Comparison

Beautiful Timer vs Clocks in Motion

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

Head to head
About

Beautiful Timer

This utility app offers three distinct timer types: a simple elapsed time tracker, a countdown alarm, and a date timer for past or future events. Its unique visual design features intricate spinning gears to enhance the user experience.

Highlights
  • Elapsed time tracking
  • Countdown alarm
  • Date timer
  • Spinning gear visuals
  • Supports iPhone, iPad, iPod
Features
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Beautiful Timer will mesmerize you with it's intricate spinning gears while you watch it track one of three different types of timers: (1) A simple timer (counting upwards to track elapsed time) (2) A count-down alarm (set hours, minutes, seconds) (3) A Date timer (set any date/time in the past or future)

About

Clocks in Motion

This utility app transforms analog clock hands into a dynamic seven-segment digital display. It offers customizable 12 or 24-hour formats and supports both light and dark themes to match system settings or user preference.

Highlights
  • Analog hands form digital display
  • 12 or 24-hour format
  • Light and dark appearance modes
  • System-based theme switching
  • Kinetic art integration
Features
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A clock so beautiful you'll watch it change. Every digit is drawn by tiny analog clock faces—24 in all—their hands sweeping into position each minute to spell out the time. Part timepiece, part kinetic art. Give it sixty seconds. You'll never want a plain digital clock again. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • A living display for your nightstand, desk, or shelf • Minimal, elegant, and mesmerizing to watch • One-time $0.99 — no subscriptions, no ads, no in-app purchases HOW IT WORKS Each digit is a 3×2 grid of six clock faces. Forty-eight hands choreograph themselves every sixty seconds, sweeping smoothly to their new positions to redraw the time. ALARMS Create alarms with a label, choose which days they repeat, and set a snooze from 1 to 30 minutes. When an alarm fires, a countdown Live Activity appears on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, showing exactly how much snooze time remains. ALWAYS-ON / BEDSIDE MODE Long-press the clock to enter always-on mode: the display dims, overlays disappear, and the idle timer is disabled—perfect as a quiet bedside or desk clock. Tap once to exit. AIRPLAY Send the clock to an Apple TV or any AirPlay 2 display. It fills the screen in the full television layout and stays perfectly in sync. WIDGET Add the medium Home Screen widget—independently configurable per instance for time format, theme, and accent color. CUSTOMIZE • 12-hour or 24-hour format • Light, Dark, or System theme • Hand accent: System, Blue, Green, or Amber ACCESSIBILITY Reduce Motion snaps transitions instead of sweeping. Increase Contrast switches to a high-separation opaque palette. VoiceOver reads the current time as one element. The same beautiful clock is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV.

Screenshots

Beautiful Timer4 screens
Clocks in Motion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clocks in Motion at every 4 weeks against Beautiful Timer's every 39 months. Beautiful Timer's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Beautiful Timer costs $0.99 and Clocks in Motion $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beautiful Timer against 5.0 for Clocks in Motion. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beautiful Timer ships an update every 39 months, Clocks in Motion every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Beautiful Timer versus Clocks in Motion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeautiful TimerClocks in Motion
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul NettleStefano Acerbetti

Customer experience

Beautiful Timer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Clocks in Motion

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Beautiful Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Clocks in Motion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beautiful Timer free?
Beautiful Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clocks in Motion free?
Clocks in Motion costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beautiful Timer or Clocks in Motion?
Beautiful Timer and Clocks in Motion are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Beautiful Timer or Clocks in Motion have ads?
Neither Beautiful Timer nor Clocks in Motion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beautiful Timer or Clocks in Motion?
Beautiful Timer ships an update every 39 months, and Clocks in Motion every 4 weeks. Most recently, Beautiful Timer was updated on September 30, 2026 and Clocks in Motion on October 6, 2026.

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