Comparison

Timezone Grid vs Tocka

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

Head to head
About

Timezone Grid

Features
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Plan global meetings and track time zones at a glance. [City Grid] Add cities from around the world and see all their local times updated live. Each card shows the local time, UTC offset, date, and a day/night indicator — everything you need at a glance. [Time Scrubber] Drag the slider up to ±24 hours to instantly see what time it will be in every city. Snap to 15-minute steps for precision. Tap Now to jump back to live time. [City Detail] Tap any city card to see full details: large time display, UTC offset badge, DST status, and day/night info. [DST & Day/Night] Daylight saving time is handled automatically. A sun or moon icon shows whether it's daytime or night at a glance. [Reorder & Customize] Long-press cards to drag them into your preferred order. Swipe left to delete a city. Pin a home city for easy reference. [Presets] Save city combinations as presets and switch between them instantly. Perfect for teams spread across multiple time zones. [Share] Share the current time across all your cities as a formatted text snapshot — great for team stand-ups or travel planning. Free to use. No subscription required.

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

Timezone Grid4 screens
Tocka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timezone Grid at none against Tocka's 3. Timezone Grid also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Timezone Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Timezone Grid versus Tocka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimezone GridTocka
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerpilyeong heoJoe Guedes

In-app purchases

None

Timezone Grid

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 Timezone Grid free?
Timezone Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tocka free?
Tocka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timezone Grid or Tocka have ads?
Neither Timezone Grid nor Tocka shows ads.

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