Comparison

Kid Klok vs Set the clock

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

Head to head
About

Kid Klok

This educational clock makes learning to tell time engaging for children. It visually links clock numbers to hands using size and color, simplifying analog time for young learners. Interactive features allow children to practice setting and understanding time.

Highlights
  • Visual time-telling aids
  • Analog and digital time display
  • Interactive clock hand manipulation
  • Time Wheel for setting time
  • Spoken time feature
  • Easy mode for beginners
Features
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Make time telling fun and easy to learn. Your children will love this educational clock because it is fun and the Kid Klok has helped children world-wide to master the art of time telling. The Kid Klok, praised by parents, teachers, and children, segregates the hour and minute components of time and creates a simple visual link between the clock numbers and the clock hands through size and color. This eliminates the confusion and frustration young students experience while learning and using analog time. This Kid Klok gives the current analog and digital time on the same screen so your child will always know the time. To Play a new Time, touch and drag the hands on the Kid Klok. The Digital Time also changes as the hands are moved. The analog time can also be set by changing the digital time. Touch the hour or minutes on the Digital Time to show a Time Wheel. Move the Time Wheel and the analog time changes. The time can be spoken at any time when the Speaker Icon is touched. If your child or student is just beginning, a suggestion is to begin with Kid Klok Easy, which makes the Kid Klok easier by keeping the hour hand on the exact hour number as the minutes change. The hour hand jumps to the next hour when the next hour is reached. In addition, the minute jumps in 5 minute steps so that the clock’s two hands are pointing exactly to the hour and minute numbers to read. Thus, the child can read the Kid Klok Easy in the same way he or she reads the digital display of time. This facilitates the transition to the normal Kid Klok that moves the hour and minute hands in the same manner as everyday clocks. The Kid Klok was invented and patented by Dr. Dom Massaro, patent number 4885731. This application was programmed by McLean Taylor.

About

Set the clock

This app helps children learn to tell time using an interactive wooden clock. It offers nine game types with multiple difficulty levels and spoken instructions in several languages, making learning engaging and challenging.

Highlights
  • Interactive wooden clock design
  • Nine game types for time practice
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Spoken instructions in multiple languages
  • Earn medals for correct answers
  • Analog and digital time modes
Features
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* Listed in the top 3 of educational apps in the Dutch App Store! ‘Set the clock’ can help your child to learn to tell time and revives old times by reintroducing the wooden clock on the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch! You can practice together with your child, or let him/her perform assignments on his/her own using the nine game types in the App: "Set the clock’, ‘Tell the time’, ‘Adjust the clock’ and more. The assignments are clearly pronounced in English. Besides English, it is also possible to have the assignments spoken in Dutch, German, French, Spanish and even Chinese. This makes that "Set the clock" can provide enough challenge even for older children. Each game type, has five levels of difficulty. When enough correct answers are given, you are rewarded with a bronze, silver or gold medal! The app is fully usable even without the Multiple Profiles option. Features: - Beautifully designed wooden clock. - Earn medals and shows that you are a real time telling champion! - Multiple game modes (nine in total; analog and digital): > Learn to set the clock to the correct time. > Choose which clock displays the correct time. > Learn to set the clock ahead or back. - Tap the clock’s digits to hear what number it is. - English spoken, so your child can practice independently. - Different levels: hours, half hours, per quarter and per 5 minutes. - Also suitable for older children / pupils, because of the ability to tell time in other languages. In short: a great educational app for both young and old. Learn telling time is just as fun as ever!

Screenshots

Kid Klok4 screens
Set the clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kid Klok at Free against Set the clock's $0.99. Kid Klok also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Set the clock's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 63 months) and ratings volume (983 vs 4). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Kid Klok is free to download; Set the clock costs $0.99 up front. Set the clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kid Klok asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kid Klok holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Set the clock has 983 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Kid Klok's written reviews are positive against 75% of Set the clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kid Klok ships an update every 63 months, Set the clock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Kid Klok versus Set the clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKid KlokSet the clock
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (983 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4983 — better
Update frequencyEvery 63 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDominic MassaroFrank Guchelaar

Customer experience

Kid Klok

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

Set the clock

All ratings983 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral5.5%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral11.9%
Negative13.1%

Bugs and requests

Kid Klok

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Set the clock

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Digital time display issues
  • Problems with language settings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more advanced levels
  • Provide feedback for incorrect answers
  • Improve voice and language clarity
  • Offer more clock customization options

In-app purchases

None

Kid Klok

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Set the clock

One-time1
  • Multiple profiles$0.99

Questions

Is Kid Klok free?
Kid Klok is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Set the clock free?
Set the clock costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kid Klok or Set the clock?
Kid Klok is rated higher. Kid Klok averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Set the clock averages 4.5 from 983 ratings.
Do Kid Klok or Set the clock have ads?
Neither Kid Klok nor Set the clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kid Klok or Set the clock?
Kid Klok ships an update every 63 months, and Set the clock every 2 months. Most recently, Kid Klok was updated on October 2, 2026 and Set the clock on October 15, 2026.

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