Comparison

Microneering Internet Time vs Elsewhere

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

Head to head
About

Microneering Internet Time

Features
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Revolutionary Timekeeping for iOS and Apple Watch Single tap the watch face or rotate crown to view your next personal time zone. Unlimited user selected time zones. Experience time reimagined with Microneering Internet Time, combining traditional clocks with Internet/Metric Time (beats) - a universal decimal standard where each day equals 1000 beats. iOS/iPadOS Features Time Zones Create your custom list of Cities showing time zone, UTC±, weather, current time. Four Display Styles Digital - Modern presentation with precise .beats updated 30 times per second for smooth animations. Analog - Traditional watch faces with elegant hands. Display standard or Internet Time, or both simultaneously. Binary - Revolutionary binary clock showing time in ones and zeros on the Microneering logo with custom colors. HourGlass - Mesmerizing animated hourglasses for hours, minutes, and seconds with fluid sand animations. Flexible Time Modes • Standard: Traditional 12/24-hour format • Internet: Universal beats (0-1000 per day) • Both: View both systems together Smart Customization Color Selection - Full color picker for foreground and background. Intelligent validation prevents identical colors, ensuring readability. Auto Complementary - Automatic contrasting background generation using advanced color space calculations. Weather - Live weather symbol next to date (location permission required). Atmospheric Audio Five Chime Sounds: Big Ben, Grandfather, Westminster, Cuckoo, Ship Bell Chime Frequencies: None, Half Hour, or Hourly Tick Sounds: Watch (mechanical), Pendulum (tick-tock), or Silent Extras Time Flies Animation - Whimsical overlay with VoiceOver support Accessibility - Full VoiceOver with descriptive labels and speech synthesis Apple Watch Features Six Watch Faces Digital - Compact .beats display with inline standard time Classic Analog - Traditional face optimized for small screens Subdials - Luxury chronograph-inspired multi-complication layout Tourbillon - Stunning mechanical face with: • Animated tourbillon mechanism • Real-time weather and temperature • GPS-based location weather • Auto-scaling for 40mm-49mm watches Dragon 64 Complications Day, Month, Year, and Leap in Gregorian, Islamic, Chinese, Hindu, and Yiddish calendars World Clock Integration • Personal clock collection from iOS • Instant time zone switching • UTC offset display (e.g., "UTC+5:30") • GPS "Current Location" support • Watch automatically gets the time zones selected in the app Fullscreen Crown Mode • Immersive full-screen experience • Digital Crown scrolls time zones • Single tap: cycle zones • Double tap: return from full screen • Perfect for always-on display Seven Colors Black • Blue • Green • Red • Orange • Purple • Gray Optimized for watch visibility in all lighting. Optimized Performance • Intelligent scaling for all watch sizes • Real-time updates every second • High-precision .beats (2 decimals) • 30 FPS digital animations • Efficient battery management • Compact one-tap controls What is Internet/Metric Time? 1000 beats per day, each beat = 86.4 seconds. Everyone worldwide shares the same time - no zones, no confusion. Inspired by French Revolution Metric time (1793), modernized by moving the prime meridian to Biel (UTC+1), Switzerland. Perfect for: Global teams, tech enthusiasts, history buffs, remote workers coordinating universal meetings. Persistent settings, smooth animations with TimelineView, weather/location integration, ambient audio mixing, comprehensive error handling. Apple Standard EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Elsewhere

Experience the time in distant cities with immersive, atmospheric scenes that reflect local weather and seasons. See real-time weather, art, and time zones at a glance, making faraway places feel closer. Share moments with custom postcards and enjoy offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Atmospheric city scenes reflecting time and weather
  • Live weather effects (rain, snow, fog, lightning)
  • Original art for each city
  • Shareable 'Moment' postcards
  • Offline search and time zone functionality
  • Customizable city order and art styles
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A world clock that lets you feel the time elsewhere, not just calculate it. Elsewhere shows the cities you care about through beautiful, atmospheric scenes that shift with the local time, the weather, and the seasons. Morning light, evening skies, quiet nights, a sudden thunderstorm. Every city has a sense of place, and you can see it at a glance. Whether you're calling family abroad, working across time zones, planning a trip, or simply wondering what the world feels like right now, Elsewhere makes distant places feel a little closer. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Live weather in every city. Real rain streaks, snow drifts, fog, and lightning — powered by Apple Weather. • Original art for every city, hand-tuned across morning, midday, dusk, and night. • Share a Moment: export a postcard from any city, with a one-line phrase written for that exact place and time. • Beautiful even when you're offline. Search and time zones work without a connection — perfect for flights. • No ads. No tracking. No location permission required. BUILT FOR EVERY KIND OF TRAVELER • Remote workers coordinating across time zones • Families and friends scattered across continents • Travelers planning their next trip, or remembering their last • Anyone who finds the idea of "what time is it in Tokyo right now" quietly magical Tap a city to expand it into a full-screen scene showing the current weather and local time. Reorder, swap your home city, and choose between art styles per city. Available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Arabic. Weather data provided by Apple Weather.

Screenshots

Microneering Internet Time4 screens
Elsewhere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Microneering Internet Time at 3 against Elsewhere's 1. Microneering Internet Time also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Microneering Internet Time ships an update every 9 days, Elsewhere every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Microneering Internet Time versus Elsewhere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicroneering Internet TimeElsewhere
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMicroneering, IncDiogo Andre Assumpcao

In-app purchases

None

Microneering Internet Time

No in-app purchases

None

Elsewhere

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Microneering Internet Time free?
Microneering Internet Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elsewhere free?
Elsewhere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Microneering Internet Time or Elsewhere have ads?
Neither Microneering Internet Time nor Elsewhere shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Microneering Internet Time or Elsewhere?
Microneering Internet Time ships an update every 9 days, and Elsewhere every 2 weeks. Most recently, Microneering Internet Time was updated on September 18, 2026 and Elsewhere on September 25, 2026.

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