Comparison

What Time? vs Smart Clocks

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

Head to head
About

What Time?

This app helps users practice telling time on an analog clock. It offers various modes for setting and reading time, including digital conversions and spoken audio. The iPad version includes additional interactive math and typing activities.

Highlights
  • Practice analog clock time
  • Digital time conversion
  • Spoken time aloud
  • Multiple choice activities
  • Clock math exercises
  • Manual time advancement
Features
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Part of the Math Practice Tools CFS Bundle Practice telling time on an analog clock. Options include setting the time on the 5, 10, 15, 30 minutes and on the hour. Tap the "Puzzle Piece" button to change the time. Tap the clock face to see the time in digital format and hear the time said aloud. The iPad version also includes: • A ‘multiple choice’ activity to select the digital time that matches the analog time displayed on the clock face... inlcludes options to create the distractors • A 'clock math’ activity with addition and subtraction options. • An option to set the time on minute intervals. • An option to advance the time manually by 1-hour, 5-minute, or 1-minute intervals. • An option to type in the “digital” representation of the time displayed on the analog clock. • An option to turn off the sound.

About

Smart Clocks

This educational app helps children learn about clocks and time through interactive exercises. It features engaging activities for practicing time-telling, writing, and understanding time intervals with voice and text instructions.

Highlights
  • Observe time changes with interactive hands
  • Practice writing time from clock indications
  • Draw clock hands from digital displays
  • Calculate time before or after a given period
  • Determine time between two clock indications
  • Text and voice instructions for all modules
  • Animation demonstrations of clocks
Features
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This is a app that helps kids understand clock and time. Practice time questions in an interactive way through a cute interface. 1 Observe the time changes by turning the hour and minute hands. 2 Practice writing the time through the clock indication. 3 Practice drawing the clock hands through digital display. 4 Write the target time before or after a period of time. 5 Write the time between two clock indications. Each module has text and voice instructions. The correct answer will be given for each question, which is convenient for checking. Some questions will give animation demonstrations of clocks.

Screenshots

What Time?4 screens
Smart Clocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Smart Clocks at every 4 weeks against What Time?'s every 8 months. What Time?'s advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for What Time? against 5.0 for Smart Clocks. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What Time? ships an update every 8 months, Smart Clocks every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
What Time? versus Smart Clocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Time?Smart Clocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClassroom Focused SoftwareYan Xu

Customer experience

What Time?

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Smart Clocks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

What Time?

No in-app purchases

None

Smart Clocks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is What Time? free?
What Time? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Clocks free?
Smart Clocks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, What Time? or Smart Clocks?
What Time? and Smart Clocks are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do What Time? or Smart Clocks have ads?
Neither What Time? nor Smart Clocks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, What Time? or Smart Clocks?
What Time? ships an update every 8 months, and Smart Clocks every 4 weeks. Most recently, What Time? was updated on September 21, 2026 and Smart Clocks on October 6, 2026.

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