Comparison

What time is it? vs matpad

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive clock face
  • Manual time setting
  • Snap to minutes feature
  • Read-aloud text
  • Interactive sound effects
  • Animations
Features
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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.

About

matpad

Features
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Matpad est un cahier de mathématiques pour poser des opérations, fractions, tableaux et conversions sur iPad utile en cas de TND ou DYS. Préconisé par les ergothérapeutes et les associations

Screenshots

What time is it?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: matpad at every 5 days against What time is it?'s every 4 months. What time is it?'s advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

What time is it? costs $1.99 and matpad $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What time is it? ships an update every 4 months, matpad every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
What time is it? versus matpad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat time is it?matpad
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS13.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftware101Laura SENDAT

In-app purchases

None

What time is it?

No in-app purchases

None

matpad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is What time is it? free?
What time is it? costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is matpad free?
matpad costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do What time is it? or matpad have ads?
Neither What time is it? nor matpad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, What time is it? or matpad?
What time is it? ships an update every 4 months, and matpad every 5 days. Most recently, What time is it? was updated on October 19, 2026 and matpad on October 14, 2026.

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