setting.watch vs Good Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
setting.watch
This app helps watch enthusiasts set their timepieces accurately by providing clear displays for GMT, 24-hour time, moon phases, and DST. It also offers step-by-step guides for digital watches and allows tracking of mechanical watch accuracy over time. Users receive timely notifications for DST changes and end-of-month adjustments.
- Accurate watch setting
- GMT and 24-hour time displays
- Moonphase and DST tracking
- Digital watch setting guides
- Mechanical watch accuracy tracking
- DST change notifications
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Hacking Seconds (setting.watch) is a quick reference app for watch enthusiasts. Set any watch accurately with clear displays for GMT, 24-hour time, moonphase, and DST transitions. Includes step-by-step setting guides for popular digital watches. Track your mechanical watches' accuracy over time and spot regulation drift. Interactive bezels and dials with haptic feedback let you spin dive bezels and adjust GMT complications just like the real thing. Get notified before DST changes and at the end of short months so your watches stay accurate. All data stays on your device. No tracking, no account required. Free. No ads.
Good Time
Precisely set your mechanical watch to the exact second using an analog dial with a sub-second-accurate sweep hand. Features include a stopwatch controllable by volume buttons, world time for over 2,000 cities, and multiple dial designs. It operates entirely on-device with no ads or tracking.
- Sub-second accurate sweep hand
- Volume button stopwatch control
- World time with GMT offset
- Multiple dial designs
- On-device operation
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I made Good Time because I wanted a clock that actually helps you set a mechanical watch — one where you can see exactly when the second hand hits 12, down to a fraction of a second. • DIALS: Swipe through a variety of dials — field, dive, dress, chronograph, moonphase, etc. Light and dark versions. • CHRONOGRAPH: There's a stopwatch built in. You can run it with your volume buttons — up starts/pauses, down resets. • WORLD TIME: Search for a city and see what time it is there • 100% FREE: No in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no ads, and I'm not planning to add any. I'm not trying to make money off this — I just wanted it to exist. Made for the Grey Nato crew. If you have a request for new dials, let me know in a review.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Good Time at every 3 days against setting.watch's every 6 weeks. Good Time also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 3). setting.watch's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for setting.watch against 5.0 for Good Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 12 respectively.
setting.watch ships an update every 6 weeks, Good Time every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | setting.watch | Good Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChiComp | Jonathan Cho |
Customer experience
setting.watch
Good Time
In-app purchases
setting.watch
No in-app purchases
Good Time
No in-app purchases
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