Comparison

Ninja Fight Clock vs Brutal Time

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

Head to head
About

Ninja Fight Clock

Features
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This is a digital and analog clock application to fight the oncoming ninjas. When a ninja attacks, touch the bottom half of the screen. You can fight back with a shuriken or a sword. You can choose the interval between attacks from 10, 15, 20, 30, and 60 minutes. Since they appear at regular intervals, you may want to use them as an alarm when you feel sleepy, such as when you are studying. Each ninja uses its own unique ninjutsu. If your attack hits them several times, you can defeat them. If you tap the scrolls that sometimes appear on the screen, you can use various ninjutsu to fight back. The ninja will leave in one minute. If you defeat them all before they are gone, you will get the scroll from the beginning in the next battle. You can choose from 20 famous Japanese castles for the castle picture. You can also turn off the ninja action and enjoy it as just a clock. ***** The time text and analog clock can be moved with your finger. The picture and analog clock can be zoomed in and out with two fingers. Touch the time text to switch to setting mode. You can change the date and time to various formats by touching it in the setting mode. You can also switch between 12-hour and 24-hour displays. The screen can be rotated horizontally and vertically. By pressing buttons such as "2X" and "3X," the font size can be adjusted in steps. 20 types of backgrounds can be selected. Time signal tone can be selected from 78 different tones.

About

Brutal Time

Features
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Brutal Time turns your iPhone into a brutalist desk clock. Put it on a charger and it fills the screen, edge to edge, with nothing but type. It tells time without decoration, distraction, or gimmicks. ON THE CHARGER StandBy widgets for every clock face, and widgets for the Home Screen. A full-screen, StandBy-style display for the app itself, with the status bar hidden so the clock owns the whole screen. Add a Shortcut and it opens by itself the moment you plug in. Always-On keeps it lit while charging and dims it after a few seconds, then lets the phone sleep again as soon as you unplug. FOUR TYPOGRAPHIC FACES Four distinct designs, each built on a different typographic system: digits locked to a ruled grid, editorial Swiss with a red accent, oversized poster glyphs cropped by the frame, and mono type over a dot-indexed field. Each reads as words or numerals, in dark or light, portrait or landscape. UNLOCK AMBIENT MOTION WITH THE FULL EDITION Each face can come alive. Continuous, ambient motion runs through the type โ€” letters that breathe, sway, and resolve on their own unhurried rhythm, with several motions for every face. Calm and deliberate, never a screensaver. Ambient Motion is the only paid feature, and the Full Edition is a one-time purchase โ€” buy it once, keep it forever. Everything else is free: every clock face, every typeface, every widget, the full-screen display and Always-On. Also included: - Three typefaces per face - Custom accent colors - Home Screen and StandBy widgets - No subscription. No ads. Ever. Brutal Time is shaped by brutalist design principles: visible structure, a restrained palette, and the removal of unnecessary ornament. Time is shown as type, grid, and rhythm โ€” clear, functional, and deliberate.

Screenshots

Ninja Fight Clock3 screens
Brutal Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Brutal Time at none against Ninja Fight Clock's shown. Brutal Time also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Ninja Fight Clock's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Ninja Fight Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Brutal Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ninja Fight Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, Brutal Time every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Ninja Fight Clock versus Brutal Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNinja Fight ClockBrutal Time
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size25 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMihoko ArakiForager Lab LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ninja Fight Clock

One-time1
  • Ninja Fight Clock with no ads$2.99
1 purchases

Brutal Time

One-time1
  • Full Edition$4.99

Questions

Is Ninja Fight Clock free?
Ninja Fight Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brutal Time free?
Brutal Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ninja Fight Clock or Brutal Time have ads?
Ninja Fight Clock shows ads; Brutal Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Ninja Fight Clock or Brutal Time?
Ninja Fight Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, and Brutal Time every 10 days. Most recently, Ninja Fight Clock was updated on November 7, 2026 and Brutal Time on November 13, 2026.

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