Comparison

TI vs MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric

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

Head to head
About

TI

This utility app displays the current time in various unconventional formats, including decimal, hexadecimal, and Swatch Internet time. It's designed for users who appreciate unique and challenging ways to view time, with some formats requiring specialized knowledge to interpret.

Highlights
  • Decimal time display
  • Hexadecimal time display
  • Swatch Internet time
  • Trigonometry clock
  • PT clock
  • Large, easy-to-read digits
Features
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This clock App is meant for all those users who like to get the time in unusual or challenging ways. This App can display the time in many different ways, like for example as decimal time (which was introduced in the French Revolution), as hexedecimal time (the idea goes back to the 19th century), as "Swatch Internet time" and many others. The most challenging clocks are the trigonometry clock and the PT clock, which requires some mathematical or chemical knowledge to interpret the time correctly. This clock is for "Geeks" ;-) The App shows the time in big letters which are easy to read even from the distance. So you can use an (old) iOS device put it on a shelf so it just shows the time. Feel free to make suggestions for other "geeky" clocks I can add in the future...

About

MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric

This utility app displays time in multiple formats, including civil, solar, and metric. It offers a progress bar for the day's elapsed percentage and shows sunrise/sunset times. A converter tool allows for easy time conversions between different systems.

Highlights
  • Civil time with DST
  • Solar time based on sun position
  • Metric time (10,000 units per day)
  • Daily progress bar
  • Sunrise and sunset times
  • Time converter tool
Features
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The clock shows two different times in several different ways. Civil time is the current time in your time zone, taking daylight saving rules into account. Solar time depends on the position of the sun in the sky. Solar noon is when the sun is at its highest point. That moment depends on where you are, and on where the Earth is in its annual orbit around the sun. The time display shows hours and minutes in the way you're used to. It also shows a metric time. It breaks the day into 10,000 equal-sized pieces and keeps count of them over the course of the day. Midnight is 0000, and 9999 is the instant just before the next midnight. It also shows a progress bar for the percent of day elapsed. The clock shows sunrise and sunset times for both civil and solar days, in the hour and minute display and in metric. There's a "classic" display page that shows just solar metric, civil metric and civil hh:mm time. There's a converter page that allows you to type in a time, civil or solar, hours:minutes or metric, and convert to all the other available time types.

Screenshots

TI4 screens
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric at Free against TI's $0.99. MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and rating (4.0 vs 3.8). TI's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric is free to download; TI costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TI ships an update every 8 months, MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TI versus MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTIMultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (8 ratings)4.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander ClaussMichael Olson

Customer experience

TI

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%

MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

TI

No in-app purchases

None

MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TI free?
TI costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric free?
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TI or MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric?
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric is rated higher. TI averages 3.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do TI or MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric have ads?
Neither TI nor MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TI or MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric?
TI ships an update every 8 months, and MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric every 3 weeks. Most recently, TI was updated on August 23, 2026 and MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric on June 5, 2026.

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