News Clocks Lite vs World Clock Time Zone Widgets
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.
World Clock Time Zone Widgets
Easily track the local time in cities worldwide with customizable widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Dynamic Island. Convert dates and compare time zones with a powerful tool, ideal for remote workers and global coordination. Offers visual daylight hours and sunrise/sunset information.
- Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island widgets
- Analog and digital clock displays
- Searchable city database (10,000+ cities)
- Date and time conversion tool
- Visual daylight hours display
- Live Activities integration
- Customizable clock renaming
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Check the time, anytime! Track the local time in cities across the world, right from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Dynamic Island. Add cities to World Clock and select the analog or digital clocks. Then check the World Clock widget whenever you need to know the time. Features: • Attractive analog and digital clock displays, with options to display seconds and 24-hour time. • Simple UI for adding and managing cities. Search or browse 10,000+ cities by name. • Rename a city to create a custom clock, e.g., “Grandma’s House”. • Get your local time using location (GPS). • Widgets are available in many sizes and styles, including Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Today widgets. • Live Activities available on iOS 16.2+ and iPadOS 17+. See the Live Activity on your Apple Watch with iOS 18 and watchOS 11. • Stick a clock or two in the Dynamic Island with Live Activities and see them across all your apps. • Convert tool: set the date and time, compare the times across all your time zones, and then share, create a reminder, or add to your calendar with just a few taps. This is a must-have productivity tool for remote workers or anyone coordinating across time zones. • Includes easy instructions for adding the Widget to your home and lock screens. • Daylight hours shown visually, based on actual sunrise and sunset times. • Look up a location’s sunrise time, moon phase, time zone details, and more. • In-app purchase to remove ads and unlock extra features. One-time purchase — no subscriptions!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: News Clocks Lite at none against World Clock Time Zone Widgets's 1. News Clocks Lite also leads on iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.4). World Clock Time Zone Widgets's advantage is ratings volume (23K vs 45). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. World Clock Time Zone Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. News Clocks Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for News Clocks Lite against 4.7 for World Clock Time Zone Widgets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: World Clock Time Zone Widgets has 23K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of News Clocks Lite's written reviews are positive against 77% of World Clock Time Zone Widgets's.
News Clocks Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, World Clock Time Zone Widgets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | News Clocks Lite | World Clock Time Zone Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (45 ratings) | 4.7 (23K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 76.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 23K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | National Spork LLC | Overdesigned, LLC |
Customer experience
News Clocks Lite
World Clock Time Zone Widgets
Bugs and requests
News Clocks Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
World Clock Time Zone Widgets
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widget not updating correctly
- App crashing when adding/editing locations
- Incorrect time zone offsets for some locations
Requested features
5 requests- Add more customization options for widgets
- Improve widget reliability and update speed
- Integrate with Apple Watch
- Add ability to calculate time differences between locations
- Provide a smaller widget size option
In-app purchases
News Clocks Lite
No in-app purchases
World Clock Time Zone Widgets
- World Clock Pro$4.99
Questions
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