PushClock vs Minimal iPhone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PushClock
This alarm clock requires you to complete a set number of push-ups, tracked by your phone's camera, to turn off. It's designed to ensure you're fully awake and active when you get out of bed.
- Camera-tracked push-up counting
- Customizable push-up goals
- Guaranteed wake-up alarm
- No snooze or cheating
- Real-time rep tracking
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PushClock is the alarm clock that won't let you off easy. Set your alarm. Pick your mission. When it goes off, you have to actually do something to make it stop. Ignore it and it comes right back. No snooze. No swipe-and-back-to-sleep. Just you and the proof you're up. 25+ WAYS TO WAKE UP Move (the camera counts your reps automatically) · Push-ups, squats, sit-ups, jumping jacks, high knees · Plank, squat hold, dance · Steps and shake, no camera needed Prove it (AI checks the photo) · Make your bed · Object hunt: find something in your house · Touch grass: actually go outside · Pet hunt, sky photo, or set your own custom target Think · Math problems, memory game · Guess the flag, language quiz · Bible verse, draw a picture For fun · The 67, tongue twisters, recreate a meme STACK THEM Put more than one mission on a single alarm. 10 push-ups, then a math problem, then a photo of your made bed. You decide how hard your morning is. IT DOESN'T GIVE UP Silence it, mute it, swipe it away. It rings again seconds later, and it keeps coming back until the mission is done. That's the whole point. STILL NOT SURE YOU'RE UP? Turn on Wake-up Check and PushClock rings again a few minutes after your mission. Type the code to prove you didn't crawl back into bed. LOCK YOUR PHONE UNTIL YOU'RE UP Turn on app blocking and your distracting apps stay shut from bedtime until you finish your mission. No doomscrolling in bed. BUILD THE STREAK Every morning you win counts. Track your streak, unlock achievements, see your wake-up history, and keep the streak on your home screen. SOUNDS THAT ACTUALLY WAKE YOU Wake up to almost any song: search the full song catalog right in the app. Or pick from 100+ built-in sounds (loud, unhinged, viral, motivational) or record your own voice. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set an alarm like normal 2. Choose your mission and difficulty 3. When it fires, complete the mission to dismiss 4. Alarm off. You're up. Go be a person. WHY PUSHCLOCK Willpower is weakest at 6am. PushClock removes the choice. By the time the alarm is off you're already awake, already moving, and already winning the day before it starts. PushClock requires an active subscription. All features are included. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.pushclock.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.pushclock.com/privacy
Minimal iPhone
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Minimal turns your iPhone into a calm home screen of words, and puts a mindful pause in front of the apps that pull you in. A HOME SCREEN OF WORDS • A full-page widget with the time, one line of focus, and your apps as plain words — no icons, no badges, no colour pulling at you. • Launcher widgets in every size, plus a clock and a Lock Screen focus line. • Dark or light, with a matching plain wallpaper saved in one tap. • A guided setup that turns your home screen calm in a few minutes. A PAUSE BEFORE EVERY DISTRACTION • Choose the apps and websites that steal your time. When you open one, Minimal pauses it. • It asks why now — for something specific, just to check, or out of habit (iOS 26.4 or later) — and gives you a breath before you go on. • The wait grows a little with each open, so the tenth scroll of the day costs more than the first. • Pick how long you need. The app pauses again after that much use. • When your time is up, it asks how it went — and lets you stop there. INSIGHTS THAT MEAN SOMETHING • Today against a usual day by this time, not just a number of minutes. • A daily goal, how much of it is left, and your streak. • Your hardest hours, pickups, and the app that sends you the most notifications. • The time your pauses won back, and why you reach for your phone. • The long view: what your usual day adds up to over a year. FOCUS ON YOUR TERMS • Pause all day, or on a schedule. • Let your iPhone's Sleep or Work Focus switch Minimal on for you. • Describe your goal in words and Minimal builds the plan, using on-device Apple Intelligence where available. • Start or end a focus with Siri and Shortcuts. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your screen time is worked out on your iPhone by Apple's Screen Time and never leaves it. Minimal needs Screen Time access to pause apps and show Insights. MINIMAL PRO Pro adds strict mode — no way through while focus is on — and more than one schedule. Every new install includes 7 days of Pro. After that, choose quarterly, yearly (with a free trial for new subscribers) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://raghavanaidu46.github.io/minimal/privacy/ Support: https://raghavanaidu46.github.io/minimal/support/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Minimal iPhone at none against PushClock's shown. Minimal iPhone also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. PushClock sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Minimal iPhone sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | PushClock | Minimal iPhone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 52.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kaizen Technologies LLC. | Raghava Naidu |
In-app purchases
PushClock
- PushClock Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
- PushClock Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- PushClock Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
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- PushClock Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- PushClock Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- PushClock Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- PushClock Pro Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- PushClock Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- PushClock Pro Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- PushClock Pro Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- PushClock Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- PushClock Lifetime$79.99
Minimal iPhone
- Minimal Pro Quarterly$9.993 Months
- Minimal Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Minimal Pro Lifetime$44.99









