Comparison

FaceClock Pro vs UP

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

UP

This app provides a straightforward environment for presenting landscape PDF files. Use your finger as a pointer or pen, navigate between multiple documents, and utilize a simple whiteboard feature for annotations. It's designed for easy and unassuming presentations.

Highlights
  • Landscape PDF presentation
  • Finger as pointer/pen
  • Navigate between multiple PDFs
  • Simple whiteboard
  • Easy document switching
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UP is a simple environment for presentation with landscape PDF files. Your finger will act as a pointer or a pen when necessary. You can ready multiple PDF files (e.g., main and supplements) and path from one to the next easily. It is also equipped with a simple whiteboard.

Screenshots

FaceClock Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: UP at Free against FaceClock Pro's $2.99. UP also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). FaceClock Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 75 months) and ratings volume (147 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

UP is free to download; FaceClock Pro costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FaceClock Pro has 147 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of FaceClock Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of UP's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FaceClock Pro ships an update every 2 months, UP every 75 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
FaceClock Pro versus UP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaceClock ProUP
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (147 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings147 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 75 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS26.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiReka SoftAyumu Inoue

Customer experience

FaceClock Pro

All ratings147 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews140 reviews
Positive72.9%
Neutral12.1%
Negative15.0%

UP

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FaceClock Pro

No in-app purchases

None

UP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FaceClock Pro free?
FaceClock Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is UP free?
UP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FaceClock Pro or UP?
UP is rated higher. FaceClock Pro averages 4.4 out of 5 from 147 ratings, while UP averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FaceClock Pro or UP have ads?
Neither FaceClock Pro nor UP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FaceClock Pro or UP?
FaceClock Pro ships an update every 2 months, and UP every 75 months. Most recently, FaceClock Pro was updated on October 16, 2026 and UP on October 12, 2026.

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