PlayWithClock vs Learn Japanese Time
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 Japanese Time
Master Japanese timekeeping with interactive exercises. Practice reading clocks, drawing hands, and manipulating time through drag gestures. Designed for beginners to grasp Japanese time concepts.
- Read time on clocks
- Draw hour and minute hands
- Change time by dragging hands
- Interactive learning exercises
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app for learning japanese time. *read the time in which they appear *draw the hour hand, minute hand *to change the time by moving the minute hand in drag
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PlayWithClock at 4.4 against Learn Japanese Time's 3.5. PlayWithClock also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). Learn Japanese Time's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PlayWithClock holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of PlayWithClock's written reviews are positive against 50% of Learn Japanese Time's.
PlayWithClock ships an update every 6 weeks, Learn Japanese Time every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlayWithClock | Learn Japanese Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akiyo Imanaka | Kouichi INAFUKU |
Customer experience
PlayWithClock
Learn Japanese Time
In-app purchases
PlayWithClock
No in-app purchases
Learn Japanese Time
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PlayWithClock free?
Is Learn Japanese Time free?
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