StandBy Clock vs ClockWork
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StandBy Clock
Transform your iPhone into a personalized bedside display with over 100 customizable widgets. Show time, calendar, battery, photos, and more. Simple to use, just choose, customize, and add to your StandBy screen.
- 100+ customizable widgets
- Analog and digital clock options
- Calendar and dual time zone display
- Countdown timers for events
- Photo and GIF widgets
- Customizable theme colors and styles
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StandBy Clock — Make Your iPhone StandBy Screen Your Own Turn your charging iPhone into a bedside display that feels personal. Explore 240+ widget styles, including 125+ Premium designs, with flip clocks, GIF animations, photos, countdowns, calendars, battery displays and multi-time-zone layouts. Start with free designs, then unlock everything with weekly, annual or lifetime options. CLOCK WIDGETS • Analog Clock — Classic and modern faces with distinctive hands, markers and layouts. • Digital Clock — Bold, easy-to-read time displays made for desks and nightstands. • Calendar — See the date and day at a glance in a range of visual styles. • Single Time Zone — Focus on one city with rich, expressive layouts. • Dual Time Zone — Keep two cities visible for travel, remote work or someone far away. • Triple Time Zone — Follow three cities at once with flip boards, dashboards, neon styles and more. MORE THAN A CLOCK • Countdown — Count down to birthdays, anniversaries, trips and important moments. • Info Card — Put your own message or useful information on the StandBy screen. • Battery — Check the current charge level at a glance. • Photo Widget — Turn a favorite image into part of your bedside display. • GIF Widget — Add motion and personality with animated GIF designs. MAKE IT YOURS Customize colors, fonts, time formats, cities, labels, messages and photos. Save multiple named widgets for different moods and situations, then choose the design you want from the iOS widget picker. BUILT FOR iOS STANDBY StandBy Clock is designed for the landscape charging experience introduced in iOS 17. Place your iPhone on its side while charging to enter StandBy. Always-On Display is supported on compatible Pro iPhone models. HOW TO GET STARTED 1. Choose a free or Premium design. 2. Customize it and save it with a name. 3. Add StandBy Clock from the widget picker. 4. Select your saved design and enjoy your new StandBy screen. FREE AND PREMIUM A selection of designs is free to use. Premium unlocks 125+ additional designs and the complete customization library. Choose the option that suits you: weekly, annual or lifetime access. Available products and local prices are shown in the app before purchase. Download StandBy Clock and make every charging moment look like yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ClockWork
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Alarms that ring only on days you actually work. ClockWork follows the official public holidays and makeup workdays of the country you choose, so your alarm stays silent on days off — no more switching it off by hand. ■ SMART ALARMS · Workday alarm: follows holidays and makeup days automatically · Shift alarm: work X days, rest Y days cycles ■ INTERVAL ALARMS · Repeat reminders inside a time window (stand up, drink water, eye breaks) · Specific date / rotating weeks / yearly (birthdays) / monthly (rent, bills) · Label colours, custom ringtones (import your own audio), snooze length, skip on leave days ■ CALENDAR · Gregorian + lunar calendar + 24 solar terms; holidays and makeup days at a glance · This month's workdays / rest days, month and year progress · Check-in projects and records (Pro) ■ WORLD CLOCK · Live time differences and day/night for the cities you follow · Time conversion: pick any city as the reference and see the rest (Pro) ■ COUNTDOWN / TIMER / STOPWATCH / DATE CALCULATOR · Countdown progress at a glance (Pro) · Multiple timers, stopwatch with laps, date and interval maths ■ WIDGETS & DYNAMIC ISLAND · Monthly/weekly calendar, world clock, countdown, check-in, stopwatch and timer widgets · Dynamic Island shows your running timer and countdown ■ VERSION BACKUP · Automatic daily snapshots, keep 7 / 30 / 60 / 90 days · Optional sync to your own iCloud — sign in with the same Apple ID on a new device to restore ■ ABOUT PRO The free version includes alarms, calendar, world clock, timer/stopwatch and the date calculator, plus a 30-day Pro trial. Pro unlocks countdowns, check-in, interval alarms, leave-day schedules for the ringing calendar, world-clock time conversion and unlimited random alarm sounds. Local pricing is shown on the purchase page. Privacy first: your data stays on your device by default; backups are optional and go to your own iCloud. No location or contacts collection, no ads, no third-party analytics SDKs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ClockWork at none against StandBy Clock's shown. ClockWork also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). StandBy Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. StandBy Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and ClockWork sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StandBy Clock ships an update every 6 days, ClockWork every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StandBy Clock | ClockWork |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 逸文 周 | 德华 周 |
In-app purchases
StandBy Clock
- Weekly Pro$1.997 Days
- Annual Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- StandBy Clock Lifetime$14.99
ClockWork
- ClockWork Pro (Lifetime)$2.99
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