Astrodate vs MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Astrodate
This app provides the current date and time in multiple specialized formats, including Julian Date, Modified Julian Date, and Truncated Julian Date. It also offers standard Gregorian ISO 8601 formats, eliminating the need for manual calculations. Ideal for astronomers and those requiring precise timekeeping across various systems.
- Julian Date conversion
- Modified Julian Date
- Truncated Julian Date
- Dublin Julian Date
- Gregorian ISO 8601 format
- Astronomical date calculations
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Astrodate provides the current date and time in Julian Date, Modified Julian Date, Truncated Julian Date, and Dublin Julian Date as well as normal Gregorian ISO 8601 numeric date time formats. This is particularly useful for astronomers and others who need these various date formats, and don't want to do the calculations.
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
This utility app displays time in multiple formats, including civil, solar, and metric. It offers a progress bar for the day's elapsed percentage and shows sunrise/sunset times. A converter tool allows for easy time conversions between different systems.
- Civil time with DST
- Solar time based on sun position
- Metric time (10,000 units per day)
- Daily progress bar
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Time converter tool
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The clock shows two different times in several different ways. Civil time is the current time in your time zone, taking daylight saving rules into account. Solar time depends on the position of the sun in the sky. Solar noon is when the sun is at its highest point. That moment depends on where you are, and on where the Earth is in its annual orbit around the sun. The time display shows hours and minutes in the way you're used to. It also shows a metric time. It breaks the day into 10,000 equal-sized pieces and keeps count of them over the course of the day. Midnight is 0000, and 9999 is the instant just before the next midnight. It also shows a progress bar for the percent of day elapsed. The clock shows sunrise and sunset times for both civil and solar days, in the hour and minute display and in metric. There's a "classic" display page that shows just solar metric, civil metric and civil hh:mm time. There's a converter page that allows you to type in a time, civil or solar, hours:minutes or metric, and convert to all the other available time types.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric at Free against Astrodate's $0.99. MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric is free to download; Astrodate costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Astrodate ships an update every 12 months, MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Astrodate | MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flying Titans, Inc. | Michael Olson |
Customer experience
Astrodate
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
In-app purchases
Astrodate
No in-app purchases
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
No in-app purchases
Questions
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