Comparison

Clock Helper vs Telling Time for Kids

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

Head to head
About

Clock Helper

This app helps children learn to tell time by combining analog and digital clock displays. Users can manipulate the analog clock hands to see corresponding digital time changes and hide clock elements for practice. It's designed for young learners on iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Analog and digital clock combination
  • Interactive hand dragging
  • Hideable clock elements for testing
  • Supports iPad and iPhone
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Super simple clock app that combines digital with analog. Drag the hands around the analog clock and see how it changes the digital clock. Hide elements of the clock to test your time telling ability. Available on both iPad and iPhone (iPhone app includes additional haptic feedback) - No ads - No account creation required - No third parties - No in-app purchases

About

Telling Time for Kids

Features
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Reading an analog clock is still on the test โ€” and it is one of the few school skills a phone has quietly stopped teaching. Telling Time is a hands-on clock your child can actually touch: drag the hands, set the time, and watch the hour hand slide across the dial the way a real clock's does. It replaces telling-time worksheets. Instead of circling an answer on a printout, your child moves real clock hands and sees straight away whether the time they made is the time that was asked for. BUILT IN THE ORDER IT IS TAUGHT โ€ข O'clock โ€” the hour, on the dot โ€ข Half past โ€” half past the hour โ€ข Quarter past and quarter to โ€ข Five minutes โ€” counting round the dial in fives โ€ข To the exact minute โ€ข Elapsed time โ€” "it starts at 2:15 and takes 1 hour 20 minutes; when does it end?" โ€ข Digital and analog โ€” matching the two kinds of clock to each other TWO WAYS TO PRACTISE SET THE CLOCK โ€” "Make it 3:30." Your child drags the minute hand round the dial and the hour hand follows along, exactly as the gears would. READ THE CLOCK โ€” a clock face appears and your child picks the right time from four choices. The wrong choices are the mistakes children actually make: swapping the two hands, landing five minutes out, or being half an hour off. A REAL CLOCK, NOT A CARTOON ONE The hour hand moves continuously. At half past three it sits exactly halfway between the 3 and the 4, because that is where a real clock puts it โ€” plenty of apps park it on the 3, which teaches a child to read a clock face they will never meet in life. The hands are told apart by shape as well as by colour: short and thick for the hour, long and thin for the minutes. A MIXED QUIZ WHEN THEY ARE READY Ten questions drawn from every skill they have practised, scored at the end โ€” a quick way to find out what has stuck before test day. SEE WHAT IS STICKING A progress report shows how they are doing on each skill, how many rounds they have finished, and their practice streak. Add a profile for each child and everyone's progress is kept separately. MAKE IT THEIRS Choose from a range of clock faces and colours. FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE Suitable for kindergarten, first grade, second grade and third grade โ€” and for any older learner who wants the analog clock to finally click. Homeschoolers, teachers and tutors use it the same way. PRIVATE BY DESIGN โ€ข No ads โ€ข No account and no sign-up โ€ข Works offline, anywhere โ€” on the bus, in the car, in a waiting room โ€ข Nothing your child does is uploaded; their progress stays on the device โ€ข A backup file you own, so a new phone does not mean starting over An optional once-a-day reminder can nudge a short practice session. You choose the time, and you can turn it off whenever you like. Download Telling Time and let them learn the clock by moving the hands. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kanac.github.io/syanac-legal/

Screenshots

Clock Helper3 screens
Telling Time for Kids4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clock Helper at none against Telling Time for Kids's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Telling Time for Kids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clock Helper asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 6 level
Clock Helper versus Telling Time for Kids: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock HelperTelling Time for Kids
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size0 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuperlabs Pty LtdAnthony Chui

In-app purchases

None

Clock Helper

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Telling Time for Kids

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$14.99

Questions

Is Clock Helper free?
Clock Helper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Telling Time for Kids free?
Telling Time for Kids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clock Helper or Telling Time for Kids have ads?
Neither Clock Helper nor Telling Time for Kids shows ads.

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