Comparison

五行天时·观象 vs Ebbwatch

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

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About

五行天时·观象

This app offers a unique timekeeping experience based on traditional Chinese twelve-hour cycles and the five elements. It visualizes the day's progression with dynamic backgrounds and provides insights into traditional Chinese culture, health, and auspicious directions.

Highlights
  • Twelve-hour cycle time display
  • Dynamic daily color backgrounds
  • Solar terms and phenology information
  • Traditional Chinese almanac (宜忌)
  • Auspicious directions
  • Five element energy visualization
  • Perpetual calendar with lunar and solar dates
  • Desktop widgets and Apple Watch faces
Features
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【五行天时 · 十二时辰表盘 —— 流转千年的东方时间哲学】 不知何时,我们习惯了被精确到秒的数字推着走,却忘记了十二时辰与天地万物的共振。 子时 · 阳气萌动 | 午时 · 心火当空 酉时 · 敛藏归元 | 亥时 · 百脉待养 一时一刻,本就蕴含着人体的作息规律与草木的生息密码。 当电子表盘遇见传统历法—— 五行天时,把千年来的「旧时间」重新讲给你听。 在这里,时间是子丑寅卯的轮转,是当下的节气物候,是顺时而养的生活节奏。 打开它,屏幕的颜色随着一日的天色起伏—— 子夜深黛、破晓苍青、正午素绢、黄昏染暮,安静且轻盈地流淌。 【十二时辰表盘】 以十二地支为盘,当前时辰高亮,配以「子初」、「未正一刻」等古法计时刻文,融合五行生克轮转,方寸之间,生生不息。 【随天色流动的背景】 独创「一日四相」动态配色。夜、晨、午、暮,捕捉自然微明微暗的低频渐变。 【节气 · 物候】 二十四节气与七十二物候实时跃然屏上。点选即可查阅时令养生、三候释义与历代诗句。 知冷暖,明物候,顺应天时生活。 【黄历宜忌】 每日宜忌、彭祖百忌、当令经络一目了然,重拾东方的生活仪式感。 【吉神方位】 内嵌喜神、福神、财神、阳贵、阴贵五大吉神方位,完美适配后天八卦。出行有方,趋吉有据。 【五行能量】 依四柱藏干推演今日五行强弱,将金、木、水、火、土的此消彼长可视化,一图澄明,观照身心。 【万年历】 公农历双轨对照,标注干支纪日、节气流转与法定节假日角标。点选任意日子,皆可回溯或预知当底的完整天时细节。 【桌面小组件】 提供 2×2 / 2×4 / 4×4 三种尺寸桌面小组件, 适配核心时辰信息/完整呈现时辰罗盘, 随手一瞥,便知天时。 【Apple Watch 表盘】 专为手表定制的同款时辰罗盘。配色、动效与手机一脉相承,抬腕一息间,复归当下的平静 湮没于数字洪流中的中式时辰,从不只是分秒刻度,更是文化长河下的历史沉淀—— 愿祝您再次感受传统文化中「天人相应,万物有时」的东方时间哲学。 让千年智慧,在腕间流转不息。 本应用使用苹果标准许可协议(EULA):https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ebbwatch

Features
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Ebbwatch is a quiet instrument for your life. It records your days, learns your routines, notices when you drift from them, and projects what is likely to follow. Everything happens on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking. The name is what it does: it watches your days ebb and return. Its Chinese name, 观复, is from the Tao Te Ching: all things rise together, and I watch them return. Observe The home screen is a single ink ring. When something departs from your usual pattern, a red mark appears on it, with a plain explanation. • Divergences: you log something less or more often than usual, a value runs high or low, an activity moves earlier or later, or something you used to log goes quiet • Your own past is the baseline, never anyone else's Projections • Trend: where a tracker is heading over the coming weeks, with a likely range • Goal odds: the chance you reach a goal at your current pace • Habit continuation: the chance a habit carries on next week Projections are statistical estimates from your own entries, not advice. Log • Chat to log: write "ran 5 km this morning". The on-device AI drafts the entry and saves when you confirm • Ask about your own data: "How did I sleep last month?" • Photos, videos, Live Photos and voice notes • Trackers for anything, grouped into life areas such as Health, Work and Mood Automations • Time: daily, weekdays, weekends or chosen days • Place: when you arrive at or leave a place you set up • Motion: when you start or stop walking, running, cycling, driving or a workout • Calendar: when an event starts or ends • Charging: when you plug in or unplug while Ebbwatch is running Data sources Apple Health steps (read-only), calendar, reminders, motion, visits and Journaling Suggestions. Each is optional. Memory Facts, preferences and habits learned from your entries. View, edit or delete any of them. Review • Timeline of every entry and its source • Stats with charts and breakdowns by area • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: life-area map, activity heatmap • Siri and Shortcuts: "Log with Ebbwatch" Encouragement in two languages Write your own lines in English and Chinese, delivered as notifications and in a widget that switches language with one tap. Privacy • On device by default. No account, no analytics, no developer servers • The AI model is downloaded once from Apple, then runs offline • Optional iCloud sync, off by default, between your own iPhone and iPad. Data goes only to your private iCloud database, which we cannot access • Apple Health data is never stored in iCloud. While sync is on, Health import pauses and imported Health entries stay on this device • App lock with Face ID or Touch ID • Full backup and restore, plus CSV and JSON export Requirements AI features need a one-time download (about 3.4 GB; the optional enhanced model is about 5 GB) and a device with 6 GB of memory or more, such as iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 14 or later. Without the model, Ebbwatch still logs, runs automations, detects divergences and makes projections, with built-in text in place of AI narration. Ebbwatch Pro Try every Pro feature free for 30 days, with no subscription and no automatic charge. Free: logging, timeline, stats, divergences, automations, widgets, backup and 10 AI messages a day. Pro adds unlimited AI chat, projections and AI observations, memory, iCloud sync, photo AI, AI life story and all themes. Then choose monthly, yearly or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage them in your Apple Account settings. Users of earlier versions keep Pro for life. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rednotenews-rgb.github.io/SmartAlarm-Privacy/privacy_policy_guaji.html#en Ebbwatch is not a medical device and does not give medical advice. Ebbwatch keeps no score and no rankings. It observes, and tells you what is likely to follow.

Screenshots

五行天时·观象4 screens
Ebbwatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ebbwatch at Free against 五行天时·观象's $1.99. 五行天时·观象's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Ebbwatch is free to download; 五行天时·观象 costs $1.99 up front. 五行天时·观象 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Ebbwatch sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

五行天时·观象 ships an update every 5 days, Ebbwatch every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
五行天时·观象 versus Ebbwatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter五行天时·观象Ebbwatch
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer明敏 杨欢 刘

In-app purchases

2 purchases

五行天时·观象

Subscriptions2
  • 观象-月度会员$0.991 Month
  • 观象-年度会员$9.991 Year
4 purchases

Ebbwatch

Subscriptions2
  • Ebbwatch Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Ebbwatch Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • 30-day TrialFree
  • Ebbwatch Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is 五行天时·观象 free?
五行天时·观象 costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Ebbwatch free?
Ebbwatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 五行天时·观象 or Ebbwatch have ads?
Neither 五行天时·观象 nor Ebbwatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 五行天时·观象 or Ebbwatch?
五行天时·观象 ships an update every 5 days, and Ebbwatch every 2 weeks. Most recently, 五行天时·观象 was updated on November 9, 2026 and Ebbwatch on November 5, 2026.

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