Set the clock vs PlayWithClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Set the clock
This app helps children learn to tell time using an interactive wooden clock. It offers nine game types with multiple difficulty levels and spoken instructions in several languages, making learning engaging and challenging.
- Interactive wooden clock design
- Nine game types for time practice
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Spoken instructions in multiple languages
- Earn medals for correct answers
- Analog and digital time modes
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* Listed in the top 3 of educational apps in the Dutch App Store! ‘Set the clock’ can help your child to learn to tell time and revives old times by reintroducing the wooden clock on the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch! You can practice together with your child, or let him/her perform assignments on his/her own using the nine game types in the App: "Set the clock’, ‘Tell the time’, ‘Adjust the clock’ and more. The assignments are clearly pronounced in English. Besides English, it is also possible to have the assignments spoken in Dutch, German, French, Spanish and even Chinese. This makes that "Set the clock" can provide enough challenge even for older children. Each game type, has five levels of difficulty. When enough correct answers are given, you are rewarded with a bronze, silver or gold medal! The app is fully usable even without the Multiple Profiles option. Features: - Beautifully designed wooden clock. - Earn medals and shows that you are a real time telling champion! - Multiple game modes (nine in total; analog and digital): > Learn to set the clock to the correct time. > Choose which clock displays the correct time. > Learn to set the clock ahead or back. - Tap the clock’s digits to hear what number it is. - English spoken, so your child can practice independently. - Different levels: hours, half hours, per quarter and per 5 minutes. - Also suitable for older children / pupils, because of the ability to tell time in other languages. In short: a great educational app for both young and old. Learn telling time is just as fun as ever!
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 price: PlayWithClock at Free against Set the clock's $0.99. PlayWithClock also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Set the clock's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (983 vs 15). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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
PlayWithClock is free to download; Set the clock costs $0.99 up front. Set the clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlayWithClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Set the clock against 4.4 for PlayWithClock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Set the clock has 983 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Set the clock's written reviews are positive against 82% of PlayWithClock's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Set the clock | PlayWithClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (983 ratings) — better | 4.4 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 983 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frank Guchelaar | Akiyo Imanaka |
Customer experience
Set the clock
PlayWithClock
Bugs and requests
Set the clock
Reported bugs
2 issues- Digital time display issues
- Problems with language settings
Requested features
4 requests- Add more advanced levels
- Provide feedback for incorrect answers
- Improve voice and language clarity
- Offer more clock customization options
PlayWithClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Set the clock
- Multiple profiles$0.99
PlayWithClock
No in-app purchases
Questions
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