Comparison

nGeneTime vs worldclock.today

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

Head to head
About

nGeneTime

Features
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nGeneTime combines a kinetic desk clock, weather, a monthly calendar watermark, a solar-term calendar with Four Pillars, and line casting for The Book of Change. IPHONE DESK CLOCK Rotate to landscape for magnetic motion and hourglass-style disappearance effects. - Choose 12-hour or 24-hour time, optional seconds, and compact or full dates. - View local weather in Celsius or Fahrenheit. - Drag and pinch the title, date, weather, and optional pillar display to move and resize them. - Use Date Size, Weather Size, and Pillar Size sliders in Clock Settings. - Show or hide the header and double-tap the visible title to edit it. Defaults are 12-hour time, hidden seconds, compact dates, Celsius, and a hidden header. MONTH, DAY, AND HOUR PILLARS Optionally display the current month, day, and hour pillars in Chinese characters on one compact line, separated by colons with no labels or spaces. - Off by default; enable in Clock Settings. - Drag to move, pinch to resize, or use Pillar Size. - Position and size are saved, with an independent reset. - Uses the portrait calendar's saved time zone and calculation mode. MONTHLY CALENDAR WATERMARK Optionally display the full current Gregorian month behind the clock. - Drag to move, pinch to resize, or use Calendar Size. - Adjust opacity and choose today's highlight color. - Start weeks on Sunday or Monday. - Lock against accidental movement and resizing. - Reset position and size independently. The watermark follows the device's local date and time zone. Today's colored marker remains visible as the calendar fades. Preferences and layout are saved automatically. PORTRAIT CALENDAR Rotate to portrait for lunar dates, day pillars, current Four Pillars, solar-term transitions, and date-selectable hour-pillar tables. Live Four Pillars shows the current time. Selecting a date changes the selected-date hour-pillar table. LONGITUDE-TO-TIME GLOBE Rotate, tilt, and zoom. View latitude and longitude, compare the selected time-zone reference meridian with the longitude used for correction, and follow five one-hour longitude guides with corresponding clocks. Simplified civil time-zone boundaries are optional. CALCULATION BASIS Choose Time-zone or Longitude-corrected time. Time-zone uses the selected civil time zone for all four pillars. With usable location, Longitude-corrected time applies a longitude adjustment from the selected time-zone reference meridian to all four. Without usable location, the selected time-zone basis is used. Latitude positions the globe marker; longitude determines the correction. The year pillar changes at the Beginning of Spring, not January 1. The month pillar changes at its solar-term boundary, not the start of the Gregorian month. Boundary times use the selected time zone. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS - Calendar: Month, lunar dates, day pillars, and solar-term boundary - Four Pillars: Current hour, day, month, and year pillars - Hour Pillars: Twelve intervals with the current interval highlighted THE BOOK OF CHANGE Cast lines from a running timer's hundredth-second value: odd creates a whole line, even a broken line. Six lines form a set; multiple sets can be reviewed. Line casting and visual review are provided, without a complete digital edition, translation, commentary, or interpretation. APPLE WATCH - Current time and Four Pillars - Solar-term-based year and month pillars - Optional longitude-corrected pillar time - Monthly calendar and selected-date hour pillars - Timer presets, custom durations of 1-180 minutes, progress, and vibration patterns - Circular and corner day/hour-pillar complications with active timer countdowns PRIVACY Location is optional. Weather sends coordinates to Apple Weather or Open-Meteo. The calendar may use IP-based approximate location when Core Location is unavailable. Calendar and pillar calculations run on-device. No account is required. Information is not used for advertising or cross-app tracking.

About

worldclock.today

This app visualizes time zones by replacing clock hands with city names on a single dial. A white center indicates daytime and a dark outer ring signifies nighttime, allowing for quick understanding of global time and who is currently awake. It supports up to eight cities and works offline.

Highlights
  • Cities as clock hands
  • Day/night indicator
  • Real-time global time
  • Supports up to 8 cities
  • Offline functionality
  • No account required
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The city is the hand. London at 4 o'clock means it's 4 PM there. Tokyo at 10 means 10 AM. City names replace clock hands on a single dial. They move in real time, just like hands would. White center = daytime. Dark outer ring = nighttime. One glance tells you the time in every city and who's awake right now. No lists. No math. No switching between clocks. Pick up to 8 cities. That's it. Built for remote teams, frequent travelers, and anyone tired of googling "what time is it in Dubai." Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, Mac. No account. Works offline.

Screenshots

nGeneTime4 screens
worldclock.today3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: nGeneTime at every 10 days against worldclock.today's every 2 months. worldclock.today's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

nGeneTime ships an update every 10 days, worldclock.today every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
nGeneTime versus worldclock.today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternGeneTimeworldclock.today
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHyunsuk RohLuca Barberis

In-app purchases

None

nGeneTime

No in-app purchases

None

worldclock.today

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is nGeneTime free?
nGeneTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is worldclock.today free?
worldclock.today is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do nGeneTime or worldclock.today have ads?
Neither nGeneTime nor worldclock.today shows ads.
Which is updated more often, nGeneTime or worldclock.today?
nGeneTime ships an update every 10 days, and worldclock.today every 2 months. Most recently, nGeneTime was updated on November 5, 2026 and worldclock.today on October 31, 2026.

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