Big Ben vs Meme Creater
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Ben
Experience the iconic Big Ben on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Customize your display with digital clock options, a seconds hand, and authentic tick-tock sounds. Enjoy hourly chimes and quarter-hour alerts, even when the app is closed, for a decorative and timely experience.
- Digital clock display
- Seconds hand option
- Tick-tock sound
- Quarter-hour chimes
- Hourly tolling
- Background notifications
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During 2009, the UK Parliament celebrated the 150th anniversary of its world famous Clock Tower, Great Clock and Great Bell. The name Big Ben is often used to describe the tower, the clock and the bell but the name was first given to the Great Bell. 1859 was the beginning for all three elements when the Clock Tower was completed, the Great Clock started on 31 May and the Great Bell’s chimes were heard for the first time on 11 July. Have your iPhone (or iPod Touch) display the time of day in style. Options include: adding a digital clock display showing a seconds hand having it make a tick-tock sound having it chime every quarter of an hour and toll on the hour (the chiming and tolling sounds will play even when the app is not open, so long as your device is not muted and you allow notifications in the General Settings for Big Ben) Pointless? Maybe. Decorative? Certainly. NB Sounds will only play through earphones on 1st gen iPod Touch. Thanks to all who left comments and suggestions for improvement. In particular to Dave, whose persistence finally motivated us to release this new version.
Meme Creater
Easily create custom memes and posters with a powerful editor. Utilize popular meme templates, your own images, or combine content from the web. Save, share, or print your creations across various platforms.
- Generate custom memes and posters
- Advanced meme editor with tools and settings
- Font gallery and color picker
- Use own images or combine from web
- Work on multiple memes simultaneously
- Save, share, and print creations
- iMessage and Keyboard integration
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Generate your own custom memes and posters! Meme Creator is the most powerfull app to generate memes on your iOS device. _______________________________________________ Features: • Includes all of the most popular memes • One of the most advanced Meme Editor / Creator available • Tools, settings, font gallery & color picker for creating new memes and editing already made memes. • Premade meme wallpapers, memes, • Use your own images from your photo library or camera! • Edit and combine memes from web • Project editor - work on multiple memes at time and save them for later use • Save, share or print your created memes. Send them out via e-mail, WhatsApp, Facebook, iMessages and more • iMessages and Keyboard integration. Fast use of all of your creations
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Meme Creater at 4.5 against Big Ben's 3.8. Meme Creater also leads on update cadence (every 12 months vs every 28 months) and ratings volume (139 vs 38). Big Ben's advantage is chart position (#174 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Big Ben costs $0.99 and Meme Creater $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Meme Creater holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 139 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Big Ben's written reviews are positive against 50% of Meme Creater's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Big Ben ships an update every 28 months, Meme Creater every 12 months. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Big Ben | Meme Creater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (38 ratings) | 4.5 (139 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 139 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #174 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ettore Software Ltd. | MULTI MOBILE Ltd |
Customer experience
Big Ben
Meme Creater
Bugs and requests
Big Ben
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes immediately upon opening
- Not compatible with iOS 15, iOS 17, iOS 12
- Doesn't chime when phone is locked or in background
- No sound output despite notifications enabled
- App won't launch on iPhone 15.3.1
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- Crashes on iPhone 12 mini
- VoiceOver notifications interfering with chimes
- Hourly chime not functioning on iOS 11.2.6
- Chimes stop working after app update
- Tick-tock sounds out of sync with second hand
- Paid version requires repurchase and doesn't work
Requested features
20 requests- Night mode/silent hours scheduling (9pm-5am)
- Adjustable volume control within app
- Smooth minute hand animation
- Hourly-only chime option (disable quarter chimes)
- Background chimes while phone is locked
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- Chimes on half-hour intervals
- Dynamic backgrounds based on time of day/weather
- Updated Big Ben chimes post-renovation
- Customizable lock screen display
- iPad/universal app version
- Weather integration
- Multiple background images/locations
- Chimes on watch/wearables
- Alarm functionality
- Tick-tock sounds in sync with second hand
- Floodlit Big Ben for nighttime display
- GPS-based daylight/sunset lighting
- Screen saver functionality
- Quieter/softer tick-tock option
- Delay between quarter and hour chimes
Meme Creater
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Big Ben
No in-app purchases
Meme Creater
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Big Ben free?
Is Meme Creater free?
Which has better reviews, Big Ben or Meme Creater?
Do Big Ben or Meme Creater have ads?
Which is updated more often, Big Ben or Meme Creater?
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