Comparison

Climate Timer vs Open 3AM

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

Head to head
About

Climate Timer

Track critical climate change deadlines and lifelines, discover positive news, and manage personal actions. Customize your experience with background themes and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Climate change deadline countdown
  • Renewable energy and land protection data
  • Climate news updates
  • Personal climate action planner
  • Customizable background themes
  • Home screen widget support
Features
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This application displays information published on "ClimateClock.world" and manages climate change self-action. 1. DEADLINE Time left to limit global warming to 1.5℃. 2. LIFELINE • World's energy from renewables • Land protected by indigenous people • Loss & Damage owed by G20 nations • Loss & Damage owed by G7 nations • Green Climate Fund 3. News Good news about climate change. 4. My actions Set My Actions against climate change for housing, transportation, food, consumer goods, and leisure. 5. Background selection • Theme color • Specified color • Image (Switching display of global warming-related images at 1-minute intervals from the free material site "Pixabay.com") 6. Widget Can place DEADLINE widget on home screen The display content accesses "ClimateClock.world" every 24 hours and downloads the latest. The displayed contents are subject to change. The content is displayed according to the device language, but as of November 2022, it is only available in English and Portuguese. (Default language is English, news is always in English only)

About

Open 3AM

This app offers a private voice companion for sleepless nights. Simply start talking when your mind races, and it will stay with you without any sign-up or recording. Designed for adults, it provides a non-therapeutic space for those struggling to fall asleep.

Highlights
  • Private voice companion
  • No sign-up required
  • No recording
  • Continuously available
  • Adult-focused (18+)
Features
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3AM is a free voice companion for the nights you can't sleep. When your brain won't stop, open 3AM and start talking. It picks up right where you left off, and stays with you — no sign-up, nothing recorded, completely private. Not therapy. For adults 18+. open3am.com

Screenshots

Climate Timer4 screens
Open 3AM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Open 3AM at 100% against Climate Timer's 50%. Open 3AM also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Open 3AM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Climate Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Open 3AM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Climate Timer ships an update every 11 months, Open 3AM every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Climate Timer versus Open 3AM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClimate TimerOpen 3AM
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB5 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMAKOTO SASAKIAniket Sharma

Customer experience

Climate Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Open 3AM

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Climate Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Open 3AM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Climate Timer free?
Climate Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Open 3AM free?
Open 3AM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Climate Timer or Open 3AM?
Open 3AM is rated higher. Climate Timer averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Open 3AM averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Climate Timer or Open 3AM have ads?
Neither Climate Timer nor Open 3AM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Climate Timer or Open 3AM?
Climate Timer ships an update every 11 months, and Open 3AM every 5 days. Most recently, Climate Timer was updated on October 7, 2026 and Open 3AM on October 14, 2026.

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