Comparison

Zones vs Tempus World Clock

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

Head to head
About

Zones

Easily track time in multiple cities worldwide with a visually appealing interface. Set time-zone-specific reminders and sync them across devices. Home screen widgets provide at-a-glance access to crucial times.

Highlights
  • Track time in multiple cities
  • Time slider for future/past times
  • Time zone specific reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
  • Multiple language support
Features
Read full description

Zones helps you track time across multiple cities at once. Add the cities you care about and see their current time at a glance. Drag the time slider to find out what time it will be everywhere — perfect for scheduling calls or planning trips. WORLD CLOCK Add cities from a database of 10,000+ places worldwide, each with its country flag. See local times side by side and drag to compare across all of them. Your current location updates automatically. Beautiful time-of-day backgrounds and a clear "+1 day" indicator. REMINDERS Set reminders tied to a specific time zone and get notified at the right local time. Choose an exact time, a daily moment (morning, work start, noon…), or "X minutes before" an event. Repeat daily, on weekdays, weekends, or custom days. Pick a custom sound and mark important ones as Time-Sensitive. Add a reminder to Apple Calendar in one tap, or share it as an event file. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your most important cities and their current time right on your Home Screen. MADE FOR EVERYONE Available in English, Russian, Spanish, and French. Light, Dark, and System themes. Full Dynamic Type support for larger text. PRIVATE BY DESIGN iCloud Sync keeps your cities and reminders across all your devices. No account required — everything stays on your device and in your private iCloud. USEFUL FOR Scheduling meetings across time zones Keeping track of time where friends and family live Planning international travel Remote work coordination Terms of Use: https://afterform-dev.github.io/zonesapp-privacy/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://afterform-dev.github.io/zonesapp-privacy/

About

Tempus World Clock

Easily track multiple time zones with customizable clocks for cities and people. Convert times instantly, find meeting windows, and set location-specific reminders. View city details including weather and sunrise/sunset.

Highlights
  • Customizable clocks with names, emojis, and color tags
  • Instant time conversion with a draggable scrubber
  • Meeting finder with overlapping availability windows
  • Location-specific reminders
  • City detail view with weather and daylight arc
  • Profile grouping for clocks
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island integration
Features
Currently charting
Read full description

Tempus is a world clock and time zone converter built for people who work, travel, and stay in touch across time zones. It is at home on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. NAME YOUR CLOCKS Add clocks for cities or for the people you talk to. Give each one a custom name, an emoji, and a color tag so "Mum in Sydney" or "Design team, Berlin" is readable at a glance. Choose emoji from a searchable catalog with recents and suggestions for the city. Pick analog or digital faces, 12 or 24 hour time, and see the time difference from wherever you are. CONVERT TIMES INSTANTLY Pick any time in any zone and see it in all your clocks at once. Drag the time scrubber to slide through the day and watch every clock move together. Day and night indicators follow the working hours you set for each city, so you can see at a glance who is reachable. PROFILES Group your clocks into profiles such as Work or Family and switch between them from the title on iPhone or the sidebar on iPad. A city can be in several profiles, and the active profile syncs to your other devices and Apple Watch. REMINDERS IN ANOTHER CITY'S TIME Set a reminder for 9:00 in Tokyo and Tempus alerts you when it is 9:00 there, whatever time it is where you are. Anchor a reminder to the city or to your own time, repeat it every day or on the weekdays you choose, or set it for a single date. Label it, pause it without deleting it, and turn alerts off on a device you would rather keep quiet. ON THE LOCK SCREEN Keep a reference city in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen, with its current time and how far ahead or behind you it is. A countdown appears there before a reminder is due. FIND A MEETING TIME THAT WORKS Select two or more clocks, set working hours for each, and Tempus shows the overlapping windows where everyone is available. Add the meeting to your calendar in one tap or share it as an .ics invite. CITY DETAIL Tap any clock for a full city view: a skyline illustration that changes with the time of day, sunrise and sunset on a daylight arc, and current weather conditions. IPAD On iPad, Tempus uses a native split layout: browse your clocks in a sidebar while City Detail stays open beside them. Time Converter and Meeting Finder open in the detail column with room for a full-width overlap timeline. Keyboard shortcuts and pointer hover are supported throughout. APPLE WATCH Tempus on Apple Watch shows your clocks on your wrist, lets you convert times with the Digital Crown, and offers complications for your favorite clocks. Clocks sync instantly between iPhone and Apple Watch. WIDGETS A city widget shows one city drawn as its skyline, lit for the time of day, with an optional weekday and date. The World Clocks widget shows the cities you choose on the Home Screen or the Lock Screen. Your clocks sync across all your devices with iCloud. PRIVACY FIRST Tempus has no account, no ads, and no tracking. Your clocks are stored on your device and in your private iCloud database. Weather is provided by Apple Weather for the cities you add, never for your own location.

Screenshots

Zones4 screens
Tempus World Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Zones at Free against Tempus World Clock's $1.99. Tempus World Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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

Zones is free to download; Tempus World Clock costs $1.99 up front. Zones sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tempus World Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zones ships an update every 2 weeks, Tempus World Clock every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Zones versus Tempus World Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZonesTempus World Clock
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#199 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB73 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAnton FominViktor Gamov

Customer experience

Zones

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tempus World Clock

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Zones

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$12.99
None

Tempus World Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zones free?
Zones is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tempus World Clock free?
Tempus World Clock costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zones or Tempus World Clock have ads?
Neither Zones nor Tempus World Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zones or Tempus World Clock?
Zones ships an update every 2 weeks, and Tempus World Clock every 9 days. Most recently, Zones was updated on October 30, 2026 and Tempus World Clock on November 9, 2026.

Other comparisons