Wooden Clock vs FaceClock Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wooden Clock
This app recreates the nostalgic charm of traditional wooden clocks with realistic graphics and authentic sounds. Enjoy a variety of country-themed clocks, complete with ticking and hourly chimes, offering a slower, more analog experience.
- Authentic wooden clock style
- Pendulum animation
- Soothing ticking sounds
- Hourly chime with national anthems
- Customizable sound settings
- Multiple country-themed clocks
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There are literally hundreds of iPad "clock" apps ... so why make another? Wooden Clock is an homage to a time before clocks were digital and silent - before they became an expected set of numbers on every electronic device in a home or office - a time when things moved at a different, slower pace. The ticking of an old wooden clock is sadly something that many kids and adults have never had the opportunity to appreciate. This app humbly hopes to recreate some of the joy of old wooden clocks for those people and of course to serve as fun nostalgic app for those of us who remember them fondly. FEATURES: - Tells the time in old wooden clock style! - Rich custom clock graphics - One of the only iPad clock apps with a pendulum! - Includes soothing ticking and hourly chime sounds - Country skins use their national anthem for chime - Settings allow user to toggle ticking and chimes - Long or short chime option INCLUDED CLOCKS: - Wooden Clock (the original!) - Tibet Clock - France Clock - Russia - Germany - Sweden (newest!) - More to come as inspiration and time permits! NOTES: - Works best on iPad Air 1 or later but works on older iPads as well.
FaceClock Pro
This app announces the current time at specified intervals in multiple languages. It also offers customizable clock faces, background images, and alarm clock functionality with music player controls and a battery indicator.
- Announce the time in multiple languages
- Customizable clock faces and backgrounds
- Alarm clock with snooze
- Music player control
- Battery indicator
- Today's widget
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful analog bedside clock, with alarms, weather, a sleep timer and widgets. Now rebuilt for iOS 26. Description: FaceClock turns your iPhone or iPad into an analog clock you'll actually want on your nightstand, your desk or your kitchen counter. Twenty clock faces Pick from four groups: Minimal (bars, dots, rings), Numerals (including Roman, Arabic-Indic and Chinese numbers), 24-Hour dials, and Counter-Clockwise faces that run backwards. Choose a color theme, including a dim red Night theme that won't keep you awake, and a light theme for bright rooms. Make it yours Set any wall color or use your own photo as the background, then drag and pinch to frame it. Add the date, the digital time in 12- or 24-hour form, and the current temperature. Drag up or down anywhere on the clock to dim the screen for night-time. A real alarm Built on Apple's alarm system, so it rings even when your phone is locked or on silent. Choose the time, which days it repeats and how long snooze lasts. Sleep timer Count down with white noise, or an alarm at the end. The timer keeps going on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Weather on the face Local temperature and conditions from Apple Weather, right on the dial. Visual effects behind the clock can follow your weather: sunlight, fog, rain or snow. Hear the time Have the clock speak the time on the hour, half hour or quarter hour, in your choice of language. Or just double-tap the clock whenever you want to know. Widgets Clock widgets for the Home Screen in every size, including extra large on iPad, plus a minimal clock for the Lock Screen. They follow the clock settings you chose in the app. Also included Now Playing controls for the Music app · battery ring with charging status · keep-screen-awake for bedside use · full iPad support in portrait and landscape · English and Japanese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FaceClock Pro at 4.4 against Wooden Clock's 3.2. FaceClock Pro also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months). Wooden Clock's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Wooden Clock costs $2.99 and FaceClock Pro $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FaceClock Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FaceClock Pro has 147 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Wooden Clock's written reviews are positive against 73% of FaceClock Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Wooden Clock ships an update every 16 months, FaceClock Pro every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Wooden Clock | FaceClock Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) | 4.4 (147 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 72.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 147 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emerson Design | iReka Soft |
Customer experience
Wooden Clock
FaceClock Pro
In-app purchases
Wooden Clock
No in-app purchases
FaceClock Pro
No in-app purchases
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