Comparison

LCD Clock vs My Notes Safe Pro

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

My Notes Safe Pro

Securely store and organize your notes with advanced password protection and dual password options. Customize your notes with various fonts and colors, and set reminders. Supports cloud backup and restore for peace of mind.

Highlights
  • Password protection with dual passwords
  • Customizable note appearance
  • Reminders for notes
  • Cloud backup and restore (iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive)
  • Easy note management with gestures
  • Multiple PIN entry styles
Features
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Notes Safe is a simple notes, for your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. With password protection and dual passwords design, Notes Safe is one of the simplest and safest notes you'll ever use. Key Features - It's easy to use: Just open and then add new notes. - Show the action menu with a simple right swipe or pull gesture: design, copy, timing and delete; - Long-press any notes then drag it to anywhere you want. - Set font, size, text color and background color for every notes. - Add Reminders to notes - Support Backup and Restore feature, now support iCloud, DropBox, GoogleDrive, OneDrive - With left menu mode, quickly switch to other folder or setting page. - User guide with FAQ. Safety - Multiple PIN Entry Styles - 4 digit, digit alphanumeric, gesture. - Dual passwords design: for access to Real and fake modes - Password Protect appear auto while app move from active to inactive state, such as an incoming phone call, SMS message, quits the app and so on. We value your feedback, but we cannot answer you in the comments. Please contact us directly at awfsksk@gmail.com, we are committed to serve our customers.

Screenshots

LCD Clock4 screens
My Notes Safe Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Notes Safe Pro at none against LCD Clock's 3. My Notes Safe Pro also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (86% 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 My Notes Safe Pro $0.99 up front. LCD Clock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. My Notes Safe Pro 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 My Notes Safe Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 25 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of LCD Clock's written reviews are positive against 86% of My Notes Safe Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LCD Clock ships an update every 9 months, My Notes Safe Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
LCD Clock versus My Notes Safe Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLCD ClockMy Notes Safe Pro
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (12 ratings) — better4.6 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews86.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1225 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperforYou inc.炜 桂

Customer experience

LCD Clock

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

My Notes Safe Pro

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral6.9%
Negative6.9%

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

My Notes Safe Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LCD Clock free?
LCD Clock costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is My Notes Safe Pro free?
My Notes Safe Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LCD Clock or My Notes Safe Pro?
LCD Clock is rated higher. LCD Clock averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while My Notes Safe Pro averages 4.6 from 25 ratings.
Do LCD Clock or My Notes Safe Pro have ads?
Neither LCD Clock nor My Notes Safe Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LCD Clock or My Notes Safe Pro?
LCD Clock ships an update every 9 months, and My Notes Safe Pro every 2 months. Most recently, LCD Clock was updated on October 14, 2026 and My Notes Safe Pro on October 8, 2026.

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