Comparison

TimePal vs Clockwise

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

Head to head
About

TimePal

Effortlessly schedule meetings across different time zones with this intuitive planner. See all your contacts' local times at a glance and find the perfect meeting slot for everyone. Easily share the finalized meeting plan via email.

Highlights
  • Multiple time zone comparison
  • Easy touch and drag time selection
  • Calendar event creation
  • Email meeting time
  • Copy time range to clipboard
  • DST indication
  • Sunrise/sunset indication
Features
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Featured in 'What's Hot' and 'New and Noteworthy' sections!! "Pick of the week" by iSource.com. "...when you want to schedule a meeting at some time in the future with people in different time zones, you yearn for a painless and pleasurable way to schedule said meeting... TimePal delivers on this promise in a great way." -- iSource.com "TimePal is the best application ever." -- Apple World Today "TimePal is a great aid to keep around when you just aren’t sure about the time." -- Apps on Tapp The new TimePal is now live! Thanks to our users for hundreds of suggestions. We have listened to them and have come up with a meeting planner that addresses them all. * Completely revamped graphics * Whole new user experience * Unlimited cities to add for meetings * Half hour meetings * Expanded city database Do you find it mind boggling to plan a call or a meeting between people spread out all over the world? Is it too early for him and lunch time for her and dead in the night for him? TimePal solves this problem by giving you a simple and easy way to see all your friend’s time zones and find out the time that fits for all and email the meeting plan to them. Meeting planning has never been this easy and fun! Features: - Multiple time zones in an easily comparable view - Easy touch and drag to select time range - Create events in calendar - Email meeting time - Copy time range to clipboard - DST indication - Sunrise/sunset indication

About

Clockwise

Easily track time zones for friends, family, and colleagues worldwide. Features dynamic backgrounds, personalized photos, and home-screen widgets for at-a-glance updates. Supports over 200k locations, even offline, and syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Automatic time zone detection
  • Time scrubbing for planning
  • Dynamic sky backgrounds
  • Personalized contact photos
  • Home-screen widgets
  • Daylight Saving Time alerts
  • Offline location database
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Tired of calculating time zone differences? Meet Clockwise, the ultimate app for tracking the time of friends, family, and colleagues around the world! • Simple Setup Just enter someone’s name (or select from your contacts), choose their location, and we’ll automatically detect their time zone! • Time Scrubbing Easily shift the time forwards or backwards to plan and coordinate across time zones. • Dynamic Sky Backgrounds Watch the sky come to life with beautiful colors that change in real-time, reflecting the actual sunrise and sunset of each person’s location. • Personalized Photos Add a personal touch by uploading photos of your loved ones. You can scale and crop images to get the perfect fit! • Widgets Stay connected at a glance with home-screen widgets that display the local time of your friends and family without even opening the app! • Daylight Saving Time Never miss a time change again! Stay informed of upcoming daylight saving time changes around the world. • Contact Linking Import your contacts and call or text them directly from the app. Getting in touch with your friends and family abroad has never been easier! • Clock Customization Select from a variety of clock display options, including both analog and 24-hour formats. • Extensive Location Database Choose from over 200k locations worldwide, even offline. Whether it’s a big city or a small town, we’ve got you covered. • iCloud Sync Sync your contacts and their time zones across all your devices via iCloud. Clockwise is available on both iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

TimePal3 screens
Clockwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

TimePal and Clockwise both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of Clockwise's written reviews are positive against 46% of TimePal's. Clockwise also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). On rating, update cadence, 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

Clockwise is free to download; TimePal costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimePal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clockwise has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of TimePal's written reviews are positive against 93% of Clockwise's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TimePal versus Clockwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimePalClockwise
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews92.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings218 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTapMafiaBrittany Petrova

Customer experience

TimePal

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative38.5%

Clockwise

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

In-app purchases

None

TimePal

No in-app purchases

None

Clockwise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimePal free?
TimePal costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clockwise free?
Clockwise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TimePal or Clockwise?
TimePal is rated higher. TimePal averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Clockwise averages 4.8 from 18 ratings.
Do TimePal or Clockwise have ads?
Neither TimePal nor Clockwise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimePal or Clockwise?
TimePal ships an update every 6 weeks, and Clockwise every 6 weeks. Most recently, TimePal was updated on November 1, 2026 and Clockwise on November 3, 2026.

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