Comparison

LCD Clock vs BatteryNow

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

BatteryNow

This app provides real-time and historical battery monitoring with graphical data. It also features a large, customizable digital clock display with multiple color options and dark mode support.

Highlights
  • Real-time battery monitoring
  • Historical battery trend graphs
  • Large digital clock display
  • Customizable clock colors
  • Dark mode support
  • Battery percentage color indicators
Features
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BatteryNow is battery monitoring app in two ways: Real-time monitoring and Trend monitoring (logging). 1, Real-time monitoring : You can check the battery level with line plots data graphically. 2, Trend monitoring : It is save the battery data internally every one minute, then you can see a graph of how change your battery level in long period. 3, Big digital clock display. [ Real-time monitoring feature ] 1,  Display the Battery % status in three colors Green, Yellow and Red.      Green > 45% > Yellow > 25% > Red 2,  Battery% graph.      Range of scrolling screen up to 8 times.      Chart update interval can be change between from 0.1 pixel / sec to 2.0 pixel / sec. 3,  Minute time line plot.  This graph will 100% every hour. 4,  Big digital clock. There are eight colors option for digital clock. 5,  Dark mode supported for iOS 13. 6,  Date display. 7,  Sleep function is disabled during foreground.  8, Battery condition trends Battery data is recorded every minute during running in order to observe the trend of the battery condition.

Screenshots

LCD Clock4 screens
BatteryNow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LCD Clock at 4.7 against BatteryNow's 4.0. LCD Clock also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 43%) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). BatteryNow's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On update cadence, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LCD Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LCD Clock has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of LCD Clock's written reviews are positive against 43% of BatteryNow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LCD Clock ships an update every 7 months, BatteryNow every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
LCD Clock versus BatteryNow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLCD ClockBatteryNow
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (12 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperforYou inc.kazuhiko kuroda

Customer experience

LCD Clock

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

BatteryNow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

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

BatteryNow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LCD Clock free?
LCD Clock costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is BatteryNow free?
BatteryNow costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LCD Clock or BatteryNow?
LCD Clock is rated higher. LCD Clock averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while BatteryNow averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do LCD Clock or BatteryNow have ads?
Neither LCD Clock nor BatteryNow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LCD Clock or BatteryNow?
LCD Clock ships an update every 7 months, and BatteryNow every 4 months. Most recently, LCD Clock was updated on November 10, 2026 and BatteryNow on November 9, 2026.

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