Tell Time ! ! vs PlayWithClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tell Time ! !
This app offers an engaging way to practice and master telling time. Users can customize the learning experience by selecting difficulty levels and the number of practice problems. It's designed to help users progress through various challenges until they achieve proficiency.
- Practice telling time
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Customizable number of problems
- Progress tracking
- Master time-telling skills
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Tell Time ! ! is a great way to practice telling time. Select the difficulty level and number of problems in the "Settings" screen. Progress through the difficulty levels until you master telling time. Lite Version Features: 1) Difficulty levels: easy, medium, hard, and genius 2) Set the number of problems If you like this app, please consider giving it a rating. Your support will help keep the updates coming! Thank you for your support!
PlayWithClock
An interactive clock application designed to help users learn to tell time. It allows manipulation of clock hands, provides spoken time in English and Japanese, and offers time-telling challenges. Users can even record their own voices for spoken time.
- Manipulate clock hands
- Listen to spoken time (English/Japanese)
- Time-telling challenges
- Record custom voice for time
- Switch between English and Japanese
- Customizable clock parts and colors
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An analog clock app to rotate the hands and see and hear the time. Try clock questions, record your voice to speak the time, switch Japanese and English display and audio, repeat the time at intervals, check X minutes before or after, and customize clock parts and colors. Reading analog clocks can help develop math skills. Enjoy it in your free time. Thank you for more than 1 million downloads (iOS only)!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlayWithClock at 82% against Tell Time ! !'s 49%. PlayWithClock also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.1). Tell Time ! !'s advantage is ratings volume (217 vs 16). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PlayWithClock holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tell Time ! ! has 217 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Tell Time ! !'s written reviews are positive against 82% of PlayWithClock's.
Tell Time ! ! ships an update every 12 months, PlayWithClock every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tell Time ! ! | PlayWithClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (217 ratings) | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.1% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 217 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Horizon Business, Inc. | Akiyo Imanaka |
Customer experience
Tell Time ! !
PlayWithClock
Bugs and requests
Tell Time ! !
Reported bugs
10 issues- Sounds on game
- White screen at start
- Glitches out
- Does not speak the time
- Genius mode does not read time properly
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- Starts at 10:30 without knowing
- Doesn't tell how to tell time, quizzes instead
- Error in game
- Crashes every time
- Cannot open app after download
Requested features
5 requests- Option to pick sounds
- More entertainment and points
- App for older kids
- Present in landscape mode
- Tell the answer when wrong
PlayWithClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tell Time ! !
No in-app purchases
PlayWithClock
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tell Time ! ! free?
Is PlayWithClock free?
Which has better reviews, Tell Time ! ! or PlayWithClock?
Do Tell Time ! ! or PlayWithClock have ads?
Which is updated more often, Tell Time ! ! or PlayWithClock?
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