Comparison

PxClock Widget vs Telkino

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

Head to head
About

PxClock Widget

Customize your home screen with unique clock widgets featuring transparent backgrounds. Choose from three distinct shapes and enjoy automatic theme color extraction from your wallpaper for a personalized look.

Highlights
  • Transparent clock widgets
  • Three clock shapes (round, scallop, clover)
  • Automatic wallpaper theme color extraction
  • Configurable widget properties
Features
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Clock widgets on home screen with transparent backgrounds. - Three clock shapes: round, scallop, clover - Automatic theme color extracted from your wallpaper - Various configurable properties

About

Telkino

Access and control your Mac or Windows PC from your iPhone or iPad directly over your own network or VPN. Enjoy a private connection without accounts or cloud services, featuring intuitive input methods and customizable image quality.

Highlights
  • Direct VNC protocol connection
  • No cloud, account, or tracking
  • Mac and Windows support
  • Trackpad and direct touch input
  • Wake on LAN (Pro feature)
  • Customizable image quality
  • Demo computer for testing
Features
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Telkino shows the screen of your Mac or Windows PC on iPhone and iPad and lets you control it. The connection runs directly over your own network or VPN. There is no server in between, no account and no cloud. DIRECT AND PRIVATE • Speaks the open VNC protocol directly with your computer • No account, no backend, no cloud sync • No tracking, no ads, no analytics SDKs • Profiles stay on the device, passwords only in the Keychain FOR MAC AND WINDOWS • Mac: turn on Screen Sharing in System Settings, done • Windows: with a VNC server such as TightVNC, UltraVNC or RealVNC • Finds Macs on the local network via Bonjour and fills in name, address and port • Away from home over VPN, for example Tailscale or WireGuard INPUT • Trackpad mode or direct touch • Pinch zoom, full screen and a key dock with Cmd, Option, Control, Shift, Esc, Tab, arrows and scrolling • Three-finger scrolling on the remote computer • Left and right click, type straight on the computer or send prepared text • Press and hold by touch: rest your finger in Direct Touch, double-tap and hold in Trackpad mode • Image quality per computer: Best, Balanced or Data Saver • Apple High Performance: Macs stream as HEVC video at a resolution that fits your device, with automatic fallback to VNC • iPad: computer list on the left, session on the right • iPad with mouse, trackpad, and hardware keyboard: typing goes straight into the session, click, drag, right click and shortcuts; scrolling arrives precisely on Macs • Shortcuts and Siri: “Connect to a computer” opens the session directly • Data usage of the current session in the status bar • Import computers from Tailscale with a Shortcut (telkino://add link) WAKE ON LAN (PRO) • Wakes a sleeping Mac or PC on the same network before connecting • Needs the MAC address in the profile and, on the Mac, “Wake for network access” DEMO COMPUTER Try everything without a network. The demo computer runs locally in the app and says so. PRICE Your first computer is free forever. Telkino Pro is a one-time purchase without subscription, with unlimited profiles, clipboard sync and Wake on LAN. Family Sharing included. SECURITY VNC is not encrypted by itself. Use a trusted LAN or a VPN. Telkino stops sessions when a server asks for no authentication and never recommends exposing port 5900 to the internet. THE NAME Telkino recalls the “Telekino” of Leonardo Torres Quevedo, the world’s first radio remote control (1903).

Screenshots

PxClock Widget1 screens
Telkino4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Telkino at Free against PxClock Widget's $0.79. Telkino also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). PxClock Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 26.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Telkino is free to download; PxClock Widget costs $0.79 up front. Telkino sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PxClock Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PxClock Widget against 5.0 for Telkino. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PxClock Widget ships an update every 5 months, Telkino every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PxClock Widget versus Telkino: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPxClock WidgetTelkino
Price$0.79Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer一玮 王Alex Manzer

Customer experience

PxClock Widget

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Telkino

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PxClock Widget

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Telkino

One-time1
  • Telkino Pro$5.99

Questions

Is PxClock Widget free?
PxClock Widget costs $0.79, with no in-app purchases.
Is Telkino free?
Telkino is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PxClock Widget or Telkino?
PxClock Widget and Telkino are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do PxClock Widget or Telkino have ads?
Neither PxClock Widget nor Telkino shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PxClock Widget or Telkino?
PxClock Widget ships an update every 5 months, and Telkino every 3 days. Most recently, PxClock Widget was updated on October 30, 2026 and Telkino on October 29, 2026.

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