Comparison

Twinkle Clock vs World Time Calc

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

Head to head
About

Twinkle Clock

Features
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Twinkle Clock turns your screen into a night sky — a clock face made of twinkling stars and constellations. FREE • 12 zodiac constellations, swipe to switch • A twinkling starfield with the time overlaid on constellation lines PRO (one-time purchase) • All 88 official constellations • ~8,900 naked-eye stars across the whole sky • The Milky Way and the Moon & planets (Mercury–Saturn) • Nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies • Tap any star, the Moon, or a planet to read about it • Time Travel — pick any date and time to see what the sky looked like (or will look like) • Major meteor shower activity windows Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro.

About

World Time Calc

Visualize day/night cycles and working hours across different cities with an interactive timeline. Receive custom notifications for sunrise and sunset. Manually adjust work hours for precise scheduling.

Highlights
  • Day/night and working hour graphs
  • Automatic time updates
  • Manual work hour adjustment
  • Interactive time cursor
  • Sunrise/sunset alarm notifications
Features
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・Features of the WorldTimeCalc ・Graph of day/night and working hours in each city. - Day and night time will be updated automatically every day. Working hours can be changed manually for each city. ・By sliding the cursor, the time for each city will change in the list. ・In normal times, the cursor points to the current time in real time, so you can see at a glance whether it is daytime, nighttime, during business hours, or outside in each city. ・You can send alarm notifications for sunrise, sunset, start time, and end time.

Screenshots

Twinkle Clock4 screens
World Time Calc3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Twinkle Clock at none against World Time Calc's shown. Twinkle Clock also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Twinkle Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, World Time Calc every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Twinkle Clock versus World Time Calc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwinkle ClockWorld Time Calc
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiroyasu HiraiHajime Suzuki

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Twinkle Clock

One-time1
  • Twinkle Clock Pro$24.99
1 purchases

World Time Calc

One-time1
  • PremiumPlan$7.99

Questions

Is Twinkle Clock free?
Twinkle Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is World Time Calc free?
World Time Calc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Twinkle Clock or World Time Calc have ads?
World Time Calc shows ads; Twinkle Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, Twinkle Clock or World Time Calc?
Twinkle Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, and World Time Calc every 6 weeks. Most recently, Twinkle Clock was updated on October 27, 2026 and World Time Calc on October 23, 2026.

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