Little Ben vs chimingClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Little Ben
This app simulates a mechanical clock with Westminster chimes every quarter hour and hourly strikes. It features a ticking minute hand, adjustable volume for chimes and strikes, and a silence function. It runs in the background and is accessible with VoiceOver.
- Westminster chimes every quarter hour
- Hourly strikes
- Ticking minute hand
- Adjustable volume
- Silence function
- Background operation
- VoiceOver accessibility
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Little Ben is a mechanical clock that chimes every quarter hour with the Westminster chime and also strikes on the hour for each hour, even when the app is not running. If you look closely you can even see the minute hand move as the pendulum and escapement make the clock tick. Slide your finger or tap a button to turn On / Off and set the volume level of the quarterly chimes, hourly strikes, and the ticking. You can set Little Ben to only strike on the hour without the quarterly chimes. Tap the silence button to silence all quarterly chimes and hourly strikes for up to 12 hours. With Slide Over in iOS 9 open a second app as Little Ben runs on your iPad. As Little Ben chimes quarterly and strikes hourly you can browse the web using Safari, check your Calendar, or discover what's new on your Twitter Timeline and respond back to your followers. If you are playing songs with Apple's Music app or iTunes Radio your music will continue to play in the background as Little Ben runs. We worked on Accessibility to make all of the features of Little Ben accessible to everyone. Try VoiceOver with gesture based control and navigation, just triple-click the Home button to access it. You will hear a description of everything happening on the screen. Little Ben runs on your iPhone, iPod touch, and also your iPad Air, iPad, and iPad mini.
chimingClock
A simple standing clock app that always displays the correct time. It plays Westminster chimes every quarter hour, requiring minimal user interaction and customization.
- Always shows correct time
- Westminster chimes on the quarter hour
- Minimal user interaction
- No customization required
- Designed for simplicity
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Standing clock that always shows correct time, and every quarter of an hour plays Westminster chimes. This application is designed to have minimal user interaction -- it just works out of the box. Despite variety of different clocks available on the app store, which support all sort of features and customizations, it's not easy to find a clock which shows only time and requires minimal user interaction and customizations -- in which case, chimingClock is exactly what you are looking for.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: chimingClock at Free against Little Ben's $1.99. chimingClock also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.6) and review sentiment (71% vs 35%). Little Ben's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
chimingClock is free to download; Little Ben costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
chimingClock holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Little Ben's written reviews are positive against 71% of chimingClock's.
Little Ben ships an update every 9 months, chimingClock weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Little Ben | chimingClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.6 (15 ratings) | 3.8 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Curved Design, LLC | ECHOWAVES CORP. |
Customer experience
Little Ben
chimingClock
In-app purchases
Little Ben
No in-app purchases
chimingClock
No in-app purchases








