NiteTime Clock vs ClocksOn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NiteTime Clock
This app transforms your device into a customizable bedside digital clock. It offers a clear view of the time with adjustable brightness, multiple color themes, and font options. Keep your screen active for constant visibility throughout the night.
- Portrait and landscape modes
- 12 color themes
- Customizable fonts
- Optional date display
- Adjustable brightness
- Keep screen active
Read full descriptionHide full description
NiteTime Clock: Your Bedside Companion NiteTime Clock fills your screen with a large, glanceable time display — built for the nightstand, the desk, or anywhere you want the time visible from across the room without the glow of a full phone screen. **Customize it your way** — Choose from a curated set of system and classic fonts, in five weights — Pick any color with the full hue and brightness wheel, or use one of eleven presets — Show or hide the date — Switch between 12-hour and 24-hour time, with an optional AM/PM marker — Dim the display down to a soft glow — never fully dark, never distracting **Built for all-night use** — Reduce Burn-in mode gently drifts the clock around the screen over time, protecting OLED displays during long nightly use — Prevent Screen Sleep keeps the display on for as long as you need it — Landscape and portrait layouts, both optimized for edge-to-edge visibility **Simple, gesture-driven controls** Swipe to change color, drag to adjust brightness, tap to reveal settings — then tap away and the controls disappear, leaving just the time. No accounts. No ads. No data collected. Just a clock. Features: * Versatile Display: Use in portrait or landscape mode * 12 Elegant Color Themes: Find your perfect night-time aesthetic * Customizable Typography: Choose from multiple fonts and styles * Optional Date Display: Keep track of the day at a glance * Adjustable Brightness: Comfortable viewing from dim to bright * Keep Active: Option to keep clock displayed and not sleep Ideal for nightstands, bedrooms, and anyone who wants a clean, reliable clock display. No complicated settings—just pure, practical timekeeping. Download NiteTime Clock and bring sleek, personalized timekeeping to your nightstand.
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ClocksOn at 5.0 against NiteTime Clock's 4.0. ClocksOn also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 19 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.1). On price, ratings volume, 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.
ClocksOn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
NiteTime Clock ships an update every 19 months, ClocksOn every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NiteTime Clock | ClocksOn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick OShaughnessy | CODERWISE INC. |
Customer experience
NiteTime Clock
ClocksOn
In-app purchases
NiteTime Clock
No in-app purchases
ClocksOn
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is NiteTime Clock free?
Is ClocksOn free?
Which has better reviews, NiteTime Clock or ClocksOn?
Do NiteTime Clock or ClocksOn have ads?
Which is updated more often, NiteTime Clock or ClocksOn?
Other comparisons















