Black Clock vs FaceClock Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Black Clock
A straightforward analog clock application offering a clean and simple design. It displays time with classic hands on a dial, providing an uncluttered visual experience for users who prefer traditional timekeeping.
- Simple design
- Clean interface
- Analog display
- Classic clock hands
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- simple, clean, analog clock
FaceClock Pro
This app announces the current time at specified intervals in multiple languages. It also offers customizable clock faces, background images, and alarm clock functionality with music player controls and a battery indicator.
- Announce the time in multiple languages
- Customizable clock faces and backgrounds
- Alarm clock with snooze
- Music player control
- Battery indicator
- Today's widget
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful analog bedside clock, with alarms, weather, a sleep timer and widgets. Now rebuilt for iOS 26. Description: FaceClock turns your iPhone or iPad into an analog clock you'll actually want on your nightstand, your desk or your kitchen counter. Twenty clock faces Pick from four groups: Minimal (bars, dots, rings), Numerals (including Roman, Arabic-Indic and Chinese numbers), 24-Hour dials, and Counter-Clockwise faces that run backwards. Choose a color theme, including a dim red Night theme that won't keep you awake, and a light theme for bright rooms. Make it yours Set any wall color or use your own photo as the background, then drag and pinch to frame it. Add the date, the digital time in 12- or 24-hour form, and the current temperature. Drag up or down anywhere on the clock to dim the screen for night-time. A real alarm Built on Apple's alarm system, so it rings even when your phone is locked or on silent. Choose the time, which days it repeats and how long snooze lasts. Sleep timer Count down with white noise, or an alarm at the end. The timer keeps going on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Weather on the face Local temperature and conditions from Apple Weather, right on the dial. Visual effects behind the clock can follow your weather: sunlight, fog, rain or snow. Hear the time Have the clock speak the time on the hour, half hour or quarter hour, in your choice of language. Or just double-tap the clock whenever you want to know. Widgets Clock widgets for the Home Screen in every size, including extra large on iPad, plus a minimal clock for the Lock Screen. They follow the clock settings you chose in the app. Also included Now Playing controls for the Music app · battery ring with charging status · keep-screen-awake for bedside use · full iPad support in portrait and landscape · English and Japanese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FaceClock Pro at every 2 months against Black Clock's every 9 months. FaceClock Pro also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 57%) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). Black Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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
Black Clock costs $4.99 and FaceClock Pro $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Black Clock ships an update every 9 months, FaceClock Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Black Clock | FaceClock Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (147 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 72.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 147 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MacMedia | iReka Soft |
Customer experience
Black Clock
FaceClock Pro
In-app purchases
Black Clock
No in-app purchases
FaceClock Pro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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