Athan vs Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Athan
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Athan - Bilal plays the Athan automatically at every prayer time, even when your phone is locked or the app is closed. Simply open the app once — it calculates prayer times based on your location and schedules the Athan for Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha. No setup, no accounts, no configuration required. FEATURES • Automatic Athan playback at every prayer time • Works in the background with screen locked • Stop the Athan from the notification — no need to open the app • Prayer times calculated locally using your GPS location • No internet connection required • No ads, no tracking, no data collection Your location is used only to calculate prayer times and never leaves your device.
Clock
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Clock-it turns your Home Screen into a watch collection. 55+ meticulously crafted watch faces, each drawn entirely in code and rendered live, so every dial stays razor sharp on any iPhone or iPad, at any size. A LIVING MOVEMENT A seconds hand that glides, subdials that turn, moon phases that follow the real moon, and date windows that change at midnight. THE COLLECTION Chronographs, divers, pilot and field watches, dress watches and complications. Every piece comes with a short note on what makes it special. LUME, EXACTLY AS YOU SEE IT Double-tap any dial to see it glow, then tap Apply to put that look on your widget. Choose After Dark, Always or Never, and the app and your widget stay in step. YOUR WIDGET, YOUR WAY Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets, Extra Large on iPad, plus Lock Screen widgets. Apply a watch in the app, or give each widget a watch of its own. MADE FOR IPAD A full-size watch in any orientation, a gallery that fills the screen, Split View and Stage Manager, and keyboard shortcuts. ALSO ON MAC A live watch on your desktop, with the same collection. A NEW WATCH EVERY DAY Turn on daily rotation and wear a different piece from the collection every day. THE ICON, ALIVE Place the Clock-it icon on your Home Screen as a widget, telling the time with live hands. DESIGNED FOR BATTERY LIFE Clock-it never runs in the background. Your widget is prepared in advance and simply displayed by iOS. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Clock-it collects no data at all.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Clock at daily against Athan's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Athan ships an update every 3 weeks, Clock daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Athan | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abdallah Ammar | Qubera |
In-app purchases
Athan
No in-app purchases
Clock
No in-app purchases









