Comparison

Twixt Time vs Twelve O'clock

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

Head to head
About

Twixt Time

This app helps you track the long-term accuracy of your watches and clocks. By taking precisely timed photos of your timepiece's dial, it analyzes the time displayed against internet-accurate servers to calculate its rate and cumulative gain or loss.

Highlights
  • Track watch and clock accuracy
  • Precisely timed dial snapshots
  • Analyze rate and cumulative gain/loss
  • Supports various dial configurations
  • Automatic timezone monitoring
  • Works with GMT and chronograph watches
Features
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Twixt Time helps track the longterm accuracy of watches and clocks, by collecting & analyzing precisely timed snapshots of their dials. Use Twixt Time to take a picture of the dial of an analog clock or watch. Each picture captures the exact time displayed on the dial. Twixt also notes the precise instant that the each snapshot was taken, by communicating with highly accurate NTP timeservers on the Internet. A new snapshot of each timepiece can be added everyday. Using the information from 2 or more snapshots of the same timepiece, Twixt will calculate and show you how precisely the watch or clock is keeping time. Twixt tracks the most recent rate, overall average rate, and cumulative gain or loss for each timepiece. Supported dial configurations: * Hour & minute hands with a central seconds hand * Hour & minute hands with seconds displayed in a subdial * Hour & minute hands only Does Twixt Time work with GMT watches? Yes. Twixt Time does not need to track the 24 hour hand of GMT watches to measure their precision. It is only necessary to track the hour, minute, and second hands. For GMT watches with central seconds, select the "central seconds" layout. For GMT watches with an offset or subdial seconds hand, select the "subdial seconds" layout. Twixt Time automatically monitors timezone changes based on the timezone setting of the iPhone or iPod touch. Does Twixt Time work with chronograph watches? Yes. The chronograph functions of a watch do not need to be measured to track the precision of the watch. Twixt Time tracks the precision of chronographs, as well as watches with other complications, in the exact same way that it tracks the precision of a normal, time-only watch. If the central seconds hand can be stopped and reset with the chronograph function, select the "subdial seconds" layout to track the small seconds hand with Twixt Time. If the central seconds hand continues to move when the chronograph is stopped, but the small seconds hand stops, select the "central seconds" layout to track the central seconds hand with Twixt Time. Most chronographs will use a subdial seconds layout. Does Twixt Time work with watches that have an offset seconds hand? Yes. For watches with a second hand that is not concentric with the hour and minute hands, select the "subdial seconds" layout. Does Twixt Time work with quartz watches and clocks? Or other watches and clocks that are powered by batteries? Yes. Twixt Time works with battery powered watches and clocks that display the time with an hour, minute, and/or second hand. It does not work with watches or clocks that only display the time digitally. ---------- Twixt Time is not affiliated with or endorsed by any watch or clock brand. The timepieces shown are for demonstration purposes only.

About

Twelve O'clock

Easily track the accuracy of your mechanical watches over time. Manually log checkpoints to calculate seconds per day and visualize performance with charts. Manage your watch collection with photos and learn more about horology.

Highlights
  • Manage watch collection
  • Add/edit/remove watches
  • Include watch photos
  • Track watch accuracy
  • Calculate seconds per day
  • View accuracy charts
  • Horology content
Features
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Twelve O’clock is an app that helps track your watch accuracy easily in a realistic way. I can’t stress this enough: it’s “tracking”, not measuring instantaneous accuracy like a timegrapher device. It’s a manual and oldschool job but it brings so much fun. It reminds me of the old days when I had to synchronize my watch to the clock on the TV at 7pm every day. With Twelve O'clock you can: ** MANAGE YOUR WATCH COLLECTION * Add, edit, remove any item in a list of your watch collection * Include a nice wristshot of each watch ** KNOW YOUR WATCH ACCURACY * Simply add some checkpoints and let the app calculate the accuracy in *second per day* * A nice chart of the accuracy over the time ** LEARN MORE ABOUT HOROLOGY * Curated content for watch lovers (like me)

Screenshots

Twixt Time4 screens
Twelve O'clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Twelve O'clock at 91% against Twixt Time's 39%. Twelve O'clock also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and rating (4.4 vs 3.9). Twixt Time's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Twelve O'clock is free to download; Twixt Time costs $9.99 up front. Twelve O'clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Twixt Time asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Twelve O'clock holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Twelve O'clock has 82 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Twixt Time's written reviews are positive against 91% of Twelve O'clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Twixt Time ships an update every 2 months, Twelve O'clock every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Twixt Time versus Twelve O'clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwixt TimeTwelve O'clock
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (14 ratings)4.4 (82 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.0% of reviews91.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1482 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColdflower Design Corp.Hieu Pham

Customer experience

Twixt Time

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive39.0%
Neutral8.5%
Negative52.5%

Twelve O'clock

All ratings82 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral1.2%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative8.1%

Bugs and requests

Twixt Time

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Twelve O'clock

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App freezes at loading requiring phone restart
  • Data deletion after app updates
  • Data loss on app crash
  • Graph display glitches after checkpoints
  • Photo checkpoint feature returns 'old photo not supported' error
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  • Beeping only works when phone not in silent mode
  • Sort function not working
  • Screenshot sharing produces blank page
  • Calculation errors showing ~150 second variance
  • Checkpoint history doesn't display correctly
  • Swiping left to delete checkpoints not intuitive

Requested features

18 requests
  • iCloud/cloud synchronization across devices
  • Notifications or reminders for checkpoints
  • Current time button on checkpoint screen
  • Larger buttons for 15/30/45 second marks
  • Power reserve tracking
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  • Wear frequency tracking
  • Average accuracy by watch position
  • Widget support
  • Atomic clock built into app
  • Regulator clock layout for time setting
  • In-app feedback option (instead of Twitter)
  • Automatic time reading from watch photos
  • 12-hour time format option
  • Sort function improvements
  • Year display in checkpoint history
  • Chrono24 account integration
  • Regular article updates
  • Export to Excel/CSV

In-app purchases

None

Twixt Time

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Twelve O'clock

One-time1
  • Twelve Plus$1.99

Questions

Is Twixt Time free?
Twixt Time costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Twelve O'clock free?
Twelve O'clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Twixt Time or Twelve O'clock?
Twelve O'clock is rated higher. Twixt Time averages 3.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Twelve O'clock averages 4.4 from 82 ratings.
Do Twixt Time or Twelve O'clock have ads?
Neither Twixt Time nor Twelve O'clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Twixt Time or Twelve O'clock?
Twixt Time ships an update every 2 months, and Twelve O'clock every 3 weeks. Most recently, Twixt Time was updated on September 20, 2026 and Twelve O'clock on September 26, 2026.

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