FaceClock Calendar vs SClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Analogue clock with calendar
- Customizable background image
- Spoken time announcements
- Alarm functionality
- Adjustable brightness
- Show/hide second hand
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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.
SClock
This app offers a customizable clock with adjustable display sizes and color options. It features dual timers with customizable sounds and visual cues, perfect for time management tasks like Pomodoro.
- Adjustable display size
- Color selectable clock face
- Dual timer functionality
- Customizable countdown sounds
- Color-coded time display
- Simple, easy-to-read design
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・ 24H / 12H calendar Simple clock function with color selectable ・The sound before the start, the countdown sound, the color display can be changed according to the remaining time, and the two timers can be switched, making it ideal for pomodoro timers, etc.The sound before the start, the countdown sound, the color display can be changed according to the remaining time, and the two timers can be switched, making it ideal for pomodoro timers, etc. ・By switching between large format and middle size display, it is easy to use at hand and has excellent visibility from a distance in a wide place. ・Simple and easy-to-read design. You can use it in any situation such as studying, meetings, presentations, sports, fitness, cooking, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: FaceClock Calendar at none against SClock's shown. SClock's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.3 vs 4.1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. FaceClock Calendar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and SClock sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SClock holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 24 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of FaceClock Calendar's written reviews are positive against 50% of SClock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FaceClock Calendar ships an update every 3 months, SClock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FaceClock Calendar | SClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (32 ratings) | 4.3 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iReka Soft | Hajime Suzuki |
Customer experience
FaceClock Calendar
SClock
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
SClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FaceClock Calendar
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Unlock All Features$1.99
SClock
- premium$0.991 Month
Questions
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