Comparison

World Clock with Aurora vs Tocka

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

Head to head
About

World Clock with Aurora

Features
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World Clock Aurora is a beautifully designed world clock that helps you feel the time of each city, not just read it. Each city card reflects the city's current sky, from sunrise and daytime to sunset, twilight, night, clouds, rain, and aurora activity. Compare time zones visually, check local weather, and see sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset details in one place. Features: • World clock with immersive live sky cards • Current local time for your favorite cities • Weather, temperature, and sky conditions • Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset times • Aurora forecast with KP index and visibility by latitude • City search with continent filters • Time difference comparison between cities • Custom home city, language, time format, and temperature unit settings • iOS home screen widget support • Tap any city to open a detail sheet with a big clock, weather, sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, and aurora forecast • Check the 7-day weather forecast Whether you are planning meetings, tracking family abroad, following travel destinations, or watching aurora conditions around the world, World Clock Aurora makes global time feel intuitive and alive.

About

Tocka

This app offers a charming alarm clock, timer, and stopwatch experience with animated characters and interactive wake-up games. It features a dynamic world clock and is designed for all Apple devices, including Apple Watch. Unlock additional characters and features with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Animated characters that react to time
  • Interactive wake-up games
  • Customizable timers with Lock Screen support
  • Precise stopwatch with laps and history
  • Dynamic world clock with sunrise/sunset times
  • Apple Watch app with complications
  • Widgets and Live Activities support
Features
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Tocka is the alarm clock, timer and stopwatch with a little character. Tocka lives in a hand-drawn world that moves with the time of day, and acts out everything you time: running laps, cooking dinner, or waking you up. ALARM CLOCK • Reliable alarms that ring through Focus and silent mode, on iPhone and Apple Watch • Wake-up games: solve a quick sum, shake it off or catch Tocka before the alarm stops • See "Rings in…" as you set it, skip the next one, and snooze your way TIMER • Spin the big dial or type the exact time • Run many timers at once, each on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Routines for cooking, Pomodoro focus sessions and HIIT intervals STOPWATCH • Precise timing with laps, splits and a lap chart • Every run kept in History, with how you did against your best • Starts on your iPhone, carries on on your Apple Watch, and back WORLD CLOCK • A themed globe that turns to night where the sun has set • Time differences, sunrise and sunset, and a good time to call MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN • Apple Watch app with its own wake-up games and complications • Two-page layouts on foldables and iPad held sideways • Widgets, Control Center controls, Live Activities and the Dynamic Island A WHOLE CAST Start with Classic Tocka. Pumpkin visits every October and Snowball every December. Tocka Plus unlocks the whole cast all year (Moon, Pocket Watch, Bubble, Robot, Cactus, Snowball, Pumpkin and Doodle), each with its own world, plus Routines, wake-up games, History and character chimes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your alarms, timers and cities stay on your device. Tocka Plus is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://guedio.com/apps/tocka/privacy

Screenshots

World Clock with Aurora4 screens
Tocka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: World Clock with Aurora at none against Tocka's 3. World Clock with Aurora also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tocka sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. World Clock with Aurora asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Clock with Aurora ships an update fortnightly, Tocka every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
World Clock with Aurora versus Tocka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld Clock with AuroraTocka
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangik LeeJoe Guedes

In-app purchases

None

World Clock with Aurora

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tocka

Subscriptions2
  • Tocka Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Tocka Plus Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tocka Plus Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is World Clock with Aurora free?
World Clock with Aurora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tocka free?
Tocka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do World Clock with Aurora or Tocka have ads?
Neither World Clock with Aurora nor Tocka shows ads.
Which is updated more often, World Clock with Aurora or Tocka?
World Clock with Aurora ships an update fortnightly, and Tocka every 3 weeks. Most recently, World Clock with Aurora was updated on October 28, 2026 and Tocka on October 29, 2026.

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