EmpireClock vs Brutal Time

EmpireClock is a simple, elegant app that shows your current local date, time, and location in one beautiful screen. Whether you're working across time zones or just want a stylish time display, EmpireClock keeps you informed at a glance. With a minimalist design and one-tap copy feature, it’s the perfect clock companion for your Mac or iPhone.

Brutal Time is a typographic clock for people bored with clock apps. It tells time without decoration, distraction, or gimmicks. Brutal Time is shaped by brutalist design principles: visible structure, a restrained palette, and the removal of unnecessary ornament. Time is shown as type, grid, and rhythm — clear, functional, and deliberate. The app features four distinct movements, each available in multiple modes: - Typographic and Numeric - Light and Dark - Portrait and Landscape STANDBY Every movement is available as a StandBy widget. Turn the phone on its side on a charger and put a movement on either half of the screen, or fill both. Dark by default, and darker still once the room is. MADE FOR YOUR NIGHTSTAND Brutal Time also runs edge to edge with no status bar: the whole display, one clock, nothing else. Add a Shortcut to allow Brutal Time to open automatically when connected to a charger, and the phone becomes a desk clock made of nothing but type. KINETIC MOTION Each movement can come alive. Continuous, ambient motion runs through the type — letters that breathe, sway, and resolve on their own unhurried rhythm, with multiple motion types per movement. Calm and deliberate, never a screensaver. A one-time Full Edition unlock — buy it once, keep it forever. Additional features include: - Three typefaces per movement - Custom accent colors - Home Screen widgets in multiple sizes - Always-On display support - No subscription. No ads. Ever.