Comparison

FaceClock Pro vs A Clock For You

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

Head to head
About

FaceClock Pro

This app announces the current time at specified intervals in multiple languages. It also offers customizable clock faces, background images, and alarm clock functionality with music player controls and a battery indicator.

Highlights
  • Announce the time in multiple languages
  • Customizable clock faces and backgrounds
  • Alarm clock with snooze
  • Music player control
  • Battery indicator
  • Today's widget
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful analog bedside clock, with alarms, weather, a sleep timer and widgets. Now rebuilt for iOS 26. Description: FaceClock turns your iPhone or iPad into an analog clock you'll actually want on your nightstand, your desk or your kitchen counter. Twenty clock faces Pick from four groups: Minimal (bars, dots, rings), Numerals (including Roman, Arabic-Indic and Chinese numbers), 24-Hour dials, and Counter-Clockwise faces that run backwards. Choose a color theme, including a dim red Night theme that won't keep you awake, and a light theme for bright rooms. Make it yours Set any wall color or use your own photo as the background, then drag and pinch to frame it. Add the date, the digital time in 12- or 24-hour form, and the current temperature. Drag up or down anywhere on the clock to dim the screen for night-time. A real alarm Built on Apple's alarm system, so it rings even when your phone is locked or on silent. Choose the time, which days it repeats and how long snooze lasts. Sleep timer Count down with white noise, or an alarm at the end. The timer keeps going on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Weather on the face Local temperature and conditions from Apple Weather, right on the dial. Visual effects behind the clock can follow your weather: sunlight, fog, rain or snow. Hear the time Have the clock speak the time on the hour, half hour or quarter hour, in your choice of language. Or just double-tap the clock whenever you want to know. Widgets Clock widgets for the Home Screen in every size, including extra large on iPad, plus a minimal clock for the Lock Screen. They follow the clock settings you chose in the app. Also included Now Playing controls for the Music app · battery ring with charging status · keep-screen-awake for bedside use · full iPad support in portrait and landscape · English and Japanese.

About

A Clock For You

Features
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A Clock For You lets you put the clock face you like on your Home Screen. ■ 81 clock faces 42 analog and 39 digital faces are included, from antique and Japanese styles to fantasy, cute, mechanical and nature designs. ■ Home Screen widget The face you pick is shown in the Home Screen widget (small and large). Touch and hold a widget and choose "Edit Widget" to set a different face for each widget you place. Analog second hands move once a second in the iPhone app and widget. ■ Desk clock mode Tap the clock to fill the screen with it - the tab bar and status bar go away, leaving only the clock. The screen does not dim while the clock is full screen, so you can stand your iPhone on a desk and use it as a desk clock while it charges. Tap again to go back. Turn on "Keep Screen On" in Settings to also stop the screen dimming when the Clock tab is open but not full screen. The clock shifts by a few points every couple of minutes to avoid burn-in. ■ Digital faces are adjustable For each digital face you can set: - 12-hour or 24-hour time - The digit typeface (35 to choose from) - The text color (hue, saturation and brightness sliders) Each face remembers its own settings, so switching faces does not reset them. ■ Apple Watch clock app Show the clock selected on your iPhone in the Apple Watch app. Choose and purchase clocks on your iPhone. The Watch also uses your 12/24-hour format, text color and background brightness settings. When disconnected, it displays the last clock settings it received. Analog second hands move once a second while the app is active and are hidden in the dimmed Always On state. The Watch app includes clock display and connection status. ■ Hourglass A sandglass made for watching, with no numbers at all. Choose 30 seconds, or 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 45 or 60 minutes. Repeat up to five times: when the sand runs out the glass turns itself over. An optional gentle tap tells you when the last run ends. No sound. Tap the screen while it runs and the controls disappear, leaving the glass. The screen stays on while it runs. Leave the app and time keeps going; come back to see the sand where it should be. No notifications. ■ Hourglass designs Twenty-two hourglasses. Walnut & Brass is free from the start. Plain Walnut, Black Lacquer, Sakura, Bronze, Midnight, Frost, Azure, Royal, Gold, Navy Silver, Coral Sea, Rose, Deep Sea, Sapphire, Rose Quartz, Aquamarine, Amethyst, Ruby, Platinum, Obsidian and Emerald can each be bought on their own. Every one is a one-time purchase. Independently choose one of six sand styles: Natural Sand, Gold Dust, Silver Sand, Night Star Sand, Pink Sand or White Sand. ■ Clock packs The free Starter Pack gives you 8 faces to begin with. More faces come as packs you can buy: - Classic (15 faces) - Wa Modern (14 faces) - Fantasy (13 faces) - Cute (11 faces) - Mech & Pop (11 faces) - Nature (9 faces) Every pack is a one-time purchase. There is no subscription. You can see how any face looks before you buy the pack it belongs to. ■ About this app - No ads - No account needed - No personal information collected - Nothing is sent to our own servers Requires iOS 26.0 or later. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 10.0 or later and a paired compatible iPhone. For iPhone and Apple Watch.

Screenshots

FaceClock Pro4 screens
A Clock For You4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: A Clock For You at Free against FaceClock Pro's $2.99. A Clock For You also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). FaceClock Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

A Clock For You is free to download; FaceClock Pro costs $2.99 up front. A Clock For You sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. FaceClock Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FaceClock Pro ships an update every 2 months, A Clock For You fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FaceClock Pro versus A Clock For You: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaceClock ProA Clock For You
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (147 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings147 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiReka Softtomohide yanome

In-app purchases

None

FaceClock Pro

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

A Clock For You

One-time10
  • Hourglass: Sapphire$1.99
  • Hourglass: Rose$1.99
  • Hourglass: Rose Quartz$1.99
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  • Hourglass: Amethyst$1.99
  • Hourglass: Platinum$1.99
  • Hourglass: Obsidian$1.99
  • Hourglass: Emerald$1.99
  • Hourglass: Deep Sea$1.99
  • Hourglass: Aquamarine$1.99
  • Hourglass: Ruby$1.99

Questions

Is FaceClock Pro free?
FaceClock Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is A Clock For You free?
A Clock For You is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FaceClock Pro or A Clock For You have ads?
Neither FaceClock Pro nor A Clock For You shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FaceClock Pro or A Clock For You?
FaceClock Pro ships an update every 2 months, and A Clock For You fortnightly. Most recently, FaceClock Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and A Clock For You on October 31, 2026.

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