The Clocks vs Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Clocks
This app offers a variety of clock styles including flip, digital, and analog. It features customizable alarms with music options, a world clock for multiple locations, and several user-friendly controls for brightness, touch lock, and flashlight activation.
- Flip, Digital, and Analog clock types
- In-app music alarms
- World clock with 500+ cities
- Customizable clock appearance
- Adjustable snooze interval
- Flashlight by shaking
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The Clocks of Simplicity. Three fundamental clock types featuring in-app music alarms and a world clock. Clock Types: • Flip Clock • Digital Clock • Analog Clock • Detailed customization options for each clock Alarm Clock: • Supports up to 5 alarms • Adjustable snooze interval • Use your own iPod music as alarm sounds (while the app is running in the foreground) World Clock: • Displays times for 6 locations • Supports over 500 cities and countries Miscellaneous: • Touch lock • Intuitive gestures • Burn-in protection • Activate flashlight by shaking • User-friendly button interface • Adjustable brightness, scale, and position
Clock
This app helps you manage your time across devices. It offers features like a world clock for global time zones, customizable alarms with music options, a stopwatch for measuring durations, and timers for countdowns.
- World Clock for global time zones
- Customizable Alarms with music
- Stopwatch with lap recording
- Multiple Timers with labels
- Sleep schedule integration
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Clock helps you manage your time on iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Check the current time anywhere with World Clock, make sure you wake up on time with Alarms, or keep track of passing time with Stopwatch and Timers. World Clock Check the current time in cities around the world. Or quickly see the time difference compared to your local time to make coordinating across time zones easy. Alarms Set regular alarms for any time of day. Choose to set them to repeat on specific days, give them a label and select the sound that plays with each. When your alarm goes off, you can choose to play from a selection of sounds, or pick a song from your Apple Music library. You can also adjust your wake up alarm and sleep schedule from Health right in the Clock app so you can wind down with a Sleep Focus and make sure you always wake up on time. Stopwatch Measure the duration of an event. You can see how much time has lapsed with either a digital or analog stopwatch face, and you can quickly record laps or splits throughout the time. Timers Count down seconds, minutes or hours. Or count down using multiple timers, and add labels and distinct sounds to each. You can also choose to set a timer that stops any music playing in the background—perfect for getting to sleep with your favorite playlist.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Clocks at 78% against Clock's 14%. The Clocks also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. The Clocks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Clocks holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22K and 20K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of The Clocks's written reviews are positive against 14% of Clock's.
The Clocks ships an update every 2 weeks, Clock every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | The Clocks | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (22K ratings) — better | 2.5 (20K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.4% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 20K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meanterm Inc. | Apple |
Customer experience
The Clocks
Clock
User reviews
The Clocks
From 22K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💻 Excellent clock app
- ⏰ Great for alarms and timers
- 🎨 Customizable clock faces and styles
- 🔍 Large, easy-to-read display
- 🌙 Dimmable screen for nighttime use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Alarm issues (doesn't always sound, short duration)
- 🔒 Concerns about privacy and data access
- 🔄 Orientation/rotation problems
- 🔆 Brightness changes can be disruptive
- 💲 Paid upgrade may be required for some features
Clock
From 20K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Useful app
- 👍 Good alarm clock
- ✨ Interesting experience
- 🕰️ Helpful for timekeeping
Room to improve
- 🐛 Alarm issues
- 🔇 Quiet/silent alarms
- 🕰️ Lack of customization
- 🤯 Frustrating bugs
- 🕰️ Unreliable timer
Bugs and requests
The Clocks
Reported bugs
4 issues- Clock style randomly changes
- Alarm doesn't work when device is locked
- App freezes or crashes occasionally
- Time displayed on home screen is incorrect
Requested features
7 requests- Add timer and stopwatch functions
- Allow custom alarm sounds/music
- Improve alarm reliability and duration
- Provide more clock face/style options
- Add date display
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- Improve orientation/rotation controls
- Adjust brightness changes to be less disruptive
Clock
Reported bugs
3 issues- Alarms not going off or being silent
- Alarms disappearing or turning off on their own
- Timer issues like not showing countdown or not working properly
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to set alarms for specific dates
- Option to silence all alarms for a period
- More customization for alarm sounds and snooze
- Separate volume control for alarms
- Ability to group and manage alarms
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- Display seconds in digital clock view
In-app purchases
The Clocks
- The Clocks Premium Upgrade$3.99
Clock
No in-app purchases






