Comparison

NiceClock Analog Pro vs AlwaysOn

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

Head to head
About

NiceClock Analog Pro

Display a beautiful analog clock on your iOS device with customizable themes and a night mode. Keep the app open while docked with the auto-lock disable function.

Highlights
  • Beautiful analog clock display
  • Customizable themes
  • Night mode for dimmed viewing
  • Disable auto-lock function
  • Supports iPhone, iPad, and iPod
Features
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NiceClock Analogue is one of the most beautiful analog clocks for your iOS device. Put your iPhone into the docking station and let NiceClock Analog do its magic. With the function "Disable Auto-Lock" the app stays open.
 Enjoy the nice view of the time with the beautiful design. You can chose between many nice themes. Thanks to the new night mode you can use NiceClock Analog with a dimmed screen during night.

About

AlwaysOn

Transform a plugged-in iPhone into a convenient desk display. View the time, date, calendar, and weather at a glance. Features a sleep mode for nighttime use and custom display hours.

Highlights
  • Large digital clock display
  • Current date and calendar
  • Upcoming calendar events
  • Local weather forecast
  • Customizable display hours
  • Low-brightness sleep mode
  • Burn-in protection
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful desk and nightstand clock. Free, with no ads and no subscriptions. AlwaysOn shows the time, your calendar, weather and more on a screen you leave docked or propped up, and on your Home Screen and Lock Screen too. START WITH A FINISHED DESIGN • Ready-made layouts, each with its own background • Swipe between layouts, and the background moves with your widgets • Change any of them, or make your own WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN • Clock, with seven faces including Eclipse: the time inside a glowing ring • Time Together, Daylight, Word Clock, Card Clock, Tube Clock, Countdown, Green Room, Moon Phase and Horizon • Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy • Tap ▶ to watch a whole day go by in seconds CLOCKS AND BACKGROUNDS • Digital clocks in eleven styles, including big iPhone-style digits • Clock backgrounds: Lens, Card (split-flap), Tube, Prism, Stone, Shadow and Green Room • Space backgrounds: Tonight's Sky shows the real stars over your city, plus Earthrise, Saturn and Jupiter • Animated and still backgrounds: Earth, Horizon, Moon Phase, Catnap, Soft Flow, Tide and more • Seasonal backgrounds for holidays and festivals MADE FOR NIGHT • Darker nights with a soft amber clock • Day Mode hours, Smart Dimming and burn-in protection • A sunrise alarm that wakes you with light YOUR LAYOUT • Arrange the clock with Calendar, Up Next, Weather, World Clock, Countdown, a Focus timer, Photos and Battery • Separate layouts for portrait and landscape, made for both iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking, no data collected • Available in English, Spanish and Simplified Chinese AlwaysOn turns a screen you're not using into something calm and useful.

Screenshots

NiceClock Analog Pro4 screens
AlwaysOn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AlwaysOn at Free against NiceClock Analog Pro's $0.99. AlwaysOn also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). NiceClock Analog Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.6). On rating, 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

AlwaysOn is free to download; NiceClock Analog Pro 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 — 4.8 for NiceClock Analog Pro against 4.7 for AlwaysOn. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AlwaysOn has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of NiceClock Analog Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of AlwaysOn's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NiceClock Analog Pro ships an update every 7 months, AlwaysOn every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NiceClock Analog Pro versus AlwaysOn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNiceClock Analog ProAlwaysOn
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better4.7 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings526 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNiceApps GmbHWeijin Wang

Customer experience

NiceClock Analog Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

AlwaysOn

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NiceClock Analog Pro

No in-app purchases

None

AlwaysOn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NiceClock Analog Pro free?
NiceClock Analog Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AlwaysOn free?
AlwaysOn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NiceClock Analog Pro or AlwaysOn?
NiceClock Analog Pro is rated higher. NiceClock Analog Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while AlwaysOn averages 4.7 from 26 ratings.
Do NiceClock Analog Pro or AlwaysOn have ads?
Neither NiceClock Analog Pro nor AlwaysOn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NiceClock Analog Pro or AlwaysOn?
NiceClock Analog Pro ships an update every 7 months, and AlwaysOn every 4 days. Most recently, NiceClock Analog Pro was updated on November 10, 2026 and AlwaysOn on November 10, 2026.

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