WatchM3 vs Pixel Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WatchM3
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WatchM3 turns your iPhone or iPad into a bedside clock: the time, all night long, and nothing else on screen. TWO CLOCK FACES Swipe from right to left to switch between them: • Digits: the original WatchM3 face, with large pale digits and a blinking colon. • LED panel: a pixel clock in warm white, with a seconds chaser that runs around the edge of the screen, one lap per minute. MADE FOR THE NIGHT • Swipe up or down to adjust the brightness of the clock. Keep swiping down past the minimum to dim the screen itself, below its usual lowest setting. • Pinch to make the time bigger or smaller. • Size and brightness are remembered for each face. • No status bar, no buttons, no menus, and a black launch screen. • Your device never goes to sleep or locks while WatchM3 is open. IPHONE DUO Folded like a tent, iPhone Duo shows the time on its outer display. Set up like a laptop, the time sits on the upper half of the screen. PRIVACY WatchM3 collects no data at all. No account, no ads, no tracking.
Pixel Clock
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Make time a little more playful with Pixel Clock - Grid. This landscape clock uses animated pixel digits and lets you customize the pixel color, background, and themes. Add a moving RGB border, falling-digit transitions, heart balloons triggered by a shake, and a weekday indicator. Swipe to the second clock to view another time zone, adjust its offset, and enjoy shatter-and-restore effects and a seconds progress bar. The settings menu supports 13 languages. On first launch, the app selects a matching device language when available; you can change it any time. If your language is not supported, English is used.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pixel Clock at every 6 days against WatchM3's every 14 months. Pixel Clock also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WatchM3 ships an update every 14 months, Pixel Clock every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WatchM3 | Pixel Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Larose | YIMING SHI |
In-app purchases
WatchM3
No in-app purchases
Pixel Clock
No in-app purchases









