Comparison

Glow Timer vs Stay Clock

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

Head to head
About

Glow Timer

Features
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Time flows beautifully, silently. Glow Timer is a visual focus timer for quiet places: libraries, cafes, classrooms, night desks, and any moment where a loud alarm would break the mood. Instead of sound, the screen uses soft light, waves, and edge glow to help you notice when time is up. It keeps the practical clarity of a countdown, but gives each session a calmer visual rhythm. Key Features - Silent Glow Notifications: the screen pulses with light when time is up - Pomodoro-Style Flow: move from focus to break with a clearer pause between phases - Double-Tap Pause: pause or resume without opening menus - Fluid Light & Waves: layered wave animations follow the remaining time - Intuitive Gestures: swipe horizontally to adjust time, swipe vertically to switch presets - Distraction-Free Design: the interface fades away so your desk stays quiet - Gentle Focus Log: see today's focused time without turning productivity into pressure - Emotional Skins: choose colors for study, work, reading, rest, and late-night focus Premium Features - Unlock all premium visual skins with a one-time purchase - No subscriptions - No ads - No tracking Perfect For - Pomodoro focus sessions - Studying in libraries or quiet rooms - Desk work and deep work blocks - Reading and journaling - Meditation or breathing breaks - A silent visual timer you can keep beside you Glow Timer is not here to shout at you. It is a small luminous space for focus, rest, and returning to your own pace.

About

Stay Clock

Features
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Stay Clock turns your iPhone or iPad into an always-on desk clock you can read from across the room. Big time, a calendar that fits each face, and one look that follows you to StandBy, the Lock Screen, Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch. Made for the desk, the shelf and the nightstand. Full screen time that stays readable from far away, in portrait or landscape, on iPhone and iPad. Keep Awake that understands charging. Stay on while charging, always on with a battery floor, or follow the system, so your clock never surprises you. Panel Care for OLED screens. Gentle pixel shifting, details that soften when idle, and a dim red night face on true black for the bedroom. One face everywhere. The face you pick appears on the full screen clock, StandBy, Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch, and looks the same on every one. A calendar that suits each face. Choose Off, Simple with the date and weekday, or a full Month view separately for every face. Your language and your time zone. Switch the app language instantly, pick any city or time zone, and choose 12 or 24 hour time and your own digits. Private by design. No account, no ads, no tracking and no network. Everything stays on your device. A dock on the desk: your phone stays lit while it charges, showing the time in a face you chose. A bedroom at night: the screen dims to a quiet red clock on true black and saves your OLED panel. A day away from the desk: the same face sits on your Lock Screen, your Home Screen and your wrist. What Stay Clock does Full screen always-on clock with large, readable time One free face included, with a handwritten paper look Lifetime unlock adds 100 more faces in different colors, styles and fonts Off, Simple or Month calendar saved separately for each face StandBy, Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets that match the app Apple Watch face that follows the same design Keep Awake while charging, with battery floor and system options Night schedule, dim red face and pixel shifting for OLED screens Hourly chime and a simple alarm App language and time zone chosen inside the app iPhone and iPad layouts for every screen size Stay Clock is a free download with one complete face. One optional Lifetime purchase unlocks 100 more faces for good, with no subscription. Everything runs on your device. No account, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Optimized for iPhone Duo.

Screenshots

Glow Timer4 screens
Stay Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stay Clock at every 4 days against Glow Timer's every 6 weeks. Stay Clock also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Glow Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stay Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glow Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, Stay Clock every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Glow Timer versus Stay Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlow TimerStay Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKazuma TakahashiGuan Feng Lai

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Glow Timer

One-time1
  • Premium Mode$3.99
1 purchases

Stay Clock

One-time1
  • Stay Clock Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Glow Timer free?
Glow Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stay Clock free?
Stay Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glow Timer or Stay Clock have ads?
Neither Glow Timer nor Stay Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glow Timer or Stay Clock?
Glow Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Stay Clock every 4 days. Most recently, Glow Timer was updated on October 17, 2026 and Stay Clock on October 9, 2026.

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