MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric vs BACSIL access
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
This utility app displays time in multiple formats, including civil, solar, and metric. It offers a progress bar for the day's elapsed percentage and shows sunrise/sunset times. A converter tool allows for easy time conversions between different systems.
- Civil time with DST
- Solar time based on sun position
- Metric time (10,000 units per day)
- Daily progress bar
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Time converter tool
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The clock shows two different times in several different ways. Civil time is the current time in your time zone, taking daylight saving rules into account. Solar time depends on the position of the sun in the sky. Solar noon is when the sun is at its highest point. That moment depends on where you are, and on where the Earth is in its annual orbit around the sun. The time display shows hours and minutes in the way you're used to. It also shows a metric time. It breaks the day into 10,000 equal-sized pieces and keeps count of them over the course of the day. Midnight is 0000, and 9999 is the instant just before the next midnight. It also shows a progress bar for the percent of day elapsed. The clock shows sunrise and sunset times for both civil and solar days, in the hour and minute display and in metric. There's a "classic" display page that shows just solar metric, civil metric and civil hh:mm time. There's a converter page that allows you to type in a time, civil or solar, hours:minutes or metric, and convert to all the other available time types.
BACSIL access
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The app BACSIL access is your access key to e-government services of the Swiss authorities (cantons and their communes as well as federal administration). The BACSIL system (see https://bacsil.ch) is a login procedure, identity provider and identity network and is available worldwide for interaction with Swiss authorities.
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Verdict
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric and BACSIL access are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric | BACSIL access |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Olson | Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei |
In-app purchases
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
No in-app purchases
BACSIL access
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric free?
Is BACSIL access free?
Do MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric or BACSIL access have ads?
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