Comparison

Custom Word Clock vs Time Words

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

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About

Custom Word Clock

This app offers a unique way to tell time using words instead of numbers. Customize phrases, colors, and fonts to create a personalized word-based clock widget for your device's home or lock screen.

Highlights
  • Displays time in words
  • Customizable phrases
  • Widget for home/lock screen
  • Adjustable text size
  • Background color options
  • Custom prefix and suffix
Features
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Break away from ordinary clock faces and numerical displays. TextTime revolutionizes time-telling by presenting time in words, not numbers. Experience the fun and engaging benefits of a word-based clock widget. With TextTime, telling time becomes an enjoyable and interactive part of your day. Watch as your clock transforms into a unique expression of words, bringing a fresh and personalized touch to your device. Enjoy the elegance of a minimalist design that communicates time in a human-friendly format, making every glance at your clock a delightful experience. Tell time your way. Customize the formatting of the time as you desire, and the app will remember your choices. Personalize your clock with settings for Zero Phrase, Morning Phrase, and Afternoon Phrase, allowing you to infuse each moment with your unique flair. Effortlessly add prefixes and suffixes to further tailor your time displays to perfection. With TextTime, time isn't just measured—it's expressed in your own words. Download TextTime now and embrace a new era of timekeeping, where words take center stage and transform how you perceive time! Free Features: - Switch between 12/24-hour time - Adjust text size - Add as a widget to your Home or Lock Screen Premium Features: - Change background color - Set custom prefix and suffix - Customize morning, afternoon, and night phrases - Change text color, font, boldness, justification, and casing Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Time Words

Features
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Time Words is a labor of love—born from years of obsession with the idea of a watch face that tells the time with words. No numbers. No hands. Just words, approximating time the way we humans speak it: “almost five”, “just past ten”, “quarter to three”… always rounded to the nearest five minutes, with a touch of charm. I made this app for my Apple Watch—and now it’s yours, too. It’s available in four languages, each carefully adapted to their natural way of expressing time: English, the lingua franca of the modern world. Spanish, my native language—and half a continent’s. Japanese, because many of us carry an inner otaku, and its kanji and hiragana make time beautiful. Catalan, with its wonderfully quirky system of fractional hours—like “dos quarts de” or “tres quarts i mig de” the hour to come, not the current one—is a fascinating and elegant twist on timekeeping. How to switch languages: Simply tap anywhere on the main view—on your Apple Watch or in the iPhone app—to cycle through English, Spanish, Japanese and Catalan. Your selection is saved instantly and automatically updates across all widgets and complications on that device where you choose to display Time Words. Use it as a full Apple Watch app, as a Lock Screen or Home Screen widget on iOS, or as a watch-face complication. Tap to change language, and enjoy the gentle rhythm of time in words. Time Words is lightweight & elegant. All for the symbolic price of €0.99—though time told beautifully is priceless.

Screenshots

Custom Word Clock4 screens
Time Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Custom Word Clock at Free against Time Words's $0.99. Custom Word Clock also leads on device support (6 vs 3). Time Words's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On iOS requirement 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

Custom Word Clock is free to download; Time Words costs $0.99 up front. Custom Word Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Time Words asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Custom Word Clock versus Time Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom Word ClockTime Words
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel GauthierRICARDO VAZQUEZ ALMAGRO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Custom Word Clock

One-time1
  • Super Customization$2.99
None

Time Words

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Custom Word Clock free?
Custom Word Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Words free?
Time Words costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Custom Word Clock or Time Words have ads?
Custom Word Clock shows ads; Time Words does not.

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