Comparison

Black Clock vs FaceClock Pro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Simple design
  • Clean interface
  • Analog display
  • Classic clock hands
Features
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- simple, clean, analog clock

About

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.

Highlights
  • Announce the time in multiple languages
  • Customizable clock faces and backgrounds
  • Alarm clock with snooze
  • Music player control
  • Battery indicator
  • Today's widget
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Black Clock2 screens
FaceClock Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Black Clock versus FaceClock Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlack ClockFaceClock Pro
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating—4.4 (147 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews72.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—147 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMacMediaiReka Soft

Customer experience

Black Clock

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

FaceClock Pro

All ratings147 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews136 reviews
Positive72.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative14.7%

In-app purchases

None

Black Clock

No in-app purchases

None

FaceClock Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Black Clock free?
Black Clock costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FaceClock Pro free?
FaceClock Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Black Clock or FaceClock Pro have ads?
Neither Black Clock nor FaceClock Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Black Clock or FaceClock Pro?
Black Clock ships an update every 9 months, and FaceClock Pro every 2 months. Most recently, Black Clock was updated on September 9, 2026 and FaceClock Pro on September 24, 2026.

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