PivotClock vs Bathyal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
PivotClock
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PivotClock is a clock app that lets you freely rotate the display to any angle - and lock it there. Unlike your phone's auto-rotation, PivotClock works independently. Set it to 0, 90, 180, 270 degrees, or any custom angle. Once locked, the clock stays exactly where you need it. FEATURES - Free Rotation Rotate the clock to any angle using the intuitive dial editor. Drag to rotate, release to snap - just like editing a photo. - Quick Presets One tap to snap to 0 / 90 / 180 / 270 degrees. Perfect for landscape bedside or upside-down mounting. - Digital and Analog Switch between a clean digital display and a classic analog face. Seconds, date, and 12/24-hour format all configurable. - 4 Themes Minimal, Bold, Retro (green glow), and Soft - each with 5 accent color options. - OLED-Optimized Pure black background saves battery on OLED screens. Burn-in protection slowly drifts the display so no pixel stays static. - Ultra Dim Mode Swipe up/down to darken the screen beyond the system minimum - ideal for bedrooms at night. - HUD Mirror Mode Horizontal flip for windshield projection or reverse-mounted displays. - Screen Always On The screen stays on as long as PivotClock is open. PERFECT FOR - Bedside clock - lay your phone flat or prop it at any angle - Desk clock - portrait, landscape, or anything between - Car mount - rotate to match your dashboard angle - Overhead mount - 180 degree flip when phone is upside down - HUD mode - mirror the display onto your windshield
Bathyal
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Bathyal is a clepsydra β an ancient water clock β rebuilt for the deep sea. In the bathyal zone there is no day or night. No sunrise, no shadow, nothing to set a clock by. The only light is made by living things. Bathyal is the instrument that keeps time down there: a face of glowing concentric channels where every drop is a second, and time is material. Watch it work: β’ Each second forms as a drop at the heartbeat and joins the ring β’ A full ring of seconds distills into one minute β and pours, visibly, down into the next channel β’ Minutes pour into hours, hours into the day's two halves, days into months β at midnight the whole cascade runs at once β’ Once a year, the last drop of December sinks past the digits into the abyss, unmeasured Make it yours: β’ Solid bands or beaded drops, sweeping or pulsing motion β’ 24-hour or 12-hour time β 12-hour splits the hours at the meridian into a morning ring and an afternoon ring β’ Calendar rings for the month and year, or a Monday-first week ring whose weeks are spent, not kept β’ Run the midnight cascade demo any time from the settings On your wrist: β’ A full-screen water clock for Apple Watch β seconds, minutes, and hours in the same adjacent channels β’ Add Bathyal as a complication; the live rings sit on any face and rewrite themselves as the day moves. No two times look the same β that is the instrument, not a hand on a circle β’ Hold the Watch face for settings. Pulse or sweep, 12- or 24-hour time, and an optional Monday-first weekday ring. Hours, motion, and the week calendar also travel from the gear on iPhone On the Lock Screen: β’ Add Bathyal as a Lock Screen widget β live rings, a different pattern for every minute, the same figure as the Watch complication β’ Hours, motion, and the weekday ring follow from the gear Quiet by design: β’ Completely free, no accounts, no ads, no tracking β it never connects to anything β’ Works fully offline β’ Keeps the screen awake on a desk or bedside table If the instrument keeps good time for you, you can send a drop β a small tip β and the face answers with the benefactor tinctures: other colors of bioluminescence, and a single grain of sand set on the seabed of the dial. Drops become months.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PivotClock at none against Bathyal's 3. Bathyal's advantage is device support. On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Bathyal sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PivotClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PivotClock | Bathyal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Every 10 days |
| Ads | β | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | β | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TAKAYOSHI YOSHIKAWA | Stephen Zinn |
In-app purchases
PivotClock
No in-app purchases
Bathyal
- Tip Small$1.99
- Drop: The Benefactor's Drop$2.99
- Large: A Current$9.99
Questions
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