Comparison

LumaClock vs World Clock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LumaClock

Features
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LumaClock turns your iPhone or iPad into an immersive full-screen digital clock. Explore 30 carefully crafted visual styles, from clean graphic faces and animated particles to aurora-inspired scenes and star fields. Create a clock that fits your space: • Choose 12-hour or 24-hour time • Show hours and minutes, or include seconds • Show or hide the date and battery level • Switch color palettes on supported styles • Use portrait or landscape orientation on iPhone and iPad • Keep the display awake for desk, bedside, studio, or ambient use • Turn the optional ticking sound on or off • Use the app in English or Simplified Chinese Tap the clock face to hide the controls and enjoy an unobstructed display. Your selected style, color choices, and display preferences are saved on your device. Privacy by design: • No account or sign-in • No advertising or third-party analytics • Clock rendering and preferences stay on your device • An internet connection is not required for normal clock display A selection of clock styles is available without purchasing Pro. Lifetime Pro is available as a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase that unlocks all Pro styles, additional color choices, and future Pro style releases. There is no subscription or recurring charge.

About

World Clock

Features
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Pin your cities once. Slide time forward or back. See the whole world's clock at a glance. Instantly know who's awake, what day it is for them, and when a moment works for everyone. WHAT YOU GET — Time shift scrubber: drag up to ±12 hours in 15 min, 30 min, or 1 hr steps — Find Best Time: jump straight to the next window when everyone's awake — Flags, local times, UTC offsets, and timezone names for every city — Day/night indicator so you can see at a glance who's asleep — Tomorrow/yesterday badge when a city's date differs from yours — Tap any city's time to copy it to clipboard — One-tap share of the current shifted moment across all your cities, or as an image card — City search from a worldwide database — Reorder and remove cities freely — Dark mode, light mode, 12-hour or 24-hour clock PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your city list lives on your device. Works offline. No account needed. TimeShift Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription: unlimited cities (free stays at 12), four premium accent themes, unlimited Find Best Time searches, Share as Card, and two alternate app icons. Built for remote workers, founders, frequent travelers — anyone juggling more than one clock.

Screenshots

LumaClock4 screens
World Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LumaClock at every 3 days against World Clock's every 5 weeks. World Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. LumaClock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and World Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LumaClock ships an update every 3 days, World Clock every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
LumaClock versus World Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumaClockWorld Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer修武 许Tomash Sugint

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LumaClock

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro Access$1.99
1 purchases

World Clock

One-time1
  • TimeShift Pro$3.99

Questions

Is LumaClock free?
LumaClock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is World Clock free?
World Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LumaClock or World Clock have ads?
Neither LumaClock nor World Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LumaClock or World Clock?
LumaClock ships an update every 3 days, and World Clock every 5 weeks. Most recently, LumaClock was updated on October 24, 2026 and World Clock on October 28, 2026.

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