PlayWithClock vs Nanzoo 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)!
Nanzoo Clock
This educational app teaches children aged 3-7 how to tell time using interactive clock activities. Users can select animal clocks and practice setting and reading time with adjustable difficulty levels.
- Interactive animal clocks
- Set the time activity
- Read the time activity
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Parent gate for purchases
- No ads or tracking
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Nanzoo Clock is a clock-learning app that helps children practice reading and setting the time in a fun way. Choose your favorite animal, and it becomes a clock. Children can learn step by step with the hour hand, minute hand, clock face, numbers, and voice guidance. Recommended for children around ages 3 to 7. Supports five languages • App text and time voice guidance are available in Japanese, English, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. • You can change the app display language from the settings screen. • It can be used at home or as a gentle way to experience another language. Start with your favorite animal! • Choose from a lion, frog, or rabbit. • The animal you choose appears as a clock. • Friendly animals make learning the clock feel fun and approachable. Practice with two activities! • “Set the Time” lets children adjust the clock to match the displayed time. • Move the minute hand by dragging it, or use the plus and minus buttons. • “Read the Time” lets children read the time shown by the clock hands. • Tap the time numbers or use the plus and minus buttons to change the answer. • Tap the solve button to check the answer. Step up with levels! • Easy mode is free to play. Practice with times that move in 5-minute steps. • Normal mode lets children practice more precisely with 1-minute steps. • Challenge mode hides the helper marks on the clock face for a more advanced exercise. • Normal and Challenge modes can be unlocked with a one-time in-app purchase. Designed for children and families • No ads. • No account registration. • No third-party tracking. • The purchase screen is placed behind a parental gate. • The in-app purchase is a one-time purchase that unlocks Normal and Challenge modes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlayWithClock at none against Nanzoo Clock's 1. PlayWithClock also leads on device support. Nanzoo Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Nanzoo Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlayWithClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlayWithClock ships an update every 6 weeks, Nanzoo Clock every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayWithClock | Nanzoo Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | — |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akiyo Imanaka | Takafumi Sasaki |
Customer experience
PlayWithClock
Nanzoo Clock
In-app purchases
PlayWithClock
No in-app purchases
Nanzoo Clock
- Level Unlock$0.99
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