Comparison

FaceClock Calendar vs Mugen Clock

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

Head to head
About

FaceClock Calendar

This app provides a beautiful analogue clock with integrated calendar functionality. It offers customizable backgrounds, spoken time announcements, and alarm features. Users can personalize the clock's appearance and receive automatic time updates.

Highlights
  • Analogue clock with calendar
  • Customizable background image
  • Spoken time announcements
  • Alarm functionality
  • Adjustable brightness
  • Show/hide second hand
Features
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FaceClock Calendar brings your day into focus: an analog clock, today’s weather, a mini month calendar, and your events — all in one place. Unlock premium Today-tab features with a single purchase.

About

Mugen Clock

This app offers a highly readable clock with large, bold numbers that fill the screen. Customize colors, fonts, and layouts, and set personal photos or videos as backgrounds. Includes timer and stopwatch functions for added utility.

Highlights
  • Large, full-screen time display
  • Customizable colors and fonts
  • Photo and video backgrounds
  • Adjustable layout options
  • Integrated timer and stopwatch
  • Saved presets for different modes
Features
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Looking for a clock that is easy to read? Mugen Clock fills the screen with large numbers and beautiful, vivid colors to make the time easy to see. It brings together the features you expect from a clock app, including a kitchen timer and stopwatch, in a simple design. And it offers more than readability. You can customize it in many ways to make it your own. For example, you can show or hide the weather, temperature, date, day of the week, and seconds, and control the screen orientation. You can also set a favorite photo as the background or display a live camera view with stylish effects. Carefully selected color themes can completely change the look and feel. The combinations are endless. You can save the clocks you create, too. Switching between saved clocks to suit your needs or your mood is easy. It does more than show the time: a simple, easy-to-use timer is also built in. Keep it nearby while studying, cooking, or exercising. The ways to use it are endless, too. Make this clock part of your everyday life.

Screenshots

FaceClock Calendar4 screens
Mugen Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mugen Clock at 96% against FaceClock Calendar's 54%. Mugen Clock also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). FaceClock Calendar's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. FaceClock Calendar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Mugen Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mugen Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 63 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of FaceClock Calendar's written reviews are positive against 96% of Mugen Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FaceClock Calendar ships an update every 3 months, Mugen Clock every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FaceClock Calendar versus Mugen Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaceClock CalendarMugen Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (32 ratings)4.5 (63 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews95.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3263 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiReka SoftKoichiro Kamada

Customer experience

FaceClock Calendar

All ratings32 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews192 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral14.6%
Negative31.3%

Mugen Clock

All ratings63 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

FaceClock Calendar

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Clock hands not displaying properly
  • Calendar not updating correctly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add alarm clock functionality
  • Allow setting as device wallpaper
  • Provide more color/theme options

Mugen Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FaceClock Calendar

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlock All Features$1.99
1 purchases

Mugen Clock

One-time1
  • Premium$5.99

Questions

Is FaceClock Calendar free?
FaceClock Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mugen Clock free?
Mugen Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FaceClock Calendar or Mugen Clock?
Mugen Clock is rated higher. FaceClock Calendar averages 4.1 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Mugen Clock averages 4.5 from 63 ratings.
Do FaceClock Calendar or Mugen Clock have ads?
Mugen Clock shows ads; FaceClock Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, FaceClock Calendar or Mugen Clock?
FaceClock Calendar ships an update every 3 months, and Mugen Clock every 9 days. Most recently, FaceClock Calendar was updated on October 16, 2026 and Mugen Clock on October 16, 2026.

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