Comparison

SpinClock vs TI

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

Head to head
About

SpinClock

Experience time with a unique analog display featuring a single vertical hand that rotates with smooth precision. This app offers a mesmerizing, digital sculpture that spins up to the current time, providing an entrancing way to view your day.

Highlights
  • Liquid-smooth vertical hand time display
  • Realistic metal dial rendering
  • Mesmerizing 'spin-up' animation
  • Customizable themes
  • Adjustable spin-up time
  • Auto-lock timer for bedside use
Features
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This clock features a single vertical hand past which the hours, minutes, and seconds rotate with liquid-smooth precision. The metal dials are rendered so convincingly that you'll be able to feel their weight. A beguiling and novel way of telling time, SpinClock provides an entrancing and totally analog view of the current time of day. Watch this mesmerizing digital sculpture "spin up" smoothly to the current time, dial by dial, every time you start it. If you only want to know what time it is, your iPhone already tells you. But if you want to enjoy knowing, get SpinClock. You can customize SpinClock through the Settings application on your home screen, where you can choose the theme, adjust the spin-up time, and set how long it waits before auto-lock, so that it can be used as a night stand clock for your bedside table (be sure your device is plugged in).

About

TI

This utility app displays the current time in various unconventional formats, including decimal, hexadecimal, and Swatch Internet time. It's designed for users who appreciate unique and challenging ways to view time, with some formats requiring specialized knowledge to interpret.

Highlights
  • Decimal time display
  • Hexadecimal time display
  • Swatch Internet time
  • Trigonometry clock
  • PT clock
  • Large, easy-to-read digits
Features
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This clock App is meant for all those users who like to get the time in unusual or challenging ways. This App can display the time in many different ways, like for example as decimal time (which was introduced in the French Revolution), as hexedecimal time (the idea goes back to the 19th century), as "Swatch Internet time" and many others. The most challenging clocks are the trigonometry clock and the PT clock, which requires some mathematical or chemical knowledge to interpret the time correctly. This clock is for "Geeks" ;-) The App shows the time in big letters which are easy to read even from the distance. So you can use an (old) iOS device put it on a shelf so it just shows the time. Feel free to make suggestions for other "geeky" clocks I can add in the future...

Screenshots

SpinClock4 screens
TI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SpinClock at 4.4 against TI's 3.8. SpinClock also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%). TI's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 104 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SpinClock costs $0.99 and TI $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpinClock holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SpinClock's written reviews are positive against 73% of TI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpinClock ships an update every 104 months, TI every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SpinClock versus TI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpinClockTI
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.4 (10 ratings) — better3.8 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 104 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe BeguilerieAlexander Clauss

Customer experience

SpinClock

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TI

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%

In-app purchases

None

SpinClock

No in-app purchases

None

TI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpinClock free?
SpinClock costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TI free?
TI costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpinClock or TI?
SpinClock is rated higher. SpinClock averages 4.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while TI averages 3.8 from 8 ratings.
Do SpinClock or TI have ads?
Neither SpinClock nor TI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpinClock or TI?
SpinClock ships an update every 104 months, and TI every 8 months. Most recently, SpinClock was updated on June 5, 2026 and TI on August 23, 2026.

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