Comparison

Clockside vs Sundial World Clock

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

Head to head
About

Clockside

Features
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Always know if it's a good time to call. Clockside puts the people you love right on your Home Screen. One glance tells you their local time, their weather, and whether it's a good moment to reach out — or whether you'd be waking them up. BUILT FOR • Long-distance friendships and partners • Family overseas • Remote teams and async coworkers • Digital nomads and frequent travelers EVERY CITY CARD SHOWS • A live clock in the local time zone • A time-of-day gradient — watch day turn to dusk at a glance • A reach-out status: Probably sleeping Ā· Just waking up Ā· Good time to call Ā· At lunch Ā· Winding down — with a call-or-message tip • Current temperature, feels-like, conditions, and wind • A 12-hour forecast strip • Air quality with a color-coded US AQI band WIDGETS EVERYWHERE Pin Clockside to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Five layouts — Small, Medium, Circular, Rectangular, and Inline — each configurable for any saved city. TIME ZONE CONVERTER Planning a meeting across continents? Set a time in one city and see the matching hour in every other city you've added. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No accounts. No logins. No location tracking. Your saved cities live on your device. Weather and air-quality data come from Open-Meteo, free and key-less. Anonymous usage and crash data help us fix bugs and improve features — full details in the Privacy Policy. Free. Ad-free. Built with care.

About

Sundial World Clock

Features
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Sundial is a quiet, beautifully drawn world clock for people who care about time. A grid of analog faces, one per city. Watch noon sweep across the planet on a single stage — no clutter, no popups, no upsells. KEY FEATURES • Live analog clock face for every city you add • Day and night ring so a glance tells you whether it is morning, noon or midnight • Brass-on-navy aesthetic inspired by an old solar sundial • Tap any face to see a large, detail view with seconds • Pick from a curated set of themes • Settings for second hand, minute ticks and 12/24 hour • 100% on-device, no accounts, no network calls DESIGNED FOR FOCUS Sundial sits between a watch face and a travel app — perfect for remote teams, frequent flyers, traders, and anyone who has ever asked "what time is it there right now?" PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. Your saved cities live on your device.

Screenshots

Clockside4 screens
Sundial World Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

Clockside and Sundial World Clock are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Clockside versus Sundial World Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClocksideSundial World Clock
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShiyun JieLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

None

Clockside

No in-app purchases

None

Sundial World Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clockside free?
Clockside is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sundial World Clock free?
Sundial World Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clockside or Sundial World Clock have ads?
Neither Clockside nor Sundial World Clock shows ads.

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