Hacker Clock vs Geo Trace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hacker Clock
Transform your device into a unique clock displaying animated hexadecimal code. Watch green hexadecimal values flow across the screen, simulating complex data processing. Ideal for computer enthusiasts, hackers, and fans of futuristic aesthetics.
- Animated hexadecimal code display
- Three color variants (green, red, blue)
- Horizontal and vertical display modes
- 12- and 24-hour format options
- Unique clock for geeks and fans
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Hacker Clock turns your iPhone into a truly unique clock displayed as animated hexadecimal code. The green hexadecimal values constantly move across the screen, making it look as if your phone is processing complex data. This application is perfect for computer geeks, hackers, and matrix fans. If you are using a binary clock, you can throw it away. Once you try this hexadecimal clock, you will never want to use any other. Summary: * A truly unique clock * Animated hexadecimal code * Three color variants: green, red, blue * Horizontal and vertical modes * 12- and 24-hour formats
Geo Trace
This app provides a visual traceroute tool for WiFi and mobile networks. It displays network routes, measures transit delays, and helps diagnose connection speed and stability. It also features a geo map for node geolocation and works with VPN connections.
- Visual traceroute
- Network diagnostic tool
- Measures transit delays
- Geo map for node geolocation
- Works with VPN connections
- Monitors network traffic
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Geo Trace — a simple visual traceroute tool and network diagnostic app for WiFi and mobile networks, displaying possible routes and measuring transit delays of network IPv4 or IPv6 packets. The history of the route is recorded as the round-trip times of the packets received from each successive host (remote node) in the route. The sum of the mean times in each hop is a measure of the total time spent to establish the connection and perform a ping. Geo Trace traces the network route unless all sent packets are lost more than twice. You can check the speed and stability of your connection, as well as set up your home and corporate WiFi networks that use different types of connections: 4G, 5G, LTE, DNS server or ISP equipment. The utility adapts to any environment. Geo Trace features a geo map for node geolocation and visualization of every ping attempt. It also works with VPN connections. Download Geo Trace and monitor your network traffic!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hacker Clock at Free against Geo Trace's $1.90. Hacker Clock also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (54% vs 38%). Geo Trace's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 15 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Hacker Clock is free to download; Geo Trace costs $1.90 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hacker Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Hacker Clock's written reviews are positive against 38% of Geo Trace's.
Hacker Clock ships an update every 15 months, Geo Trace fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Hacker Clock | Geo Trace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.90 |
| Rating | 4.5 (42 ratings) — better | 4.3 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leszek Szary | Tamara Dudarenko |
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Hacker Clock
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In-app purchases
Hacker Clock
No in-app purchases
Geo Trace
No in-app purchases
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