Chronometer vs Time Grid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chronometer
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Chronometer puts the world's time zones at your fingertips with a stunning animated 3D globe. Spin the globe, select any of 190+ countries, and instantly view live local time, sunrise/sunset, business hours, and golden hour — all wrapped in a premium dark interface with smooth animations and haptic feedback. KEY FEATURES - Animated COBE 3D globe - Real-time clocks for 190+ countries - Favorites dashboard with time comparison timeline - Meeting planner — find overlapping business hours - Time converter with day-difference awareness - Sunrise, sunset & golden hour tracking - Business hours status for every country - Cinematic launch screen with haptic tick-tick-tick - Glassmorphism UI with 60fps animations Built for remote teams, travelers, photographers, and anyone who thinks globally.
Time Grid
Visualize the passage of time with expressive Home Screen widgets. Track daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly progress, or monitor custom milestones. Offers a variety of unique visual styles to represent your time at a glance.
- Home screen widgets for time visualization
- Track daily, weekly, monthly, yearly progress
- Custom date range tracking
- Life progress based on birthday
- Multiple unique widget styles
- Personalizable mottos and colors
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See time take shape, one moment at a time. Time Grid turns the passage of time into clear, expressive Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Follow the rhythm of your day, keep an important milestone in view, or take a longer view of life. • Track progress through today, this week, this month and this year. • Set a custom start and end date for an exam, a trip or another meaningful chapter. • See life progress based on your birthday and a lifespan you choose. • Explore Hourglass, Waxing Moon, Sphere, rings, dots and more. Waxing Moon represents time progress rather than astronomical moon phases. • Personalize small and medium widgets, preview your designs and save them. • Add a personal motto to medium widgets, using a built-in phrase or your own words. Dot widgets for the day, week, month and year are free. Time Grid Pro unlocks life progress, custom date ranges and all premium styles. Choose a weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Existing lifetime purchases remain valid. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chronometer at none against Time Grid's 3. Time Grid's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Time Grid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Chronometer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chronometer against 5.0 for Time Grid. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Chronometer ships an update every 3 weeks, Time Grid every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chronometer | Time Grid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chathushka Rodrigo | 佳宇 刘 |
Customer experience
Chronometer
Time Grid
In-app purchases
Chronometer
No in-app purchases
Time Grid
- Time Grid Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
- Time Grid Pro Yearly3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Time Grid Pro Lifetime$9.99
