Buddy Clock vs Surya Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buddy Clock
This app offers a minimalist clock, a professional Pomodoro timer with white noise, and a versatile stopwatch. It features intuitive gestures, personalized themes, and fluid interactions for a distraction-free time management experience.
- Minimalist full-screen clock
- Immersive Pomodoro timer with white noise
- Versatile stopwatch and countdown timer
- Customizable themes and digit animations
- Intuitive gesture controls
- Ad-free experience
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Buddy Clock is an all-in-one time management app combining a Minimalist Clock, Professional Pomodoro Timer, and Versatile Stopwatch. We stripped away all clutter to deliver an interface focused purely on time, wrapped in stunning visual design and fluid interactions. Whether as a full-screen desktop clock or a focus tool for work and study, Buddy Clock is your most elegant companion. 【Key Features】 * Minimalist Full-Screen Clock: Pinch to scale size, slide up/down to adjust brightness. * Immersive Pomodoro: Built-in scientific time management. Automatically enters Immersive Mode after 5 seconds, hiding all distractions. Includes curated White Noise (Rain, Forest, Cafe) to help you focus deeply. * Multi-Function Timer: * Stopwatch: Millisecond precision for sports or labs. * Countdown: Minimalist wheel design for cooking or meetings. * Target Timer: Count down to a specific future moment with style. * Personalization: Choose from premium themes like "Sakura Pink," "Ivory White," and "Deep Dark." Customize digit animations (Rolling, None) to make time flow vividly. * Intuitive Gestures: * Double-tap anywhere to access settings. * Swipe left/right to switch between modes seamlessy. * Experience buttery-smooth interactions. 【Why Buddy Clock?】 * Pure & Ad-Free: No ads, no pop-ups, just time. * Universal Support: Perfectly adapted for iPhone , with responsive landscape/portrait layouts. * Design-Driven: Every corner radius and animation is polished to the pixel. Download Buddy Clock now and turn time management into a delight.
Surya Time
This app redefines time by tracking the sun's position relative to your local horizon. It divides daylight into natural hours, showing your progress through the day and accounting for your actual skyline. Features include a vantage map for extended sunsets and offline functionality.
- Daylight-based time division
- Actual skyline visualization
- Vantage Map for extended sunsets
- Offline functionality
- Home and lock screen widgets
- True local solar noon
- Sky pointer for sun/moon location
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Clocks and time zones are useful, but they don't tell you much about the actual day. 3:00 PM feels completely different in the middle of summer than it does in dead winter. Surya Time gives you a different way to look at time. Instead of locking you into a grid, it tracks the sun from the exact spot you are standing. It takes your daylight from sunrise to sunset and divides it into 12 natural hours, stretching out during long summer days and shrinking in the winter. At a glance, you always know exactly where you are in the day. Here is what makes it special: A dial built around daylight See how much sun you have already enjoyed and how much is left before dark. You can view the day as traditional solar hours or just as a clean percentage of daylight. Your actual skyline, not a flat line Most weather and sun apps show a generic flat horizon. Surya pulls real elevation data around you, so you can watch the sun disappear behind the actual hills, ridges, or peaks in front of you. Vantage Map Want to squeeze a little more light out of your evening? Vantage Map shows you nearby lookouts and ridges, and calculates how much extra sunset you get if you hike up there before dusk. Works completely offline Save the terrain around you (30, 60, or 200 km) before you leave. When you are out on the trail with zero cell service, the skyline and sun calculations still work seamlessly. Widgets for home and lock screen Keep an eye on the sun without having to open the app. Choose from five clean widget styles that update automatically as you move around. True local noon Standard time zones stretch across hundreds of miles, which means 12:00 PM on your watch almost never matches when the sun is actually at its highest point. Surya shows you real solar noon for your exact coordinates, plus how far off your watch really is. Point to the sky Can't spot the moon behind clouds or trees? Hold your phone up, and the sky pointer directs you right to where the sun or moon is sitting. Private and quiet No accounts to create. No logins. No ads, tracking, or background analytics. All the astronomical math runs right on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Surya Time at free against Buddy Clock's paid. Surya Time also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Buddy Clock ships an update every 5 weeks, Surya Time every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buddy Clock | Surya Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 颖 杨 | Max Schleining |
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Buddy Clock
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In-app purchases
Buddy Clock
No in-app purchases
Surya Time
No in-app purchases








