News Clocks Lite vs Globe Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
News Clocks Lite
This app provides a comprehensive world clock with extensive city data, customizable themes, and an integrated atlas. It offers optional features like location tracking and moon phases for a richer travel experience.
- 64,000 city database
- Customizable map and clock themes
- Integrated atlas
- Moon phase display
- Optional location tracking
- Optional clock chimes
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A world clock with powerful features including a database of 64,000 cities, awesome map and clock themes, atlas, moon phases, clock chimes (optional), location tracking (optional), and so much more.
Globe Clock
Instantly see the current time and time differences between locations worldwide. Navigate a global map to select cities and view their local time, date, and any active summer time indicators. It's a simple tool for understanding global time zones.
- World map navigation
- Real-time time display
- Time difference calculation
- Summer Time (DST) indicator
- Time zone display
- Current location identification
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With Globe Clock, you can quickly check the time in cities around the world and see the time difference from your current location. Swipe left or right across the map as if you were spinning a globe, then tap the city you want to explore. The glowing red dot on the map marks your current location.* Your location and its day of the week, date, and time appear in the red bar at the bottom left of the screen. Tap a destination dot and it will glow blue. The destination and its day of the week, date, and time will appear in the blue bar at the bottom right. The arrow at the bottom center shows the time difference between your current location and the destination. A “Summer Time” icon appears for regions that observe daylight saving time. The icon lights up green while daylight saving time is in effect. Tap the “Time Zone” button at the bottom center to show time zones on the world map, including their offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). * Showing your current location on the map requires GPS or a Wi-Fi connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: News Clocks Lite at 82% against Globe Clock's 0%. News Clocks Lite also leads on price (Free vs $7.99) and rating (4.6 vs 3.0). Globe Clock's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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
News Clocks Lite is free to download; Globe Clock costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
News Clocks Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: News Clocks Lite has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of News Clocks Lite's written reviews are positive against 0% of Globe Clock's.
News Clocks Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, Globe Clock every 45 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | News Clocks Lite | Globe Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (45 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 45 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Spork LLC | y-design |
Customer experience
News Clocks Lite
Globe Clock
In-app purchases
News Clocks Lite
No in-app purchases
Globe Clock
No in-app purchases
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