Comparison

Alarm Clock ◎ vs Nightstand Digital Clock Timer

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

Head to head
About

Alarm Clock ◎

This app provides a robust alarm clock experience with customizable wake-up challenges, multiple alarm types, and smart features to ensure you get out of bed. It offers a variety of sounds, weather integration, and task-based reminders to help even heavy sleepers start their day.

Highlights
  • Multiple alarm creation
  • Wake-up challenges (math, shake, text)
  • Customizable snooze settings
  • Weather and temperature display
  • Adjustable volume increase/decrease
  • Quick alarm for short tasks
  • Customizable themes and backgrounds
Features
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Get a loud wake up sound with smart alarm settings, weather settings, morning missions, math alarms and more, all from this single full-featured alarm clock app! Alarm Clock is a smart and powerful tool that can help even the heaviest sleepers get up in the morning. Create multiple alarms, each with loud ring tone sounds and alerts, then customize each one with features that help you wake up on time. Need a talking alarm clock with sleep timer? How about a shake-to-wake alarm? A wake-up app with puzzles and math problems that make it harder to hit the snooze button? Alarm Clock has all of these, and much more! If you find it difficult getting up in the morning and need a good puzzle alarm to get you out of bed, Alarm Clock is the app for you. There are six unique wake-up motivational challenges that keep you from turning the alarm off without being fully awake. It's perfect for heavy sleepers! Wake-up missions and alarm types: • Simple - Easy one-tap to dismiss the alarm. • Shake - Shake your device to stop the alarm. • Math - Solve a math problem to turn off the alarm sound. • Text - Unscramble the randomly generated text. • Walk - Get up and take a few steps to switch off the alarm. • Hold - Press & hold the button to terminate the alarm. Alarm Clock has all the features you need from a loud smart alarm app. It includes the wake-up missions and alerts described above, plus the ability to create multiple repeating alarms, quick-set non-recurring alarms, customize tons of settings, and more. The best features in Alarm Clock: • Create multiple alarms for a variety of uses. • Customize the number of times you can hit the snooze button. • Set the snooze time longer or shorter. • Display weather and temperature next to your alarm clock. • Smoothly increase or decrease the volume for a gentle wake-up. • Quick alarm to set a time limit for power naps and other short tasks. • Set a custom theme or photo as your clock background. • Add notes or a to-do list as wakeup reminders. • Lots of free music and loud sounds for an alarm ringtone. • Never oversleep when you use these smart alarm features! A simple but attractive interface makes Alarm Clock pleasing to use, even when you're staring at it through sleepy eyes! Use it to help you or people in your family get up in the morning, even if they're heavy sleepers. Alarm Clock is definitely not your ordinary alarm app. It's better! Alarm Clock offers premium subscription which is available on a yearly tier, auto-renewable. The yearly subscription is priced at 14.99 USD (or local equivalent) per year. Subscribe to the premium program to get access to alarm sounds, wake-up tasks, wallpapers and more... Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original package unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. An account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your iTunes Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. Unused portions of free trials, if offered, will be forfeited upon purchase of a subscription. Links to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: Privacy Policy: http://www.rvappstudios.com/app-privacy-policy.html#privacy/ Terms of Use: http://www.rvappstudios.com/app-privacy-policy.html#terms/

About

Nightstand Digital Clock Timer

Wake up and fall asleep to your favorite music with a customizable alarm and sleep timer. Features designer clock themes, countdowns to events, and easy access to settings. A reliable and versatile utility for managing your daily schedule.

Highlights
  • Designer clock themes
  • Customizable wake-up playlists
  • Sleep timer with music or white noise
  • Event countdowns
  • 12/24 hour format
  • Vertical and horizontal modes
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Wake up and go to sleep to your favorite music, never sleep through your alarm again, get your own collection of designer clocks, countdown to important events! FEATURES: * Choose from stylish designer themes for the clock * Create your own wake-up playlist with the best music * Go to sleep to your favorite songs or white noise * Convenient app settings. Get easy access to any option you need Alarm Clock provides the functionality of 3 indispensable apps in 1: CLOCK - Exclusive designer clocks - Vertical and horizontal modes - 12 or 24 time format - Show/Hide seconds - Show/Hide day of the week - Auto-Lock when plugged in ON/OFF - Auto-Lock when on battery ON/OFF - Customizable auto-lock time SLEEP TIMER -Use the shortcut on the main screen to go directly to the sleep timer settings - Create your own playlist with your favorite songs - Shuffle music ON/OFF - Adjust the volume of Music/Sounds - Go to sleep to white noise COUNTDOWN - Never miss important events and special occasions. Count down to your vacation, anniversary, graduation and more Beautiful. Reliable. Versatile. Get the alarm clock that you've been looking for! For complete access to all Alarm Clock features, you will need to allow access to the following: *Notifications – otherwise, alarm will not ring; *Media library so that you can set your own music as an alarm or a sleep timer sound; *Photos to give you a possibility to set them as countdown pictures.

Screenshots

Alarm Clock ◎4 screens
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nightstand Digital Clock Timer at none against Alarm Clock ◎'s 12. Nightstand Digital Clock Timer also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Alarm Clock ◎'s advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 19) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Alarm Clock ◎ sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Nightstand Digital Clock Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Alarm Clock ◎ against 4.4 for Nightstand Digital Clock Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alarm Clock ◎ has 3.5K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Alarm Clock ◎'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Nightstand Digital Clock Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alarm Clock ◎ ships an update fortnightly, Nightstand Digital Clock Timer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Alarm Clock ◎ versus Nightstand Digital Clock Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlarm Clock ◎Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.5K ratings) — better4.4 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.5K — better19
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size239 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRV AppStudios LLCSiarhei Krasnouski

Customer experience

Alarm Clock ◎

All ratings3,456 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews435 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral12.4%
Negative27.6%

Nightstand Digital Clock Timer

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Alarm Clock ◎

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Alarm changing on its own
  • Alarm not working when phone is locked or on silent
  • Inconsistent behavior with alarm sounds and settings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to import own photos as backgrounds
  • More color options for display
  • Ability to adjust brightness and font size
  • Snooze button placement improvement
  • Weather information updates

Nightstand Digital Clock Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Alarm Clock ◎

Subscriptions12
  • PRO Subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Alarm Clock - Advanced Plus3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Alarm Clock - Advanced Gold$7.991 Month
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  • Advanced Subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Diamond Monthly Pro3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Diamond Monthly Subscription$8.991 Month
  • Alarm Clock - Platinum$9.991 Year
  • Premium Subscription3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Alarm Clock - Ultimate Plus3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Ultimate Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Diamond Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Diamond Pro Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Nightstand Digital Clock Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alarm Clock ◎ free?
Alarm Clock ◎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nightstand Digital Clock Timer free?
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alarm Clock ◎ or Nightstand Digital Clock Timer?
Alarm Clock ◎ is rated higher. Alarm Clock ◎ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Nightstand Digital Clock Timer averages 4.4 from 19 ratings.
Do Alarm Clock ◎ or Nightstand Digital Clock Timer have ads?
Both Alarm Clock ◎ and Nightstand Digital Clock Timer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Alarm Clock ◎ or Nightstand Digital Clock Timer?
Alarm Clock ◎ ships an update fortnightly, and Nightstand Digital Clock Timer every 4 days. Most recently, Alarm Clock ◎ was updated on September 22, 2026 and Nightstand Digital Clock Timer on September 14, 2026.

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