Comparison

Timezone Grid vs Desktop Mini Clock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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 โ€” everything you need at a glance. [Time Scrubber] Drag the slider up to ยฑ24 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 โ€” great for team stand-ups or travel planning. Free to use. No subscription required.

About

Desktop Mini Clock

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Desktop Mini Clock brings a precision LCD clock to every Apple platform โ€” your Mac desktop, iPhone and iPad Home Screen, and Apple Vision Pro. MAC โ€” ALWAYS-ON FLOATING PANEL A compact clock panel floats above your other windows, exactly where you need it. Lock position, stay always on top, or hide and reveal with a click. Drag anywhere, and the panel automatically stays on screen when your display setup changes. Start at login so the clock is always ready. iPHONE & iPAD โ€” HOME SCREEN WIDGETS From a glanceable Small square to an Extra Large layout that pairs the clock with a full month calendar, pick the size that fits your life. Lock Screen accessories show the time at a glance. Set a personal photo as the widget background. APPLE VISION PRO โ€” SPATIAL CLOCK Place the clock anywhere in your space. Scale from a subtle accent to a bold centerpiece. Hover over the date line to reveal the lunar annotation. Open the calendar or settings window while the clock stays in view. BILINGUAL โ€” ENGLISH & TRADITIONAL CHINESE One tap switches the entire interface: date formats, weekday names, and lunar annotations all follow your language choice. Lunar calendar covers solar terms, traditional holidays, and leap months. CUSTOMIZE SETTINGS ยท LCD digit color and accent hue ยท 12 / 24-hour format ยท Seconds display with smooth progress bar ยท Date and lunar annotation on or off HONEST BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No network access needed.

Screenshots

Timezone Grid4 screens
Desktop Mini Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Desktop Mini Clock at 4 against Timezone Grid's 2. Timezone Grid's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Timezone Grid versus Desktop Mini Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimezone GridDesktop Mini Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro โ€” better
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size34 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerpilyeong heoCHUN CHIEH TSAI

In-app purchases

None

Timezone Grid

No in-app purchases

None

Desktop Mini Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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