Comparison

Ever Clock vs Punctum

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

Head to head
About

Ever Clock

Features
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Ever Clock โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” the screen stays awake while the app is open - Digital, analog โ€” or both side by side - Dozens of typefaces & layouts, grouped in style packs - Minimalist by design โ€” nothing flashy, nothing distracting - Every screen โ€” phone or tablet, portrait or landscape - Optional date, seconds, AM/PM ยท 12h or 24h ยท works offline

About

Punctum

Features
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Punctum is a dot-matrix clock for your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Every character is drawn dot by dot, in a typeface made for the grid, with the weight and roundness of the dots in your hands. A CLOCK THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY Time and date, a timer, your next calendar event, the song that is playing, and the battery. Pick what the display shows and how it moves. Dot size and shape are yours to set, and the display rolls from one value to the next. FULL DISPLAY Dock your iPhone and Punctum fills the whole screen, dimmed and quiet, as a bedside clock. Nothing but the dots, with a slow drift that protects the screen. WIDGETS AND WATCH Small Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, an Apple Watch app, and an Apple TV app, all in the same dots. PUNCTUM PRO, ONE PURCHASE Unlock everything once and keep it, shared with your family: - Live weather with 17 dot-drawn icons - Phosphor green and Night red inks, and a night schedule - Up to four timers, five rotating messages, and a live timer on the Lock Screen - Medium and Large widgets, and Apple Watch complications - Alternate app icons No account, no ads, no tracking. Punctum collects no data. Try everything free for 7 days. Then unlock the full app with a single one-time purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

Ever Clock4 screens
Punctum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Punctum at none against Ever Clock's shown. Punctum also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Ever Clock sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Punctum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ever Clock ships an update fortnightly, Punctum every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Ever Clock versus Punctum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEver ClockPunctum
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size66 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcos Antonio Salas AbelloJiajia Zhang

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
1 purchases

Punctum

One-time1
  • Punctum Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Ever Clock free?
Ever Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Punctum free?
Punctum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ever Clock or Punctum have ads?
Ever Clock shows ads; Punctum does not.
Which is updated more often, Ever Clock or Punctum?
Ever Clock ships an update fortnightly, and Punctum every 4 days. Most recently, Ever Clock was updated on November 5, 2026 and Punctum on October 29, 2026.

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