Comparison

Clockwise vs TimeFlow

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

Head to head
About

Clockwise

Easily track time zones for friends, family, and colleagues worldwide. Features dynamic backgrounds, personalized photos, and home-screen widgets for at-a-glance updates. Supports over 200k locations, even offline, and syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Automatic time zone detection
  • Time scrubbing for planning
  • Dynamic sky backgrounds
  • Personalized contact photos
  • Home-screen widgets
  • Daylight Saving Time alerts
  • Offline location database
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Tired of calculating time zone differences? Meet Clockwise, the ultimate app for tracking the time of friends, family, and colleagues around the world! • Simple Setup Just enter someone’s name (or select from your contacts), choose their location, and we’ll automatically detect their time zone! • Time Scrubbing Easily shift the time forwards or backwards to plan and coordinate across time zones. • Dynamic Sky Backgrounds Watch the sky come to life with beautiful colors that change in real-time, reflecting the actual sunrise and sunset of each person’s location. • Personalized Photos Add a personal touch by uploading photos of your loved ones. You can scale and crop images to get the perfect fit! • Widgets Stay connected at a glance with home-screen widgets that display the local time of your friends and family without even opening the app! • Daylight Saving Time Never miss a time change again! Stay informed of upcoming daylight saving time changes around the world. • Contact Linking Import your contacts and call or text them directly from the app. Getting in touch with your friends and family abroad has never been easier! • Clock Customization Select from a variety of clock display options, including both analog and 24-hour formats. • Extensive Location Database Choose from over 200k locations worldwide, even offline. Whether it’s a big city or a small town, we’ve got you covered. • iCloud Sync Sync your contacts and their time zones across all your devices via iCloud. Clockwise is available on both iPhone and iPad.

About

TimeFlow

Visualize the passage of time with this elegant utility. Track progress for the year, month, week, and day with real-time updates and customizable widgets. Stay motivated and focused on your goals.

Highlights
  • Real-time progress tracking
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Minimalist design
  • Daily motivation
  • Year, month, week, and day progress
Features
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Time flies—visualize it with TimeFlow! It's hard to realize how fast the time is passing by, so use TimeFlow to keep reminding yourself. TimeFlow is your ultimate time management and motivation tool, helping you visualize the passage of time like never before. See how much of the year, month, week, or day has passed in a clean, elegant design. Features: Real-Time Progress Tracking: Instantly see the percentage of time passed for the year, month, week, and day. Customizable Home Screen Widgets: Add a widget to your home screen to stay motivated daily. Personalize it to fit your style! Beautiful, Minimalist Design: Focus on time without distractions. Daily Motivation: See time’s progress to inspire productivity and focus. Download TimeFlow now and take control of your time before it flies away!

Screenshots

Clockwise4 screens
TimeFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Clockwise at Free against TimeFlow's $0.99. Clockwise also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 68%). TimeFlow's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Clockwise is free to download; TimeFlow costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Clockwise against 4.6 for TimeFlow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Clockwise's written reviews are positive against 68% of TimeFlow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clockwise ships an update every 6 weeks, TimeFlow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 2, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Clockwise versus TimeFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClockwiseTimeFlow
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (8 ratings) — better4.6 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better67.9% of reviews
Number of ratings810 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.116.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrittany PetrovaPrastab Ghimire

Customer experience

Clockwise

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

TimeFlow

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral17.9%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Clockwise

No in-app purchases

None

TimeFlow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clockwise free?
Clockwise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeFlow free?
TimeFlow costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clockwise or TimeFlow?
Clockwise is rated higher. Clockwise averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while TimeFlow averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do Clockwise or TimeFlow have ads?
Neither Clockwise nor TimeFlow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clockwise or TimeFlow?
Clockwise ships an update every 6 weeks, and TimeFlow fortnightly. Most recently, Clockwise was updated on August 2, 2026 and TimeFlow on August 12, 2026.

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