Comparison

Progress Clock vs Clock Rings

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

Head to head
About

Progress Clock

Visualize your entire life in weeks and track the passage of time with beautiful progress bars. This app offers inspirational quotes and goal tracking to help you understand what truly matters and find the courage to pursue your aspirations.

Highlights
  • Life Calendar (90-year visualization)
  • Progress tracking for Day, Week, Month, Year
  • Inspirational quotes on time and courage
  • Goal tracking and insights
  • Widgets for at-a-glance tracking
  • Premium themes and Dark Mode
Features
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Progress Clock shows time as progress, not just hours and minutes. Open it and see how much of today has already passed, how much is left, and the same view for this week, this month, and this year. The Arcs face draws each one around the clock. Analog hands stay in the center. Dial is there if you want the classic sweep. Keep a countdown to a date, a timer to a date and time, or time since a day that mattered. One goal is included. Edit and delete from the Goal tab. Set a birthdate and Life draws every week as a dot, childhood through later decades on one calendar. Progressium is free. Other themes, large and Lock Screen widgets, the Goal widget, and extra goals are Progress Clock Premium, an optional monthly subscription. Purchases and cancellation go through your Apple ID. Birthdate, goals, and settings stay on your device. No account. No analytics. Terms of Use: https://unobatbayar.github.io/ProgressClock/terms/ Apple Standard EULA: www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://unobatbayar.github.io/ProgressClock/privacy/

About

Clock Rings

This app displays both decimal and standard time side-by-side, ideal for shift workers. It allows for easy time tracking of tours, breaks, and end-of-shift, with detailed reports on hours and pay estimates. Proactive alerts help manage overtime and missed clock-ins.

Highlights
  • Decimal and standard time display
  • Shift and break tracking
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly reports
  • Pay estimate with custom rates
  • Overtime and missed clock-out alerts
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Clock Rings shows your shift at a glance — a dual clock with decimal hours and standard time side by side, built for postal and shift workers who live on a decimal-hour timecard. The whole core is free; an optional one-time Clock Rings Pro unlock adds autopilot and the payroll tools. CLOCK & RINGS • Decimal and standard time together on a clean ring face • Home and Lock Screen widgets, and Apple Watch faces & complications • Live Activities on the Lock Screen, the Dynamic Island, and CarPlay • Your accent color, light/dark, bold, and adjustable text size TRACK YOUR TOUR • Punch Begin Tour, Out/In to Lunch, breaks, and End Tour • Punch from anywhere — Live Activity buttons, widgets, Control Center, the Action Button, or your Apple Watch (even with your phone stowed) • Edit or backfill any punch — forgot to clock out, or clocked in late? Fix it after • Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch through your own iCloud AUTO CLOCK RINGS — AUTOPILOT (Clock Rings Pro) • Let the app punch your whole tour for you — Begin Tour, lunch, and End Tour at your scheduled times, exactly as if you'd tapped them • Follows your Weekly Plan, and only on your scheduled workdays — never a day off, holiday, leave day, or while Time Off is on • Punch, edit, or delete anything by hand anytime KNOW YOUR HOURS & PAY • Reports by day, week, pay period, month, and year — overtime broken into regular, overtime, and penalty, your way (8h/10h/40h or weekly-only) • Pay Estimate (Pro): enter YOUR rates (the app never assumes a number) for an estimated gross from your tracked hours, plus Deductions for an estimated take-home • Earnings Statement Compare (Pro): paste your statement from ePayroll and check it against what you tracked — hours, gross, net, every deduction, and leave balances • Export reports and build a custom PDF (Pro); basic on-screen totals stay free • Leave & balances — Annual, Sick, and more, with optional accrual; the federal holidays count automatically OPERATIONS (Clock Rings Pro) • Clock your tour against TACS operation numbers and move between operations mid-tour • See where your hours went in the Operations Report • Look up what any operation covers — the full text of USPS Handbook M-32, Appendix A (April 2026), searchable by number, title, or any word STAY AHEAD • Proactive overtime alerts before you cross 8h, 10h, or your weekly threshold • Forgot-to-clock-out reminder, plus alarms for every part of your tour • Pause alarms for leave, holidays, and scheduled days off — and they turn back on by themselves • Ask Siri your hours and overtime forecast, plus Shortcuts actions ON YOUR TERMS • Your data stays on your devices and your private iCloud — no account, no ads, no tracking • Backup & Restore — export everything to a file and bring it back • Reconcile with your USPS Virtual Timecard by pasting it in — nothing is uploaded Clock Rings Pro is a one-time purchase (no subscription) and is Family Sharing–ready. Clock Rings is independent and is not affiliated with the United States Postal Service.

Screenshots

Progress Clock4 screens
Clock Rings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clock Rings at weekly against Progress Clock's every 5 months. Clock Rings also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Progress Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Progress Clock sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Clock Rings sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Progress Clock against 5.0 for Clock Rings. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress Clock ships an update every 5 months, Clock Rings weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Progress Clock versus Clock Rings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgress ClockClock Rings
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUsukhbayar BatbayarEric Rogers

Customer experience

Progress Clock

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Clock Rings

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Progress Clock

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Themes$0.991 Month
One-time3
  • Support $5$4.99
  • Support $25$24.99
  • Support $100$99.99
5 purchases

Clock Rings

One-time5
  • Quick$0.99
  • Nice$1.99
  • Great$4.99
Show 2 more
  • Amazing$9.99
  • Legendary$19.99

Questions

Is Progress Clock free?
Progress Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clock Rings free?
Clock Rings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Progress Clock or Clock Rings?
Progress Clock and Clock Rings are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Progress Clock or Clock Rings have ads?
Neither Progress Clock nor Clock Rings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress Clock or Clock Rings?
Progress Clock ships an update every 5 months, and Clock Rings weekly. Most recently, Progress Clock was updated on October 6, 2026 and Clock Rings on October 1, 2026.

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