Comparison

WatchM3 vs Pixel Clock

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

Head to head
About

WatchM3

Features
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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.

About

Pixel Clock

Features
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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.

Screenshots

WatchM32 screens
Pixel Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
WatchM3 versus Pixel Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatchM3Pixel Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS27.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid LaroseYIMING SHI

In-app purchases

None

WatchM3

No in-app purchases

None

Pixel Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WatchM3 free?
WatchM3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Clock free?
Pixel Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WatchM3 or Pixel Clock have ads?
Neither WatchM3 nor Pixel Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WatchM3 or Pixel Clock?
WatchM3 ships an update every 14 months, and Pixel Clock every 6 days. Most recently, WatchM3 was updated on October 16, 2026 and Pixel Clock on October 9, 2026.

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