What time is it? vs Papolang
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
What time is it?
This educational app teaches children how to tell time through interactive clock faces and a digital textbook. It features a "snap to minutes" function for easy setting and includes engaging animations and sound effects to enhance the learning experience.
- Interactive clock face
- Manual time setting
- Snap to minutes feature
- Read-aloud text
- Interactive sound effects
- Animations
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This is a teaching application which recognizes that children learn most effectively if they are having fun at the same time. What time is it? offers users a fun traditional clock as its home screen which allows children to manually set the hour and minute hands on its face. To make setting this clock face to specific minutes as easy as possible for young learners the app includes a “snap to minutes” feature that automatically moves the clock’s minute hands to the nearest minute when it’s set manually. Tap the clock face again to automatically reflect the correct current time, staying in the clock state until the hands are manually moved once more. While this area of the application introduces children to how clocks function, the app offers a more engaging learning experience as well. After the initial interactive clock face, What time is it? is set up as an interactive textbook geared towards young children. “Clickable’ text reads the text to children too young to read adequately and each paragraph of the text explores an independent idea in the simplest terms possible, both features which ensure kids can easily comprehend and interpret the text as easily as possible. Furthermore, various clock graphics throughout the text come complete with interactive sound effects and animations to entertain young learners as they progress through the app. Offering children an option for learning how to tell time that’s both fun and effective, What time is it? is a ‘must-get’ for any tech savvy parent eager to help their kids learn to tell what time it is. PRIVACY POLICY This app does not include any tracking or cookies. We do not store any information about our users, make any kinds of network requests or allow open access to the Internet through the app.
Papolang
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You can learn a language without looking at your phone. Papolang lessons are short spoken conversations. You listen, you say them out loud, and you start speaking from the very first lesson — walking the dog, on the bus, cooking dinner, at the gym. Phone in your pocket, screen off. WHY IT STICKS Real conversations, not word games. Every lesson is built from the kind of thing people actually say to each other, so what you learn is what you'll use. Say it out loud. Repeating a phrase aloud is what turns it from something you recognise into something you can actually reach for mid-sentence. Come back at the right moment. Papolang brings each phrase back just as you are about to forget it. That is the moment repetition does its work, and it is why things stay put. Twenty minutes a day is enough. TAUGHT IN A LANGUAGE YOU ALREADY KNOW Learning Spanish and you speak French? Picking up German and you speak Arabic? Papolang teaches you in a language you are already comfortable in, so explanations land the first time and nothing gets lost on the way through English. Nine languages — English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic and Mandarin Chinese — and you can learn any of them starting from any of the others. WHAT YOU GET Lessons that keep playing with the screen off, with full lock screen controls Review that quietly focuses on the words you keep forgetting A quick check at the start, so you skip what you already know Daily streaks, and rewards for keeping them alive Flashcards for the phrases that refuse to stick Credits you can earn instead of buy: watch a short ad, invite a friend, keep your streak going FREE TO START The first three lessons are free in every course — no card, no countdown, no trial to remember to cancel. After that, open lessons one at a time with credits, or subscribe and unlock all of them. PAPOLANG PREMIUM Premium covers the course you are taking: Every lesson in it, unlocked No ads Ask Papolang, an AI tutor that answers questions about whatever lesson you are on Learning more than one language? Add another course whenever you like. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Papolang Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, covering one course. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the period ending. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Terms: https://papolang.com/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://papolang.com/en/privacy Something sound wrong, or a lesson not behaving? support@papolang.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Papolang at Free against What time is it?'s $1.99. Papolang also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). What time is it?'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Papolang is free to download; What time is it? costs $1.99 up front. Papolang sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. What time is it? asks for nothing beyond the download.
What time is it? ships an update every 4 months, Papolang every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | What time is it? | Papolang |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Software101 | Kairo SILVEIRA |
In-app purchases
What time is it?
No in-app purchases
Papolang
- Korean · Monthly7 Days trial5 variants$8.991 Month
- Korean · Yearly7 Days trial5 variants$69.991 Year
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