Art Clock Lite vs Clocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Art Clock Lite
Display famous artworks as your device's clock background. Choose from a slideshow of masterpieces or save individual images to use as wallpapers. Enjoy art from renowned artists and organizations.
- Display famous artworks
- Clock with art backgrounds
- Slideshow feature
- Save backgrounds as wallpapers
- Art from Van Gogh, Monet, Da Vinci, etc.
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Art Clock Lite has several amazing works of art to enjoy. Van Gogh, Monet, Da Vinci, Mucha, Klimt, NASA, and others. Use it as a clock with beautiful backgrounds with the option of a slideshow feature, or just save your favorite backgrounds to your photos and use them as wallpapers. Thanks and enjoy.
Clocks
Transform your device into a beautiful clock and weather display. Offers customizable clocks, animated backgrounds, and font options for a personalized experience. It's a private, ad-free alternative to standby modes, with optional matching screensavers for macOS.
- Animated backgrounds
- Customizable clock variations
- Font and color options
- Private and ad-free
- MacOS screensaver sync
- Shortcuts support
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The Clocks app transforms your phone, tablet, or mac into a beautiful clock display, perfect for any home office, bedroom, or studio. It's perfect as an alternative to Standby Mode with even more options: ◎ 28+ gorgeous and intentionally designed animated backgrounds ◎ 15+ variations of clocks you can pair in any combination ◎ Some font and font color options for more personalization ◎ Private, no ads. Designed to be simple and stunning. ◎ Pro Park includes a download for matching screen savers on MacOS so your display can match across your entire work setup. ◎ Three clocks and three backgrounds are usable for free! ◎ Best used on a MagSafe charger, but also works on phones without it. ◎ Shortcuts support to allow Clocks to open automatically when connected to a charger Does Clocks open automatically? Not by default, but within Settings there's a tutorial on how to set it up using Shortcuts. Does Clocks replace Standby mode? We think Clocks is better fitted for daytime use and the official Standby for night time. Will you release more packs in the future? Yes! I plan on designing more backgrounds and clocks in future updates, some which will be free some which will be paid (but affordable). Roadmap - Coming soon: - Timers - More font options and settings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clocks at 4.6 against Art Clock Lite's 3.5. Clocks also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (469 vs 2). Art Clock Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 17.4). On price, ads 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. Clocks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Art Clock Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Clocks holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clocks has 469 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Art Clock Lite's written reviews are positive against 59% of Clocks's.
Art Clock Lite ships an update every 22 months, Clocks every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Art Clock Lite | Clocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (469 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 59.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 469 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Lewis | Daniel Destefanis |
Customer experience
Art Clock Lite
Clocks
Bugs and requests
Art Clock Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Clocks
Reported bugs
1 issue- Infinite loop of pop-up ads when trying to use the app
Requested features
3 requests- Timer with start/stop functionality
- Numbered screen savers for easier selection
- Widget support
In-app purchases
Art Clock Lite
No in-app purchases
Clocks
- Clocks Pro Pack$3.99
Questions
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