Sun TimeZone vs Matchstick Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sun TimeZone
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Timezone turns world clocks into something beautiful. Instead of a list of numbers, watch the sun’s path across a 24-hour cycle as a smooth sine wave, with your selected cities plotted directly on the curve. A dynamic sky gradient shifts from starlit night to golden sunrise to bright day, making it instantly clear who’s awake, who’s asleep, and where the sun is. INTERACTIVE TIME DIAL Drag the scrubbing dial to glide through any hour of the day. Subtle haptic ticks mark each hour, while every timezone updates in real time. Perfect for finding that sweet spot where Tokyo, London, and San Francisco overlap. SUN PATH VISUALIZATION A scientifically inspired sine wave maps the sun’s arc over 24 hours. Each city appears as a color-coded marker, so you can immediately see which locations are in daylight and which are in darkness. DYNAMIC SKY & STARS The background is a living sky that transitions from deep midnight blues to warm sunrise tones to bright daytime hues. Softly twinkling stars animate across night regions, adding depth and atmosphere. SMART CITY SEARCH Add timezones by simply searching city names like “New Delhi,” “San Francisco,” or “Tokyo”—no need for IANA identifiers. With 50+ built-in aliases, you can also browse by region or GMT offset. DESIGNED FOR APPLE Crafted with Liquid Glass materials, fluid animations, and a dark-mode-first aesthetic. The layout adapts seamlessly: a compact stacked view on iPhone and a spacious side-by-side layout on iPad. KEY FEATURES - Sun-path sine wave with color-coded timezone markers - Interactive horizontal dial with haptic feedback - Animated day-to-night sky gradient - Twinkling star field in night zones - 8 vibrant accent colors for cities - Searchable picker with 50+ city aliases - Persistent state across launches - Responsive layouts for iPhone and iPad - No ads, no accounts, no tracking Whether you're coordinating across time zones, planning a call with family abroad, or simply curious where the sun is right now—Timezone makes it intuitive, visual, and immediate.
Matchstick Clock
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Three little matchstick men run this clock. Every minute the second hand scoops one of them up and carries him over the top, while the other two wait their turn on the hour marks, climbing down, stepping across and holding on. At ten at night one of them goes to sleep on the 9, and the others take turns through the night. At lunchtime one sits back in the hands for a break. Every minute of the day is different, and the clock always shows the real time. • World clocks: swipe between your own city and the places you care about. Madrid, São Paulo, New York, Delhi and Tehran are there to start, and you can add any city. • Bedside mode: the screen stays on, and from 10 pm to 7 am the clock turns dark. • Light and dark: dark from sunset to sunrise in each city, worked out by the clock itself, or always light, or always dark. • Hourly chime: a soft bell on the hour, quiet at night. • Share this minute: make a 15-second video of the clock from this moment and send it to someone. • Widgets for the Home Screen, the Lock Screen and StandBy. • In English, Español, Português, فارسی and हिन्दी. No ads, no accounts, no tracking. It's free, and it works without internet. Made by The Matchstick People.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Matchstick Clock at 15.0 against Sun TimeZone's 26.2. 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.
| Parameter | Sun TimeZone | Matchstick Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arshdeep Singh | Juan Delcan |
In-app purchases
Sun TimeZone
No in-app purchases
Matchstick Clock
No in-app purchases
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