Comparison

StandBy Clock vs Ever Clock

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

Head to head
About

StandBy Clock

Transform your device into an elegant bedside or desk clock with multiple aesthetic faces, a world map showing the day-night boundary, and optional offline sleep audio. Enjoy a calm, low-light viewing experience with practical everyday details.

Highlights
  • Classic flip clock design
  • World map with day-night boundary
  • Offline sleep audio
  • Warm greeting messages
  • Analog and digital clock faces
  • Photo background cycles
  • Adjustable standby brightness
Features
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Elevate Your Desk and Nightstand Transform your device into a premium, beautifully crafted desk and bedside clock. Designed with elegance and minimalism in mind, this app turns your screen into a sophisticated timepiece: multiple distinctive clock faces, a world map with a live day–night boundary, and optional 72 minutes offline sleep audio when you want something gentle in the background. Whether you are focusing at your desk, unwinding in the evening, or starting the morning at home, enjoy a calm, low-light–friendly viewing experience that pairs refined visuals with practical everyday details. KEY FEATURES • Classic Flip Clock — Nostalgic flip digits reimagined with smooth motion and clean, modern typography. • Dotted Map & Day–Night Boundary — Follow sunlight across a dotted world map with a real-time terminator line (updated on a relaxed cadence), your approximate location when you allow it, and optional local weather where available. • Sleep audio — bundled & your library — The app includes 72 minutes of sleep-ready audio, playable offline with no streaming. Import your own tracks for a simple bedtime player. Open the full-screen music experience from the in-app menu, start playback, and return to your clocks while audio continues in the background for the session. • Warm Greetings — Time-aware greeting messages that help start and wind down the day with a human touch. • Analog & Digital Faces — Choose from bold digital layouts and refined analog-style faces that stay readable from across the room—plus more expressive designs to match your taste. • Photo backgrounds — Photos Clock cycles through 11 bundled, beautifully curated images in a random order and zooming with The burn kern effect each session. Optional weather context when location and connectivity allow. • StandBy brightness — Your personal dim level applies automatically while you enjoy the clock—easy on the eyes at night. Trust the exit — Auto‑Lock and brightness restore the instant you leave—your device returns to its normal rhythm. SIMPLE PRICING Pay once to download—no subscriptions, no tiers, and no recurring charges to use the app you see today. Future updates are included at no extra cost; major new paid offerings, if ever introduced, would be communicated clearly in advance.

About

Ever Clock

Features
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Ever Clock — an elegant, always-on clock for your screen. Prop up your phone or tablet on a desk or nightstand and let the time stay beautifully visible — day and night. Pure black & white, the typography is the design. Pixel-shift technology gently moves the clock over time to help reduce screen burn-in during long sessions. - Always-on — the screen stays awake while the app is open - Digital, analog — or both side by side - Dozens of typefaces & layouts, grouped in style packs - Minimalist by design — nothing flashy, nothing distracting - Every screen — phone or tablet, portrait or landscape - Optional date, seconds, AM/PM · 12h or 24h · works offline

Screenshots

StandBy Clock4 screens
Ever Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ever Clock at Free against StandBy Clock's $1.99. StandBy Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

Ever Clock is free to download; StandBy Clock costs $1.99 up front. Ever Clock sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. StandBy Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StandBy Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, Ever Clock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
StandBy Clock versus Ever Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStandBy ClockEver Clock
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnur IsikMarcos Antonio Salas Abello

In-app purchases

None

StandBy Clock

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Ever Clock

One-time10
  • Monoton Pack$0.99
  • Rampart Pack$0.99
  • Hanalei Pack$0.99
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  • Dafoe Pack$0.99
  • Cute Pack$0.99
  • Stencil Pack$0.99
  • Wallpoet Pack$0.99
  • Chakra Pack$0.99
  • Pixel Pack$0.99
  • All Packs$4.99

Questions

Is StandBy Clock free?
StandBy Clock costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ever Clock free?
Ever Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StandBy Clock or Ever Clock have ads?
Ever Clock shows ads; StandBy Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, StandBy Clock or Ever Clock?
StandBy Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ever Clock fortnightly. Most recently, StandBy Clock was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ever Clock on October 24, 2026.

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