What time is it? vs BellsClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
What time is it?
This utility app allows users to check the current time and date by tapping or shaking their smartphone screen, even with their eyes closed. It offers customizable voice output, screen brightness adjustments, and unique animations. Ads can be removed via an in-app purchase.
- Tap or shake to hear time and date
- Customizable voice output
- Screen brightness settings
- Menu lock feature
- Unlockable animations
- 24-hour format support
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Voice clock app that tells the time with closed eyes. Tap or shake your smartphone screen to know the current time! During sleep, when you wake up and become curious about the time, but don't want to open your eyes... Why not give it a try? ---Main Features--- [Main Screen] * Tap or shake the screen to hear the date and time. * Battery level display, screen brightness settings. * Supports landscape and portrait orientations. * Menu Lock Setting/Release You can now lock and unlock the menu by long-pressing the menu icon. This allows you to prevent accidental menu presses that lead to various settings screens, especially when you are asleep. [Settings] * Customize voice and content for reading. (Toggle date on/off, order of date and time, 24-hour format, color changes, etc.) * Ads can be removed through in-app purchase. [Special Features] * Includes mysterious animations below the clock. * After a certain period of time, you can unlock special animations. * Customize options for enabling/disabling and adding animations in the settings. [Notes/Other] * While the app is running, your smartphone will not enter sleep mode, so please ensure sufficient battery charge when using the app. (However, when the battery level drops below 20%, it will automatically enter sleep mode.) * Lowering the screen brightness can help extend battery life, so it is recommended.
BellsClock
Easily create and manage custom school bell schedules. Import schedules from CSV files or websites, and export your own. Personalize screen colors and navigate with a hamburger menu.
- Customizable bell schedules
- Add/delete class periods
- Modify start/end times
- Import from CSV/web
- Export to CSV
- Personalize screen color
- Hamburger menu navigation
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Version 2 update: * Navigation among pages is done by the hamburger menu. * The screen color can be modified and personalized. * Individual bell schedules can be exported to Comma Separated Value (CSV) text format. Details: You can customize a bell schedule by adding or deleting class periods, modifying their start and end times, adding or deleting whole schedules, and modifying the names of the periods. School bell schedules can be imported from a Comma Separated Values text file located on the device or, for school-wide distribution of a set of schedules, from a Web site. The CSV file format is simple: - Quotation marks are optional. - A schedule record precedes the set of period records. - Period record format is periodname,start HH:MM,end HH:MM HH can be 24 hour or 12 hour; simply add AM or PM for 12 hour times. - Sample file: # Comment lines have leading hash mark # Next line is a schedule name (no colon or comma) Regular # These are period records name-of-period,HH:MM,HH:MM Home Room,7:55,8:05 1st Period,8:08,8:48 2nd Period,8:51,9:31 Break,9:31,9:41 3rd Period,9:44,10:24 4th Period,10:27,11:07 5th Period,11:10,11:50 Lunch,11:53,12:33PM 6th Period,12:36,13:16 7th Period,1:19PM,1:59PM 8th Period,14:02,14:42 Office Time,2:42p,15:15 # Next schedule A.M. Assembly Home Room,7:55,8:03 Assembly,8:05,9:15 1st Period,9:18,9:51 # And so on.....
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BellsClock at 50% against What time is it?'s 0%. BellsClock also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). What time is it?'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. What time is it? sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BellsClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
What time is it? ships an update every 3 weeks, BellsClock every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | What time is it? | BellsClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shinichi Ishizuka | Francis Golazeski |
Customer experience
What time is it?
BellsClock
In-app purchases
What time is it?
- Remove ads$2.29
BellsClock
No in-app purchases
Questions
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