Comparison

LCD Clock vs Num Count

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

Head to head
About

LCD Clock

Transform your device into a stylish digital clock and calendar. It offers a clean, minimal display perfect for any room, with features like international holidays and weather forecasts. Enhance your daily visibility and convenience with this multifunctional utility.

Highlights
  • Digital LCD-style clock display
  • Integrated calendar view
  • International holiday display
  • Weather forecast
  • Six-day calendar support
  • Adjustable screen brightness
Features
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LCD Clock — Simple Clock & Calendar LCD Clock combines a digital clock and a calendar into one beautifully retro LCD-style desk clock. Just place your iPhone on a charging dock, and your desk instantly gets a clean, easy-to-read clock and calendar. Perfect for your office desk, living room, or bedside table — adding convenience and clarity wherever you are. Key Features - Large, easy-to-read digital clock (12/24-hour format) - Monthly calendar (view up to 7 months) - Public holidays for countries worldwide, automatically fetched and highlighted - Weather forecast for your chosen location (current location supported) - Japanese era (Reiwa) and rokuyō display - Customizable first day of the week - 8 color themes plus a random theme - Adjustable screen brightness, shake-to-light backlight - Full-screen landscape clock mode - Optimized for iPhone Duo (layouts for both the closed and open screens; two months of calendar when open) A True Alarm Clock (iOS 26 and later) Powered by Apple's latest alarm technology (AlarmKit), the alarm has been dramatically upgraded. - Rings with a full-screen alarm even when the app is closed or your iPhone is locked - Breaks through Silent Mode and Focus — and keeps ringing until you stop it - Quick STOP / SNOOZE (5 min) buttons - Adjustable alarm volume in the app. Set it to mute for a silent, screen-only alert (with vibration while the app is open) Notes - Weather requires location access; holiday display requires calendar access - On iOS 25 and earlier, alarms are delivered as notifications (no sound in Silent Mode, and the notification sound stops automatically after a short time) - Please refrain from making complaints regarding malfunctioning alarms.

About

Num Count

Features
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It is an application to use when you want to count the number of something. It can be used intuitively with a simple UI. Because you can save the counter, restarting from the middle is also easy.

Screenshots

LCD Clock4 screens
Num Count4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Num Count at none against LCD Clock's 3. Num Count also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). LCD Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 21 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

LCD Clock costs $1.99 and Num Count $0.99 up front. LCD Clock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Num Count asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LCD Clock ships an update every 7 months, Num Count every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LCD Clock versus Num Count: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLCD ClockNum Count
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperforYou inc.Kensuke Hoshikawa

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LCD Clock

One-time3
  • I'll buy you a cup of coffee.$1.99
  • I'll buy you two coffees.$3.99
  • I'll buy you a lot of coffee.$31.99
None

Num Count

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LCD Clock free?
LCD Clock costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Num Count free?
Num Count costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do LCD Clock or Num Count have ads?
Neither LCD Clock nor Num Count shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LCD Clock or Num Count?
LCD Clock ships an update every 7 months, and Num Count every 21 months. Most recently, LCD Clock was updated on October 21, 2026 and Num Count on October 7, 2026.

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