for international clients and offers customizable clock widgets for your home screen.

Highlights
  • Search and select country/city times
  • Digital & analog clock options
  • Meeting planner for international clients
  • 12/24 hour time format
  • Customizable widget themes
  • Show time zone offset
  • Home screen widget support
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This World Clock with Widget app is also a meeting planner that helps to plan meeting with foreign clients. You can use Analog World Clock as a widget on the screen. What's all included in World Clock Widget? - Search and select the country or city time. - Can set digital & analog world clock. - Use the world clock for meeting planning. - Set the world clock time format to 12/24hrs. - Customize clock widget themes to night or day theme mode. - Enable the showtime zone offset. - Add the World Clock Widget on the home screen.

About

Clockwise

Easily track time zones for friends, family, and colleagues worldwide. Features dynamic backgrounds, personalized photos, and home-screen widgets for at-a-glance updates. Supports over 200k locations, even offline, and syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Automatic time zone detection
  • Time scrubbing for planning
  • Dynamic sky backgrounds
  • Personalized contact photos
  • Home-screen widgets
  • Daylight Saving Time alerts
  • Offline location database
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Tired of calculating time zone differences? Meet Clockwise, the ultimate app for tracking the time of friends, family, and colleagues around the world! • Simple Setup Just enter someone’s name (or select from your contacts), choose their location, and we’ll automatically detect their time zone! • Time Scrubbing Easily shift the time forwards or backwards to plan and coordinate across time zones. • Dynamic Sky Backgrounds Watch the sky come to life with beautiful colors that change in real-time, reflecting the actual sunrise and sunset of each person’s location. • Personalized Photos Add a personal touch by uploading photos of your loved ones. You can scale and crop images to get the perfect fit! • Widgets Stay connected at a glance with home-screen widgets that display the local time of your friends and family without even opening the app! • Daylight Saving Time Never miss a time change again! Stay informed of upcoming daylight saving time changes around the world. • Contact Linking Import your contacts and call or text them directly from the app. Getting in touch with your friends and family abroad has never been easier! • Clock Customization Select from a variety of clock display options, including both analog and 24-hour formats. • Extensive Location Database Choose from over 200k locations worldwide, even offline. Whether it’s a big city or a small town, we’ve got you covered. • iCloud Sync Sync your contacts and their time zones across all your devices via iCloud. Clockwise is available on both iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

World Clock with Widget4 screens
Clockwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Clockwise at 4.6 against World Clock with Widget's 2.0. Clockwise also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). World Clock with Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clockwise holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clockwise has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Clock with Widget ships an update every 8 months, Clockwise every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
World Clock with Widget versus Clockwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld Clock with WidgetClockwise
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—92.9% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatel DarshanBrittany Petrova

Customer experience

World Clock with Widget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Clockwise

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

In-app purchases

None

World Clock with Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Clockwise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is World Clock with Widget free?
World Clock with Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clockwise free?
Clockwise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, World Clock with Widget or Clockwise?
Clockwise is rated higher. World Clock with Widget averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Clockwise averages 4.6 from 8 ratings.
Do World Clock with Widget or Clockwise have ads?
World Clock with Widget shows ads; Clockwise does not.
Which is updated more often, World Clock with Widget or Clockwise?
World Clock with Widget ships an update every 8 months, and Clockwise every 6 weeks. Most recently, World Clock with Widget was updated on September 10, 2026 and Clockwise on August 2, 2026.

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