Comparison

World Clock vs Tocka

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

Head to head
About

World Clock

Features
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Pin your cities once. Slide time forward or back. See the whole world's clock at a glance. Instantly know who's awake, what day it is for them, and when a moment works for everyone. WHAT YOU GET — Time shift scrubber: drag up to ±12 hours in 15 min, 30 min, or 1 hr steps — Find Best Time: jump straight to the next window when everyone's awake — Flags, local times, UTC offsets, and timezone names for every city — Day/night indicator so you can see at a glance who's asleep — Tomorrow/yesterday badge when a city's date differs from yours — Tap any city's time to copy it to clipboard — One-tap share of the current shifted moment across all your cities, or as an image card — City search from a worldwide database — Reorder and remove cities freely — Dark mode, light mode, 12-hour or 24-hour clock PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your city list lives on your device. Works offline. No account needed. TimeShift Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription: unlimited cities (free stays at 12), four premium accent themes, unlimited Find Best Time searches, Share as Card, and two alternate app icons. Built for remote workers, founders, frequent travelers — anyone juggling more than one clock.

About

Tocka

This app offers a charming alarm clock, timer, and stopwatch experience with animated characters and interactive wake-up games. It features a dynamic world clock and is designed for all Apple devices, including Apple Watch. Unlock additional characters and features with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Animated characters that react to time
  • Interactive wake-up games
  • Customizable timers with Lock Screen support
  • Precise stopwatch with laps and history
  • Dynamic world clock with sunrise/sunset times
  • Apple Watch app with complications
  • Widgets and Live Activities support
Features
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Tocka is the alarm clock, timer and stopwatch with a little character. Tocka lives in a hand-drawn world that moves with the time of day, and acts out everything you time: running laps, cooking dinner, or waking you up. ALARM CLOCK • Reliable alarms that ring through Focus and silent mode, on iPhone and Apple Watch • Wake-up games: solve a quick sum, shake it off or catch Tocka before the alarm stops • See "Rings in…" as you set it, skip the next one, and snooze your way TIMER • Spin the big dial or type the exact time • Run many timers at once, each on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Routines for cooking, Pomodoro focus sessions and HIIT intervals STOPWATCH • Precise timing with laps, splits and a lap chart • Every run kept in History, with how you did against your best • Starts on your iPhone, carries on on your Apple Watch, and back WORLD CLOCK • A themed globe that turns to night where the sun has set • Time differences, sunrise and sunset, and a good time to call MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN • Apple Watch app with its own wake-up games and complications • Two-page layouts on foldables and iPad held sideways • Widgets, Control Center controls, Live Activities and the Dynamic Island A WHOLE CAST Start with Classic Tocka. Pumpkin visits every October and Snowball every December. Tocka Plus unlocks the whole cast all year (Moon, Pocket Watch, Bubble, Robot, Cactus, Snowball, Pumpkin and Doodle), each with its own world, plus Routines, wake-up games, History and character chimes. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your alarms, timers and cities stay on your device. Tocka Plus is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://guedio.com/apps/tocka/privacy

Screenshots

World Clock4 screens
Tocka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: World Clock at 15.1 against Tocka's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. World Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tocka sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Clock ships an update every 5 weeks, Tocka every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
World Clock versus Tocka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld ClockTocka
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTomash SugintJoe Guedes

In-app purchases

1 purchases

World Clock

One-time1
  • TimeShift Pro$3.99
3 purchases

Tocka

Subscriptions2
  • Tocka Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Tocka Plus Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tocka Plus Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is World Clock free?
World Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tocka free?
Tocka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do World Clock or Tocka have ads?
Neither World Clock nor Tocka shows ads.
Which is updated more often, World Clock or Tocka?
World Clock ships an update every 5 weeks, and Tocka every 3 weeks. Most recently, World Clock was updated on October 20, 2026 and Tocka on October 25, 2026.

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