PlayWithClock vs Learn a Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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)!
Learn a Clock
This educational game makes learning to read and understand analog clocks engaging and fun. It simplifies the process of telling time, helping users overcome confusion with clock faces.
- Fun game format
- Clock reading practice
- Time understanding
- Educational tool
- Analog clock focus
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Reading and understanding a clock can sometimes be confusing Learn a Clock is a fun game that helps to understand and read the clock
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Learn a Clock at 5.0 against PlayWithClock's 4.4. Learn a Clock also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). PlayWithClock's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). 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.
Learn a Clock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlayWithClock has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PlayWithClock ships an update every 6 weeks, Learn a Clock every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayWithClock | Learn a Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akiyo Imanaka | Asaf Berko |
Customer experience
PlayWithClock
Learn a Clock
In-app purchases
PlayWithClock
No in-app purchases
Learn a Clock
No in-app purchases
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