Comparison

Starlight Clock vs Journey Clock

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

Head to head
About

Starlight Clock

Features
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This is a digital and analog clock application with a starry sky motif. The constellation changes every hour. You can also set events in which locomotives appear at 10, 15, 20, 30, and 60 minute intervals. Sometimes shooting stars also stream. ***** The time text, analog clock, and constellations can be moved with the fingers. The analog clock and constellations can be zoomed in and out with two fingers. Seconds can also be displayed. Touching the time character switches to setting mode. The date and time can be changed to various formats by touching it in the setting mode. The display can be switched between 12-hour and 24-hour formats. Screen rotation in portrait and landscape orientation is also supported. By pressing buttons such as "2X" and "3X," the font size can be adjusted in steps. You can choose from 24 different constellations. The order of the constellations can be set to change randomly as well as in a predetermined order. The time signal can be set to one of 79 different tones.

About

Journey Clock

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Put somewhere else's "right now" on your Home Screen. A widget clock that shows scenery from real towns, coasts, grasslands and alpine regions โ€” matched to the hour on your phone. The picture doesn't just change. Time and place move together. From the patchwork hills at dawn, to a birch-lined road at noon, to golden wheat at sunset, to a hill full of stars. Over a day, you wander through one region slowly. FOURTEEN REGIONS, FOURTEEN DAYS JAPAN - Biei, Hokkaido โ€” free Rolling hills and a lone tree, where northern light drifts across the day. - Higashiyama, Kyoto From the pagoda slope to willow-lined water and lantern alleys. - Shirakawa-go Steep thatched roofs along a valley, from morning fog to light on snow. EUROPE - Colmar, France โ€” half-timbered houses and a canal - The Cotswolds, England โ€” honey-coloured stone, where even rain belongs - Val d'Orcia, Italy โ€” rolling hills ruled by cypress lines - Santorini, Greece โ€” white walls and blue domes - Amalfi Coast, Italy โ€” a town stacked on cliffs above a blue sea - Zermatt, Switzerland โ€” the peak that catches the first light - South Coast, Iceland โ€” black sand, a glacier lagoon, green light after dark ASIA - Hoi An, Vietnam โ€” after dark, the whole river fills with lanterns - Ha Long Bay, Vietnam โ€” limestone islands surfacing from mist - Ubud, Bali โ€” rice terraces climbing the slope AFRICA - Marrakech, Morocco โ€” a red-earth city, and past the walls, stars over sand SOMETHING TO LOOK FOR Each region has its own resident. A rabbit in Biei, a cat in Kyoto, a marmot in Zermatt. They move to a different spot every hour โ€” see if you can find them. WIDGETS - Small, Medium and Large (Large unlocks with any purchase) - Show or hide the date and the region name; 12- or 24-hour time - Or turn the clock overlay off and keep only the artwork IN THE APP - Timeline โ€” all 24 hours at a glance; tap any hour to see it large - Favorites โ€” keep the views you love - Gallery โ€” compare a whole day from each region ABOUT THIS APP - No network. It works exactly the same in airplane mode or with no signal. - No permissions at all โ€” no location, photos, camera or notifications. - No account needed. - No ads. No analytics SDK. - One-time purchases only. There is no subscription. Buy regions one at a time, take a regional pack, or unlock everything at once. Either way you pay once and are never billed again. Note: the scenery is an artistic interpretation inspired by real places. These are paintings, not photographs โ€” made to keep the feeling of each place rather than to reproduce it exactly.

Screenshots

Starlight Clock4 screens
Journey Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Journey Clock at none against Starlight Clock's shown. Journey Clock also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). Starlight 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. Starlight Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Journey Clock sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Starlight Clock ships an update every 3 months, Journey Clock every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Starlight Clock versus Journey Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarlight ClockJourney Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 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
Size14 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMihoko Arakikazunari aoki

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Starlight Clock

One-time1
  • Starlight Clock with no ads$2.99
14 purchases

Journey Clock

One-time14
  • A Day in Shirakawa-go$1.99
  • A Day in the Cotswolds$1.99
  • A Day in Higashiyama$1.99
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  • A Day in Santorini$1.99
  • A Day in Val d'Orcia$1.99
  • A Day on Iceland's South Coast$1.99
  • A Day in Ha Long Bay$1.99
  • A Day in Hoi An$1.99
  • A Day in Marrakech$1.99
  • A Day in Ubud$1.99
  • A Day on the Amalfi Coast$2.99
  • A Day in Zermatt$2.99
  • A Day in Colmar$2.99
  • Unlock All Regions$14.99

Questions

Is Starlight Clock free?
Starlight Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Journey Clock free?
Journey Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Starlight Clock or Journey Clock have ads?
Starlight Clock shows ads; Journey Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, Starlight Clock or Journey Clock?
Starlight Clock ships an update every 3 months, and Journey Clock every 10 days. Most recently, Starlight Clock was updated on November 3, 2026 and Journey Clock on October 25, 2026.

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