Comparison

RetroClock vs Electronic Clock

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

Head to head
About

RetroClock

Display customizable clock panels with various themes like digital, flip, and retro radio styles. Enjoy a selection of natural white noises with free combination playback.

Highlights
  • Digital clock themes
  • Flip clock styles
  • Retro radio clock
  • Natural white noises
  • Combination playback
Features
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The application provides clock panels with various theme styles such as digital clock, flip clock, and retro radio style. It also contains a variety of natural white noises and provides free combination playback functions.

About

Electronic Clock

Features
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Electronic Clock is a minimal full-screen digital clock — and a way to give the old phone in your drawer a second life. Plug an old phone or tablet into power, open Electronic Clock, and it becomes a big clock for your desk, nightstand or wall, with the local weather on screen too. Instead of letting an old device gather dust or end up as e-waste, put it back to work — and skip buying another clock. Time and weather at a glance: large hours and minutes fill the center of the screen, with seconds and a weather emoji right beside them, and the date, weekday and local temperature along the top. No unlocking, no opening other apps — one look tells you the time, the temperature and whether you need an umbrella. Ideas for an old device: • An old iPhone as a bedside clock, a retired iPad as a living room or kitchen clock • A spare phone on your office desk, in the entryway or at a shop counter • Second-hand phones, backup phones and hand-me-downs all find a use Features: • 24-hour clock that updates every second • Date and weekday at the top, with the weekday in English, Chinese or Japanese • Seconds and a weather emoji next to the time • Optional: uses your location to show the local temperature (°C) and conditions • Weather data from MET Norway's public API — free, no ads • Choose the font, text size, text colour and background colour, or pick a built-in style preset • App available in English, Traditional Chinese and Japanese • Landscape full-screen layout on a black background by default; text scales to fit iPhone and iPad • Keeps the screen awake and hides the status bar for a clean display Privacy: No account, no ads, no analytics, no developer servers. Location permission is optional; if granted, coordinates are rounded to about 1 km and sent only to MET Norway to look up the weather — never stored or tracked. See the privacy policy for details.

Screenshots

RetroClock4 screens
Electronic Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Electronic Clock at none against RetroClock's 1. Electronic Clock also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support 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. RetroClock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Electronic Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RetroClock ships an update every 3 weeks, Electronic Clock every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RetroClock versus Electronic Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetroClockElectronic Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer伟 雷Hank Wang

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RetroClock

One-time1
  • VIP$0.99
None

Electronic Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RetroClock free?
RetroClock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Electronic Clock free?
Electronic Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RetroClock or Electronic Clock have ads?
RetroClock shows ads; Electronic Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, RetroClock or Electronic Clock?
RetroClock ships an update every 3 weeks, and Electronic Clock every 10 days. Most recently, RetroClock was updated on September 24, 2026 and Electronic Clock on October 10, 2026.

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