Lightweight Clock vs ClocksOn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightweight Clock
This utility app provides a straightforward and customizable clock display. It features an option for 24-hour format and shows seconds for precise timekeeping. It's designed for simplicity and ease of use.
- Customizable clock display
- Seconds displayed
- 24-hour format option
- Simple interface
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A simple, customizable clock with seconds. Can be used in 24-hour format.
ClocksOn
This app transforms your iPhone or iPad into a clear, full-screen bedside clock. It features adaptive brightness that adjusts to room lighting and offers manual control. Choose from light, dark, or system themes, and lock the orientation for optimal viewing.
- Full-screen, glanceable clock face
- Adaptive brightness adjustment
- Manual brightness control
- Light, dark, or system themes
- Orientation lock (portrait/landscape)
- No ads or notifications
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ClocksOn turns any spare iPhone or iPad into a calm, glanceable bedside clock. Full-screen, chrome-free clock face that automatically sizes itself to fill your display — readable from across the room, day or night. ADAPTIVE BRIGHTNESS The screen reads the light in your room and eases itself down as the room darkens, so it's never blinding at 2am and never washed out at noon. Prefer full control? Switch to manual brightness any time. LIGHT, DARK, OR SYSTEM THEME Pick a theme or let ClocksOn follow your device's setting. Your choice is remembered across launches. ORIENTATION LOCK Lock the clock to portrait or landscape, or let it follow the device automatically — useful when mounting an iPhone or iPad on a nightstand or wall dock. NO CLUTTER No accounts, no ads, no notifications competing for attention. Just the time, presented cleanly. Works beautifully on iPhone and iPad — set a spare device on your nightstand, dock, or desk and leave the clock on overnight.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Lightweight Clock at 3 against ClocksOn's 1. On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lightweight Clock against 5.0 for ClocksOn. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightweight Clock | ClocksOn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Floyd Ross | CODERWISE INC. |
Customer experience
Lightweight Clock
ClocksOn
In-app purchases
Lightweight Clock
No in-app purchases
ClocksOn
No in-app purchases
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