Comparison

Bedside Alarm Clock vs Digital Alarm

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

Head to head
About

Bedside Alarm Clock

Design your ideal clock with AI-generated faces, hands, and colors based on your text descriptions. Enjoy a dimmable bedside mode, reliable alarms with voice control, and glanceable weather updates. Customize your clock and save multiple styles.

Highlights
  • AI-generated clock face customization
  • Dimmable bedside mode with low-light colors
  • Reliable alarms with voice control
  • Glanceable weather updates
  • Customizable clock widgets
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Describe the clock you want. Nightside designs it. Type a sentence — "Japanese neon numbers", "a vintage brass dial with Roman numerals", or just "I'm a peaceful person who loves the sea" — and Nightside designs a complete clock for it: the dial, hands, numerals and colours, with a background picture painted to match. Preview it on your real Home screen, change it in words ("remove the second hand", "make it warmer"), and keep the ones you love. No other clock app on the App Store does this. A CLOCK YOU CAN READ FROM BED • Large time, adjustable to the size you want, in 12- or 24-hour format, with optional seconds • Bedside mode: a quiet, dimmable clock with a brightness dial, black or warm red low-light colours, and controls that fade until you tap • Keep the screen on while it stands on your nightstand or dock, with the next alarm and today's weather at a glance • Portrait and landscape, iPhone and iPad, and layouts for foldable iPhone ALARMS YOU CAN TRUST • Repeat on any days, pick a tone, choose snooze of 5, 10 or 15 minutes, and see exactly when the next alarm rings before you save • Skip just the next occurrence of a repeating alarm without turning it off • On iOS 26 and later, alarms are system alarms that can ring through Silent mode and Focus once you allow them • Say "Stop" or "Snooze" to the ringing clock, hands-free (English) • Clear status on every alarm: active, snoozing, skipped, or needs permission — never a switch that looks on while nothing is scheduled MAKE IT YOURS • 33 clock faces: 13 digital (flip, segment, LED-style, mono, stacked and more) and 20 analog dials • 14 curated looks such as Moderno, Station, Night Garden, Starlight and Sun Path • Use your own photo as the background, or let Nightside paint one from your description • Save as many styles as you like and switch in a tap WEATHER, WITHOUT THE FUSS • Current temperature and conditions for your location or a city you choose, in °C or °F • Works without location permission when you pick a city • Honest freshness: you always see when the weather was last updated ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND WRIST • Clock widget with the time, next alarm and weather, plus a one-tap Bedside launcher • Apple Watch: see the next alarm, switch alarms on and off, and stop or snooze from your wrist FREE AND PREMIUM Nightside is free to download with one alarm, Bedside mode, voice Stop and Snooze, the Moderno look and a small ad banner that never appears on the clock, in Bedside mode or while an alarm rings. Nightside Premium removes ads and unlocks described (AI) styles, every face and look, photo backgrounds, weather and additional alarms. Premium is a monthly or yearly subscription that renews until cancelled; the price is shown in the app before you subscribe. If you bought ClockIT when it was a paid app, Premium is included for life — just open the app on the same Apple ID. Alarms need notification or alarm permission and depend on your device's sound settings. Weather data by Apple Weather. Described styles send only your description to Nightside's server to design the clock; nothing else leaves your device. Questions or ideas? Reach us at info@creoit.com — we read everything. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Digital Alarm

This all-in-one alarm clock transforms your device into a versatile alarm system. Wake up to your favorite music, radio stations, or custom recordings. It also features a sleep timer to help you drift off peacefully.

Highlights
  • Wake up with custom playlists or radio
  • Sleep timer with music or radio
  • Customizable clock appearance
  • Multiple alarm creation
  • Background and offline alarm support
  • Adjustable snooze and alarm volume
Features
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The Digital Alarm Clock turns your iPhone into an All-In-One alarm clock with an alarm that play your favorite music, your favorite radio station, your own records or just a ringtone. With the Sleep timer you can fall asleep comfortably with your own playlist or your self-defined radio! ************************************************** - Wake up with your favorite music. You can either choose a playlist, a radio station or a record. - Define your own radio station, or choose one from the online catalog - Fall asleep to relaxing music from your playlist or by a radio station ************************************************** Details: * Clock * - Vertical and horizontal modes - Displays the next alarm time - Display the current weather (optional) - Click on weather-label to show 5-day forecast - Direct launch the Sleep timer with volume control - Set up your own colors for the background, clock and shadow * Alarm clock * - Create multiple alarm clocks - Create your own playlists with songs for the alarm clock Wake-up services: - ringtone - playlist - radio - record - Radio- and Playlistalarm only works if App is running in Foreground - 1 integrated alarm-tone - Huge "Snooze" - / "Alarm" buttons - Snooze time freely adjustable - Adjustable alarm volume - The alarm works even when the screen lock is activated - Background Alarm: you will receive alarm notifications when the app is not running! - Offline Alarm: Alarm with Ringtone, if no Internet connection * Sleep Timer * - Create your own playlist with songs for the sleep timer - Select a radio station to fall asleep - Select the Sleep Timer duration * Tips * - You can dim the screen by dragging your finger over it - Pressing long on Pause-Button you can choose the sleeping duration Get this app now before the price goes up and take advantage of the FREE updates! Before you write a bad review, please contact me. Just so I can improve the app

Screenshots

Bedside Alarm Clock4 screens
Digital Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bedside Alarm Clock at Free against Digital Alarm's $4.99. Bedside Alarm Clock also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (115 vs 4). Digital Alarm's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

Bedside Alarm Clock is free to download; Digital Alarm costs $4.99 up front. Bedside Alarm Clock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Digital Alarm asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bedside Alarm Clock holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bedside Alarm Clock has 115 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Bedside Alarm Clock's written reviews are positive against 59% of Digital Alarm's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bedside Alarm Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, Digital Alarm every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Bedside Alarm Clock versus Digital Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBedside Alarm ClockDigital Alarm
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating3.9 (115 ratings) — better3.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews50.4% of reviews59.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings115 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCreoMarkus Wyss

Customer experience

Bedside Alarm Clock

All ratings115 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative24.3%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive50.4%
Neutral13.6%
Negative36.0%

Digital Alarm

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive59.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.6%

Bugs and requests

Bedside Alarm Clock

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Weather data fails to load or displays 'null'
  • Alarm doesn't sound when phone is muted
  • App crashes when weather updates
  • Brightness setting doesn't uniformly dim display
  • Deleted alarms continue to trigger
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  • Music alarm feature doesn't work - plays default sound instead
  • App won't stay in foreground or closes during night
  • Snooze button doesn't function properly
  • Alarm goes off at wrong time
  • App brightness setting changes device brightness
  • Weather icons don't display
  • Music library files won't select as alarm sounds
  • 24-hour mode doesn't apply to alarm settings
  • App incompatible with iOS 9+ and newer devices
  • Support page returns error or is unavailable

Requested features

16 requests
  • Variable clock size adjustment
  • Brightness adjustment for white bottom line/bezel
  • Multiple font choices
  • Display next alarm time on screen
  • Show alarm on/off status on display
Show 11 more
  • Seconds display in addition to hours/minutes
  • Battery level indicator
  • More alarm sound options
  • Ability to upload custom music
  • Override mute button for alarms
  • Home time display while traveling
  • Calendar integration
  • Screen burn-in prevention with number movement
  • Persistent brightness setting between sessions
  • 24-hour format for alarm settings
  • Fade-out effect for swipe-up bar

Digital Alarm

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bedside Alarm Clock

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$0.491 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$3.991 Year
None

Digital Alarm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bedside Alarm Clock free?
Bedside Alarm Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Digital Alarm free?
Digital Alarm costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bedside Alarm Clock or Digital Alarm?
Bedside Alarm Clock is rated higher. Bedside Alarm Clock averages 3.9 out of 5 from 115 ratings, while Digital Alarm averages 3.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Bedside Alarm Clock or Digital Alarm have ads?
Bedside Alarm Clock shows ads; Digital Alarm does not.
Which is updated more often, Bedside Alarm Clock or Digital Alarm?
Bedside Alarm Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, and Digital Alarm every 2 months. Most recently, Bedside Alarm Clock was updated on November 1, 2026 and Digital Alarm on November 1, 2026.

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