Smooth Clock Lite vs Minimum Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smooth Clock Lite
Transform your device into a visually appealing clock with dynamic, animated backgrounds. Customize your display with day/night modes, various color palettes, and adjustable animation speeds. Supports both 12 and 24-hour time formats.
- Smoothly animated backgrounds
- Day and night mode toggle
- Choice of 3 animations
- Rainbow, random, or gray color animations
- Adjustable animation speeds
- 12/24 hour format support
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Turn your device into a clock with a smoothly animated background. Features: - toggle between day and night mode - choose from 3 different animations - animate random, rainbow or gray colors - 3 different animation speeds - supports the 12 and 24 hour format - support for the iPhone 6 and 6+
Minimum Clock
This app offers a minimalist digital and analog clock with customizable features. Adjust size, switch between 12/24 hour formats, and select background colors. It includes a time signal with numerous tones and allows for date format changes.
- Digital and analog clock display
- Adjustable clock size
- 12/24 hour format switching
- Customizable background colors
- Hourly time signal with 78 tones
- Date format customization
- Screen rotation
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A simple, no-frills digital and analog clock. The calm design is ideal for concentrating on study or work! Although simple, it has the minimum necessary functions. The clock face and analog clock can be moved with your finger. By pressing buttons such as "1X" and "2X", you can adjust the size of the letters. The analog clock can also be enlarged or reduced with two fingers. You can also switch between 12-hour and 24-hour displays. Touching a clock character or the analog clock switches to the setting mode. In setting mode, the date can be changed to various formats by touching it. In addition, a time signal can be sounded at 0 minutes of every hour, and there are 78 different tones to choose from. The screen can be rotated horizontally and vertically. The background color can be selected from 10 different colors. It is also possible to choose between a digital clock and an analog clock.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smooth Clock Lite at 80% against Minimum Clock's 0%. Smooth Clock Lite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). Minimum Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Smooth Clock Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Minimum Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smooth Clock Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Smooth Clock Lite's written reviews are positive against 0% of Minimum Clock's.
Smooth Clock Lite ships an update every 10 months, Minimum Clock every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smooth Clock Lite | Minimum Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | Mihoko Araki |
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Smooth Clock Lite
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In-app purchases
Smooth Clock Lite
- Smooth Clock Upgrade$0.99
Minimum Clock
- Minimum Clock with no ads$1.99
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