Comparison

My Digital Clock vs ZenClock

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

Head to head
About

My Digital Clock

Personalize your time with a clean and elegant digital clock. Choose from multiple themes, fonts, and activate night mode for a comfortable display. Optimized for performance and a distraction-free experience.

Highlights
  • Multiple clock themes
  • Custom font selection
  • Night mode support
  • Clean interface
  • Easy-to-use settings
Features
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Your Time. Your Style. My Digital Clock is a clean and elegant digital clock app designed for simplicity and personalization. Customize your clock with beautiful themes, stylish fonts, and night mode — perfect for bedside tables, work desks, or daily time display. Lightweight and optimized for smooth performance. Features • Multiple clock themes • Custom font selection • Night mode support • Clean and distraction-free interface • Easy-to-use settings • Smooth and responsive design Designed for Comfort Whether you prefer a bright, colorful look or a minimal dark display, My Digital Clock adapts to your style. Perfect for: • Bedside clock • Office desk clock • Focus sessions • Minimalist home setups Simple. Elegant. Reliable. No ads cluttering your experience. No complicated setup. Just a beautiful digital clock, ready when you need it. Download now and personalize your time.

About

ZenClock

This app transforms your iPad or iPhone into a visually appealing desk clock. It offers interactive time displays with customizable background color modes, including a unique spectrum that cycles through millions of colors over time.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Interactive time display
  • Widgets for quick access
  • Single background color modes
  • Color Clock modes with spectrum cycling
  • Optimized for desk stands
Features
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Zen Clock is a minimalist iPhone clock built around calm, legibility, and strong typography. Designed to work beautifully on a desk, nightstand, charging stand, or an always-nearby spare iPhone, it offers a full-screen time surface that never demands your attention. We intentionally avoided building a generic alarm, timer, or productivity app. Instead, Zen Clock’s promise is simple: make checking the time feel quiet, polished, and visually intentional. Signature Color Clock Modes Experience time as a living color, not just digits. Our signature Color Clock modes transform the current time into a shifting, live background gradient. Full Spectrum: Maps Unix time across the entire color spectrum. Day Mode: Maps the current day from midnight to night. Hour Mode: Maps the current hour from the top to the end of the hour. Curated Visual Themes & Typography Choose from seven striking visual themes, including White on Black, Black on White, White on Blue, Red on Black, and our signature Color Clock modes. Pair your theme with four distinct typographic styles (Zen, Rounded, Mono, and Serif) to make your clock feel airy, friendly, precise, or editorial. Composed for Your Space With our preview-first settings, you aren't just toggling options—you are composing a timepiece. Choose the layout that fits your environment: Pure: The ultimate minimalist experience. Time only. Calendar: Elegantly integrates the weekday and date. Editorial: A beautiful, designed asymmetric composition. Board: A restrained status surface that gracefully holds supporting information without overpowering the time. Supporting Context (Premium) For those who want a bit more at a glance, Zen Clock gracefully integrates extra details without the clutter. Add a curated World Clock rail to display up to two global cities (such as Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, or Sydney). Access live local weather conditions and temperatures seamlessly integrated into your composed layout while the app is open. Home Screen Widget Bring a touch of Zen Clock to your Home Screen with our included minimal clock widget, featuring a stark black background, crisp white text, and our signature aesthetic. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sociallycs.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

My Digital Clock4 screens
ZenClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: My Digital Clock at 4.7 against ZenClock's 4.0. My Digital Clock also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 50%) and ratings volume (7.5K vs 4). ZenClock's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. My Digital Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ZenClock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Digital Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Digital Clock has 7.5K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of My Digital Clock's written reviews are positive against 50% of ZenClock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Digital Clock ships an update every 5 months, ZenClock every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
My Digital Clock versus ZenClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Digital ClockZenClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7.5K ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7.5K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArumugam KalaichelvanSocially Conscious Software LLC

Customer experience

My Digital Clock

All ratings7,057 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews188 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral7.4%
Negative11.2%

ZenClock

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

My Digital Clock

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Time display incorrect when app is closed
  • Crashes when trying to remove ads

Requested features

6 requests
  • Widget support
  • 24-hour time format option
  • Ability to hide seconds
  • Customizable font and size
  • Always-on display mode
Show 1 more
  • Integration with Apple Watch

ZenClock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

My Digital Clock

One-time1
  • Remove Ad$0.99
2 purchases

ZenClock

Subscriptions2
  • Zen Clock Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Zen Clock Plus Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is My Digital Clock free?
My Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZenClock free?
ZenClock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Digital Clock or ZenClock?
My Digital Clock is rated higher. My Digital Clock averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7.5K ratings, while ZenClock averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do My Digital Clock or ZenClock have ads?
My Digital Clock shows ads; ZenClock does not.
Which is updated more often, My Digital Clock or ZenClock?
My Digital Clock ships an update every 5 months, and ZenClock every 3 months. Most recently, My Digital Clock was updated on October 12, 2026 and ZenClock on October 6, 2026.

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