Comparison

LCD Clock vs Analog Digital Clock

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

Analog Digital Clock

Experience time like never before with a unique clock app where each digit is hand-painted in real-time. Designed by a renowned Dutch artist, it brings a performance piece to your device, offering a captivating way to view the passing minutes.

Highlights
  • Hand-painted time digits
  • Real-time performance art
  • Designed by Maarten Baas
  • Auto-rotating modes
  • Disable screen lock
  • Plays iTunes music
Features
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#1 Utility / #2 overall in Holland! This clock was made by videoing someone actually painting the time! He's inside your phone with a bucket of paint and manually changes the digits on an old-school digital clock. The "Analog Digital" app is the next installment in Dutch designer Maarten Baas' "Real Time" series. His works cross the fields of art, design, theatre and performance. The anonymous digital clock becomes a performance as each minute is being hand painted by a hidden man "in" the clock. Real Time caused a sensation in the design world, and won several international design awards. Other clocks in the series are exclusive limited editions in the collections of museums and private collectors worldwide, but the Analog Digital app is now available in the palm of your hand! Some people even buy an iPod and mount it on the wall just to have this clock :-) - Designed by Maarten Baas, Design Miami's Designer of the Year 2009. - The movie was shot in the Netherlands. - Optionally disable the iPhone screen-lock to leave the clock running. - Auto-rotating Portrait and Landscape modes. - It's a 12-hour clock - it would be cruel to force the actor to do 24 hours! - The normal iPhone alarm can be set and works while the app is open. Note, this clock does not have an alarm, because an "app alarm" only works while the app is open, and the iPhone alarm works anytime the phone is on. - You can play your iTunes music collection in the background while the app is running. - The time is always accurate; immediately when you open the app, also when you leave it running for days. - The concept of the clock is to watch time in a different way. The numbers take time to be made. This means that there are moments that the numbers are not yet ready - the man draws the time for you "while-u-wait!" - Compatible with all iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch models.

Screenshots

LCD Clock4 screens
Analog Digital Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Analog Digital Clock at none against LCD Clock's 3. Analog Digital Clock also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (77% vs 62%). On rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Analog Digital Clock $0.99 up front. LCD Clock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Analog Digital Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for LCD Clock against 4.6 for Analog Digital Clock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 22 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of LCD Clock's written reviews are positive against 77% of Analog Digital Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LCD Clock ships an update every 7 months, Analog Digital Clock every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
LCD Clock versus Analog Digital Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLCD ClockAnalog Digital Clock
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (12 ratings) — better4.6 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews77.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1222 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperforYou inc.Jan Svarovsky

Customer experience

LCD Clock

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive61.7%
Neutral18.4%
Negative19.9%

Analog Digital Clock

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral9.8%
Negative13.1%

Bugs and requests

LCD Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Analog Digital Clock

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Does not work on OS4
  • Times appear as 0X:XX in 24-hour clock mode
  • App counts towards screen time when always on

Requested features

12 requests
  • Apple Watch app/watch face
  • Widget for home/Lock Screen
  • 24-hour clock option
  • Ability to set as background/lock screen
  • New creations/updates from artist
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  • Different colors
  • Alarm function
  • Apple TV version
  • Clock keeps moving on lock screen
  • Clock shows correct time when checking normally
  • More features beyond clock
  • Not count towards screen time when always on

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

Analog Digital Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LCD Clock free?
LCD Clock costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Analog Digital Clock free?
Analog Digital Clock costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LCD Clock or Analog Digital Clock?
LCD Clock is rated higher. LCD Clock averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Analog Digital Clock averages 4.6 from 22 ratings.
Do LCD Clock or Analog Digital Clock have ads?
Neither LCD Clock nor Analog Digital Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LCD Clock or Analog Digital Clock?
LCD Clock ships an update every 7 months, and Analog Digital Clock every 3 months. Most recently, LCD Clock was updated on November 10, 2026 and Analog Digital Clock on November 10, 2026.

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