Comparison

CandleCue vs BarClock

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

Head to head
About

CandleCue

Receive precise, time-based alerts for trading. Get notified the moment a new candle bar begins or set custom pre-close alerts to prepare for key trading moments. Supports flexible timeframes from 1 minute to 4 hours.

Highlights
  • Candle close alerts
  • Custom pre-close alerts
  • Layered sub-timeframe alerts
  • Flexible timeframes (1m to 4h)
  • Audio and haptic alerts
  • Hands-free awareness
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Stay in sync with your timeframe. Trade on cue. Ever missed the perfect entry point? Or entered too early, before the signal was confirmed? CandleCue delivers precise, time-based alerts so you can act at the exact moment your candle closes. Whether you trade short-term price action or focus on higher intervals, CandleCue keeps you aligned with your chosen timeframe to help you stay ready when it closes. **Key Features** • Candle Close Alerts – Get notified the moment a new bar begins. • Layered Sub-Timeframes – Track smaller intervals within your main timeframe, each with its own customizable alert sound. • Custom Pre-Close Alerts – Set alerts minutes or seconds before candle close, with one shared, customizable alert sound. • Flexible Timeframes – From 1 minute to 4 hours, suitable for scalping, day trading, and swing trading. • Hands-Free Awareness – Audio (and haptic where supported) alerts continue even when your device is locked. --- **Subscription Required** All advanced alert features require a subscription. A 7-day free trial is available for new users. The current time display (based on your selected UTC) remains available without a subscription. --- Disclaimer: CandleCue is a timing and awareness tool intended to support trading discipline. It does not provide financial advice or guarantee any outcomes. Privacy Policy: https://candlecue.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://candlecue.app/terms

About

BarClock

Features
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BarClock tells you exactly when the current candle closes, and shouts before it does. It never touches a price feed. Candle boundaries are pure clock maths, so when you ask for a warning ten seconds out, you get it ten seconds out - on the M1 scalp and on the daily close alike. WHAT IT DOES - Live countdowns for M1, M5, M15, M30, H1, H4 and D1, with multiple timeframes visible together. - One or two alerts per candle, at offsets you choose before the close. - A full-screen chronometer ring when one alert is running, and a three-up stack when several are. - H4 and D1 anchored to your broker's GMT offset, not to UTC, so the daily close lands where your charts put it. - Ten built-in alert sounds, plus support for importing your own audio file. - Custom vibration patterns, a haptic tick through the final ten seconds, and a screen flash. - A spoken countdown through the final ten seconds. - London, New York, Tokyo and Sydney session open and close alerts. - Session and weekday filters to silence alerts outside the periods you trade. - Four themes: Trading Desk, Daylight, OLED Black and Terminal. BUILT FOR THE WAY TRADERS ACTUALLY WATCH Alerts arrive as Time Sensitive notifications, so they cut through a Focus mode. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. There is no login or price data, and the countdown itself works offline. BarClock is a timing tool. It gives no trading advice, holds no positions and sees no market data. Terms and conditions: https://barclock.com/terms/

Screenshots

CandleCue4 screens
BarClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BarClock at none against CandleCue's 2. BarClock also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.2). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. CandleCue sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. BarClock asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CandleCue versus BarClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCandleCueBarClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.213.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCEIT Analytics ConsultingRuvik Group LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CandleCue

Subscriptions2
  • CandleCue – Monthly Plan7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • CandleCue - Annual Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

BarClock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CandleCue free?
CandleCue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BarClock free?
BarClock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CandleCue or BarClock have ads?
Neither CandleCue nor BarClock shows ads.

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