The Clocks vs Clock Widget
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 Widget
Add customizable clock widgets to your device's home screen and today view. Display multiple clocks, timezones, and customize their appearance with various fonts and colors. Supports analog or digital formats and dark mode.
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Multiple timezone support
- Analog and digital clock display
- Customizable fonts and colors
- Today view widget integration
- Dark mode support
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Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Home screen and the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Clock widget allows to view 1 to 6 different clocks on the same row. Each clock can display the current time or the one of a specific timezone. The time can be displayed as an analog or a digital clock, with or without the seconds. A text can be associated (to display the town name and time offset). Various parameters can be changed (like the font name and the day or night colors). Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. In Today view: You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Clocks at Free against Clock Widget's $0.99. The Clocks also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (72% vs 40%). Clock Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) 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
The Clocks is free to download; Clock Widget costs $0.99 up front. The Clocks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clock Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Clocks holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Clocks has 21K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of The Clocks's written reviews are positive against 40% of Clock Widget's.
The Clocks ships an update every 2 weeks, Clock Widget every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Clocks | Clock Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (21K ratings) — better | 3.9 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 40.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meanterm Inc. | Francis Bonnin |
Customer experience
The Clocks
Clock Widget
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 Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Clocks
- The Clocks Premium Upgrade$3.99
Clock Widget
No in-app purchases
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