Floating Time vs HOLD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Floating Time
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Function support: Click to open floating: the floating time can be displayed on any APP I. Special functions Powerful time reminder function 1. Color reminder, it is easier to capture the change of time 2. Sound reminder, hear the change of sound and free your eyes 3. Vibration reminder, touch the change of time with your hand, if you are tired of watching and it is inconvenient to listen, then touch it II. Smart Island clock display: First. Redefine "suspension", Smart Island supports the display of suspension time! ! III. Intelligent suspension clock: 1. Support smart mode, you donβt know how to calibrate, the suspension time can help you, one-click time optimization, help you one step faster; 2. Support intelligent adjustment, fast or slow, donβt know how to adjust, just tell ZK assistant that it was fast or slow last time, intelligent calculation adjustment; IV. Professional time tool: 1. Accurate time source, you can freely choose Beijing time or system time; 2. Support manual adjustment of time seconds and milliseconds, suitable for operation in advance; 3. Support millisecond highlight, visual difference makes it easier for you to capture time changes; 4 .Supports millisecond display/hide switching. If you feel dizzy, just hide it; 5.Supports countdown mode, intelligently judges the next hour or half hour, and turns on the countdown mode for you; 6. Music timing, if you donβt want to watch, just listen, the countdown will be broadcasted to you in voice, which is really convenient; 7.Powerful skin function: solid color skin + colorful skin, there is always one suitable for you; 8. Simulate rush purchase: simulate multiple times to get a feel; 9. Network status: game-level high-sensitivity network monitoring, real-time monitoring of network status, to avoid rush purchase failure due to network reasons at critical moments;
HOLD
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The timer you can extend from your Lock Screen. Start one for the parking meter, the laundry or the oven, then add time with one tap: no unlocking, and the alert moves with it. On iOS 26 it rings even on Silent. And count down to any date on your Home Screen, free. FREE, WITH 5 AD-FREE HOLDS Your first 5 ad-free holds hold nothing back β every pad, the keypad, the Lock Screen controls, the alarm, all of it. After that HOLD stays free: each new hold plays at most one short ad, never before it starts. HOLD Pro removes the ads with one purchase, not a subscription. ADD TIME WITHOUT UNLOCKING This is the button you actually need at a meter. While a hold is running, its Live Activity carries real controls: two extend buttons and END. Press +15 MIN on a PARKING hold and the countdown and the alert both move to the new time. No unlock. No app. No Face ID with a bag of groceries in your other hand. START WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Put the Start a Hold control in Control Center, on the Lock Screen or on the Action button and choose its pad: PARKING in place of the flashlight. Or ask Siri: "Start Parking in HOLD". The Quick Start widget keeps four pads on your Home Screen. Controls need iOS 18. IT RINGS THROUGH SILENT On iOS 26, HOLD uses AlarmKit β the same system alarms the built-in Clock uses. Your hold sounds even if the phone is on Silent or sitting in a Focus. A timer you might not hear is not a timer. EIGHT PADS AND A KEYPAD PARKING 2h Β· WASH 30m Β· DRY 45m Β· OVEN 20m Β· PICKUP 15m Β· CHARGE 35m Β· MOVE CAR 5m Β· SET BREAK 20m. One tap picks a pad, one tap starts it. For any other wait, tap the big LCD readout and type a length from 1 minute to 8 hours. ON THE LOCK SCREEN AND IN THE DYNAMIC ISLAND β’ High-contrast LCD digits, sized to be read at arm's length in daylight. β’ Two extend buttons and END on the Lock Screen banner and in the expanded Dynamic Island, in the pad's own amounts (PARKING: +15 and +30 MIN). β’ The compact Dynamic Island shows the pad's glyph and a live countdown; long-press to expand. β’ Extensions stop at 8 hours from the moment the hold began. Live Activities and their buttons need iOS 17 or later. On older iPhones the hold runs normally inside the app. COUNT DOWN TO A DATE, TOO Some waits are months long. Name a date you are counting down to β a trip, a birthday, a move β up to 10 years ahead, add reminders, and put the Event Countdown widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Six sizes in all. Birthdays and anniversaries can repeat every year, with the years counted; add birthdays from Contacts without giving HOLD your address book. Christmas, New Year and Halloween are one tap away. Share any countdown as a link: it opens in HOLD, or in any browser. Widgets need iOS 17 or later. WHAT PRO ADDS β’ No ads, on any hold. β’ Run up to 3 holds at once (free runs 1): the laundry, the oven and the meter, each with its own Lock Screen controls and alarm. β’ Room for 10 date countdowns instead of 1, each with its own reminders, widget and colour; the large widget shows four. β’ Edit the grid: your own name, length, colour, mark and Lock Screen extends on any of the 8 preset pads. Reverting one is always free. β’ End at a clock time. Some waits are a deadline, not a length: the meter expires at 4:30, the gate closes at 6. Type the time and HOLD works out the rest. β’ Save up to 50 of your own pads, each with its own name, length and colour. Nothing is taken back: what you made stays yours if Pro lapses; only creating a new one is refused. PRIVATE WHERE IT MATTERS β’ No account and no sign-in. Your holds, pads, events and last 8 sessions stay in a sandboxed database on your iPhone. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you share it yourself. β’ Ads on free holds come from Google and are never personalized, and HOLD never asks to track you. For Pro users the ad software never starts. HOLD is an independent countdown utility. It does not provide parking-enforcement advice and makes no medical claims.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Floating Time at none against HOLD's 1. Floating Time also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. HOLD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Floating Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Floating Time | HOLD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Every 2 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 β better | 15.1 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ζιͺ η¨ | Jason Fraser |
In-app purchases
Floating Time
No in-app purchases
HOLD
- HOLD Pro Lifetime Access$4.99









