Rect Clock vs Night Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rect Clock
This app transforms your iPhone into a full-screen analog clock. Customize the clock face, index, and hands with various styles and colors. Enjoy a minimalist design with adjustable screen rotation and optional date display and auto-lock.
- Full-screen analog display
- Customizable clock faces
- Interchangeable index styles
- Variety of hand designs
- Adjustable hand movement
- Screen rotation support
- Configurable date and lock
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An analog clock that fills the entire iPhone screen. Choose your favorite dial, indices, and hands to customize the clock to your style. A minimal design that perfectly complements the iPhone’s product design. ･ 12 dials: 6 included [Black / White / Silver / Wood / Leather / Luminous] + 6 available via in-app purchase [Space Black / Gold / Rose Gold / Skeleton / Stone / Power Saving] ･ 6 index styles × 6 colors: 2 included [Bar / Arabic Numerals (12-3-6-9)] + 4 available via in-app purchase [Roman Numerals / Roman Numerals (XII-III-VI-IX) / Arabic Numerals / Triangle] ･ 11 hand styles × 6 colors (12 colors for the second hand): 2 included [Bar / Dauphine] + 9 available via in-app purchase [Round / Pencil / Alpha / Lozenge / Baton / Leaf / Arrow / Spade / Breguet] ･ 3 hand movements [Sweep / Beat / Step] ･ Automatically rotates to portrait, landscape, or upside down to match your iPhone’s orientation ･ Date display [On / Off] ･ Auto-Lock [On / Off]
Night Clock
This app displays a simple analog clock designed for low-light conditions, featuring customizable colors and an optional sweep second hand. It can automatically adjust brightness based on sunset and sunrise.
- Customizable analog clock face
- Multiple color options
- Automatic brightness adjustment
- Optional sweep second hand
- Easy-to-read in darkness
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Night Clock is the simplest analogue clock for your nightstand, designed to be easy on your eyes in darkness so you don't wake yourself up trying to figure out what time it is. Dim your display and use the default Classy Red face for the lowest light levels, get a little daring with Fizzy Orange, or blend in with your decor with Oak Brown. There are a dozen colour choices* to choose from. If you allow Night Clock to use your location, it will slowly dim the colours after sunset and return to full brightness by sunrise. Or, if you choose one of the new "night and day" schemes, the colour will change completely between night and day. This capability works best in conjunction with the iOS Auto-Brightness setting being on. (General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations.) And if you're just too wired to sleep, turn on the sweep second hand with a tap on the sweep button, or just press and hold on the face for 2 seconds. The sweep second hand will make two full revolutions and then slowly fade out. You might find that as it fades, so do you to restful sleep. * Original colour design by Andrew J. Clark.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rect Clock at Free against Night Clock's $1.99. Rect Clock also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 39 months) and ratings volume (168 vs 1). Night Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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
Rect Clock is free to download; Night Clock costs $1.99 up front. Rect Clock sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Night Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Night Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rect Clock has 168 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Rect Clock's written reviews are positive against 50% of Night Clock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rect Clock ships an update every 2 weeks, Night Clock every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rect Clock | Night Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (168 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 168 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 39 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | y-design | Allister Jenks |
Customer experience
Rect Clock
Night Clock
Bugs and requests
Rect Clock
Reported bugs
9 issues- Blank white screen on launch (iPhone XR, iPad Air 2)
- App doesn't stay on when phone locks
- App crashes or won't open after purchase
- Settings screen appears on any touch
- Unresponsive UI elements on iPad
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- Battery percentage display frozen
- Orientation doesn't adjust to device rotation
- Ads still appear after paid purchase
- App stopped working after updates
Requested features
13 requests- Alarm functionality
- Lock screen integration
- Live wallpaper capability
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Landscape/rotation support
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- Always-on display when plugged in
- Ticking sound effect
- Adjustable brightness/dimming for night
- Round clock face option
- GMT/timezone hand option
- Larger date/time display option
- Screen saver mode
- Additional color variations (red retro style)
Night Clock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rect Clock
- Add All Faces$0.99
- Add All Indexes$0.99
- Add All Hands$0.99
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- Remove Ads$0.99
- Full Version$2.99
Night Clock
No in-app purchases
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