Comparison

InnoClock vs HOLD

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

Head to head
About

InnoClock

Transform your phone's home screen and charging screen with a variety of artistic clock widgets. Choose from over 20 unique styles, including flip, analog, digital, and roulette clocks, to personalize your device's time display.

Highlights
  • Dozens of crafted clock styles
  • Flip, analog, digital, and roulette designs
  • Home screen widgets in multiple sizes
  • Charging screensaver functionality
  • Customizable aesthetics (minimalist, neon, pastel)
  • Over 20 unique clock designs
Features
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InnoClock – Where Time Meets Art Tired of the same boring digital numbers staring back at you every time you check your phone? InnoClock is here to change that. Transform your home screen into a gallery of time. With dozens of meticulously crafted clock styles—from the nostalgic flip clock that feels like a retro train station, to sleek analog hands that echo classic watchmaking, to futuristic roulette wheels that spin with every second—InnoClock turns a mundane utility into a daily source of joy. 20+ stunning styles, one app. Flip Clock: Vintage charm with a satisfying flip animation Analog Clock: Classic elegance with customizable hands and dials Digital Clock: Clean, modern, and readable at a glance Roulette Clock: A bold, playful take on time-telling And many more: Minimalist, Neon, Transparent, Gradient, and more Widgets that make your home screen pop. Place InnoClock widgets on your home screen and enjoy beautiful timekeeping at a glance. Choose from multiple widget sizes and styles to match your aesthetic—whether you love clean minimalism, vibrant neon, or soft pastels. Set it as your charging screensaver. Turn your idle charging screen into a captivating timepiece. Every time you plug in, your phone becomes a beautiful desk clock that draws compliments. 【How to set as Charging Screensaver:】 1. Open the Shortcuts app 2. Tap on "Automation" 3. Create a personal automation 4. Scroll down and select "Charger" 5. Choose "Connected", then tap Next 6. Select "Open App", choose InnoClock, and tap Next 7. Turn off "Ask Before Running" and tap Done We're here for you. Love the app? A 5-star rating means the world to us—it fuels our passion to keep creating beautiful updates. Have questions or suggestions? Reach out anytime. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Email: hucdmail@gmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/TjNUaNNhp Download InnoClock today and fall in love with time all over again.

About

HOLD

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The timer you can extend from your Lock Screen. Start one for the parking meter, the laundry or the oven, then add time with one tap: no unlocking, and the alert moves with it. On iOS 26 it rings even on Silent. And count down to any date on your Home Screen, free. FREE, WITH 5 AD-FREE HOLDS Your first 5 ad-free holds hold nothing back — every pad, the keypad, the Lock Screen controls, the alarm, all of it. After that HOLD stays free: each new hold plays at most one short ad, never before it starts. HOLD Pro removes the ads with one purchase, not a subscription. ADD TIME WITHOUT UNLOCKING This is the button you actually need at a meter. While a hold is running, its Live Activity carries real controls: two extend buttons and END. Press +15 MIN on a PARKING hold and the countdown and the alert both move to the new time. No unlock. No app. No Face ID with a bag of groceries in your other hand. START WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Put the Start a Hold control in Control Center, on the Lock Screen or on the Action button and choose its pad: PARKING in place of the flashlight. Or ask Siri: "Start Parking in HOLD". The Quick Start widget keeps four pads on your Home Screen. Controls need iOS 18. IT RINGS THROUGH SILENT On iOS 26, HOLD uses AlarmKit — the same system alarms the built-in Clock uses. Your hold sounds even if the phone is on Silent or sitting in a Focus. A timer you might not hear is not a timer. EIGHT PADS AND A KEYPAD PARKING 2h · WASH 30m · DRY 45m · OVEN 20m · PICKUP 15m · CHARGE 35m · MOVE CAR 5m · SET BREAK 20m. One tap picks a pad, one tap starts it. For any other wait, tap the big LCD readout and type a length from 1 minute to 8 hours. ON THE LOCK SCREEN AND IN THE DYNAMIC ISLAND • High-contrast LCD digits, sized to be read at arm's length in daylight. • Two extend buttons and END on the Lock Screen banner and in the expanded Dynamic Island, in the pad's own amounts (PARKING: +15 and +30 MIN). • The compact Dynamic Island shows the pad's glyph and a live countdown; long-press to expand. • Extensions stop at 8 hours from the moment the hold began. Live Activities and their buttons need iOS 17 or later. On older iPhones the hold runs normally inside the app. COUNT DOWN TO A DATE, TOO Some waits are months long. Name a date you are counting down to — a trip, a birthday, a move — up to 10 years ahead, add reminders, and put the Event Countdown widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Six sizes in all. Birthdays and anniversaries can repeat every year, with the years counted; add birthdays from Contacts without giving HOLD your address book. Christmas, New Year and Halloween are one tap away. Share any countdown as a link: it opens in HOLD, or in any browser. Widgets need iOS 17 or later. WHAT PRO ADDS • No ads, on any hold. • Run up to 3 holds at once (free runs 1): the laundry, the oven and the meter, each with its own Lock Screen controls and alarm. • Room for 10 date countdowns instead of 1, each with its own reminders, widget and colour; the large widget shows four. • Edit the grid: your own name, length, colour, mark and Lock Screen extends on any of the 8 preset pads. Reverting one is always free. • End at a clock time. Some waits are a deadline, not a length: the meter expires at 4:30, the gate closes at 6. Type the time and HOLD works out the rest. • Save up to 50 of your own pads, each with its own name, length and colour. Nothing is taken back: what you made stays yours if Pro lapses; only creating a new one is refused. PRIVATE WHERE IT MATTERS • No account and no sign-in. Your holds, pads, events and last 8 sessions stay in a sandboxed database on your iPhone. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you share it yourself. • Ads on free holds come from Google and are never personalized, and HOLD never asks to track you. For Pro users the ad software never starts. HOLD is an independent countdown utility. It does not provide parking-enforcement advice and makes no medical claims.

Screenshots

InnoClock4 screens
HOLD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: InnoClock at none against HOLD's shown. HOLD's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17). 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. InnoClock sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and HOLD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InnoClock ships an update every 4 weeks, HOLD every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
InnoClock versus HOLD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInnoClockHOLD
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1715.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer成东 胡Jason Fraser

In-app purchases

7 purchases

InnoClock

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Quarterly Subscription$4.993 Months
  • Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • 1-Month Plan$3.99
  • 3-Month Plan$5.99
  • 1-Year Plan$12.99
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  • Lifetime Membership$19.99
1 purchases

HOLD

One-time1
  • HOLD Pro Lifetime Access$4.99

Questions

Is InnoClock free?
InnoClock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HOLD free?
HOLD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do InnoClock or HOLD have ads?
HOLD shows ads; InnoClock does not.
Which is updated more often, InnoClock or HOLD?
InnoClock ships an update every 4 weeks, and HOLD every 2 days. Most recently, InnoClock was updated on November 3, 2026 and HOLD on October 31, 2026.

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