Paperweight vs FloatDial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paperweight
This minimalist app launcher helps you regain control of your phone usage by reducing clutter and eliminating distracting notification badges. It transforms your smartphone into a tool that prioritizes what matters, preventing time from being lost to endless scrolling.
- Focus on important tasks
- Reduce home screen clutter
- Eliminate notification badges
- Prevent phone overwhelm
- Minimalist design
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Paperweight is a simple, easy-to-use free minimalist app launcher. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
FloatDial
Enhance your iPhone Home Screen with a beautifully designed analog clock widget. Customize your clock with various dial faces and motion styles for a refined, time-only display without distractions.
- Customizable analog clock widget
- Five original dial face designs
- Quartz (one-second tick) motion
- Fluid sweep second-hand motion (iOS 18+)
- Minimalist, distraction-free design
- No feeds or accounts required
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Bring a refined analog clock to your iPhone Home Screen. FloatDial is a focused, time-only widget for people who appreciate clear information and considered design. Choose from five original dial faces—Heritage Blue, Heritage Slate & Gold, Snowline Precision, Quadrant Atelier, and Ivory Sunburst—then select the motion that suits you. • Quartz: a crisp one-second tick • Sweep: fluid second-hand motion on iOS 18 and later Change your face and movement from the FloatDial app. No feeds, accounts, or unnecessary controls—just an expressive clock that stays quietly in view.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FloatDial at none against Paperweight's 2. Paperweight's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Paperweight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. FloatDial asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Paperweight against 5.0 for FloatDial. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Paperweight ships an update every 2 days, FloatDial weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paperweight | FloatDial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Haupenthal | Himanshu Parashar |
Customer experience
Paperweight
FloatDial
In-app purchases
Paperweight
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$8.991 Year
FloatDial
No in-app purchases
