Comparison

Touch Time vs CardBal

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

Head to head
About

Touch Time

Experience time visually with a dynamic sky that reflects real weather data. Easily compare global times, plan events across time zones, and customize city names. Share your availability and explore an immersive globe view.

Highlights
  • Dynamic sky reflecting real weather
  • Instant time zone comparison
  • Customizable city names
  • Global time zone planning
  • Immersive globe view
  • Share availability across cities
Features
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Touch Time - World Clock Let the colour of the sky become a living expression of time and place, immersing you in the flow of light, weather, and the quiet breath of time itself. - World Time · Experience a dynamic sky shaped by real meteorological data — feel the rhythm of time and the warmth of weather in every moment. · Swipe to shift time zones instantly and compare global times with clarity. · Covering most regions of the world, precisely synchronised with local time. · Customise city names to mark the people and places that matter to you. · Share time effortlessly — make every connection feel natural and light. · Explore an immersive globe view and watch time drift gently across the world in sunlight and shadow. - Timer, Alarm & Countdown · Bring every way of keeping time together — set timers, alarms, and countdowns for the moments ahead, all in one seamless experience. - Calendar Event · Plan meetings and events across time zones with ease. · Set your daily Available Time to compare and display your availability across cities at a glance. · Create a Google Meet link instantly and connect wherever you are. - Widgets & Complications · Bring the living sky to your Home Screen with city, daylight, and moon phase widgets. · Explore multiple ways to display time, daylight, and astronomical information at a glance. - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.handstime.app/privacy

About

CardBal

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CardBal turns your iPhone into a pro reader for transit and stored-value cards. Hold a card to the top of your iPhone to see its balance, rides and card details, and the raw data behind them. READ • Balance and remaining trips • Ride history with stations, lines, distances and fares where the card stores them • Card details such as card family, number, issue date and technology • Raw data and a full hex export, with an optional Developer Mode for KS X 6924 cards SEE WHERE YOU'VE BEEN • Ride Map draws the routes your cards remember • Transit Atlas maps every city and province you have ridden in KEEP YOUR CARDS • A wallet of every card you have read, with names, icons and your own card photos • iCloud backup and file export • Card numbers can be shown in full, masked or hidden APPLE WALLET CARDS Read a supported Apple Wallet transit card on another iPhone or Apple Watch with Service Mode turned on. SUPPORTED CARDS Japan (FeliCa): Suica, PASMO, ICOCA, SUGOCA, nimoca, Kitaca, manaca, TOICA, Hayakaken, SAPICA, IruCa, OKICA and more Japan (e-money): nanaco, Rakuten Edy, WAON Greater China (T-Union): 300+ city cards, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, plus City Union cards Hong Kong: Octopus South Korea (KS X 6924): T-money, EZL, Cashbee Mongolia: U-Money France (Calypso): Lignes d'Azur Readable balances and history depend on the card, its issuer and the data stored on it. CardBal reads card information; it cannot top up cards. CardBal is an independent reader and is not affiliated with transit operators.

Screenshots

Touch Time4 screens
CardBal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CardBal at none against Touch Time's 4. CardBal also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Touch Time sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. CardBal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Touch Time ships an update every 8 days, CardBal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Touch Time versus CardBal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouch TimeCardBal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryuhang luKitta Co.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Touch Time

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$3.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
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  • Lifetime$19.99
None

CardBal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Touch Time free?
Touch Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CardBal free?
CardBal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Touch Time or CardBal have ads?
Neither Touch Time nor CardBal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Touch Time or CardBal?
Touch Time ships an update every 8 days, and CardBal every 2 weeks. Most recently, Touch Time was updated on October 28, 2026 and CardBal on October 25, 2026.

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