Comparison

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading vs Troll Timer

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

Head to head
About

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

Features
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From your own phone, your Apple Watch, or your PeekSmith, you secretly control the clock on your spectator's phone. They're holding what looks like an ordinary clock: stopwatch, timers, alarms, world clock. Every one of them is yours. ALTER TIME ITSELF A spectator starts a stopwatch on their own phone, in their own hands, and stops it whenever they like. It stops on your number. No sleights, no switches! The phone does the magic for you. BORROW ANY IPHONE, NO INSTALL Nothing to download, no account, no setup on their end. A tap, a QR code, or a link puts your clock on their phone in seconds, and it disappears on its own afterward. Borrowed-phone magic that actually feels organic. FORCE ANY TIME OR NUMBER Five force modes built for real routines: • Manual: land on the exact value you choose • Addition Total: the digits sum to your prediction • Full Time: force a complete minutes-seconds-hundredths reading • Multiple of 9: self-working number math • Lap Times: force the totals across multiple laps And not just the stopwatch: force which city appears in their world clock, the time an alarm is set for, and where a timer lands. REVEAL IT IN THEIR HANDS Turn a quiet force into a visible moment of impossibility. On your secret cue, or when the spectator shakes their phone, waves a hand over it, or touches the screen, the clock they're holding visibly animates to your forced value. Add a delay to time your line, plus a synced 3-2-1 countdown you feel buzz in your hand as it lands, so you can choreograph your magic wave to reveal the time, location, and more. Afterward, everything stays examinable. PEEK EVERYTHING THEY DO, LIVE Your phone quietly mirrors the spectator's screen in real time: every start, stop, lap, alarm, timer, and city they pick. Perfect ammunition for predictions, revelations, and readings, before they even know a trick has started. CONTROL IT ALL FROM YOUR WRIST Run the entire effect from your Apple Watch: arm forces, fire reveals, and peek live values with your phone still in your pocket — or let the watch run the show entirely on its own. MORE THAN A STOPWATCH • Practice Mode — rehearse the full routine offline, anywhere • Rock-solid connectivity: direct device-to-device link with automatic cloud fallback • PeekSmith display support for stage-ready peeks • Your settings and force lists follow you to any device ClockWork is built for working performers. The clock in their hands is yours. This app is for entertainment purposes only.

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Troll Timer

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Troll Timer is a deliberately unpredictable-looking timer prop for comedy videos. The digits can freeze, slow down and count backward while your take follows a repeatable script. FIVE PRESETS Classic counts down one real minute with no tricks. Quick prank adds freezes and reversals within one minute. Long minute, Almost there and One more second stretch the displayed minute across 5, 15 or 30 real minutes. YOUR TIME, YOUR RULES Custom lets you independently choose the displayed time and real duration, from one second to 23:59:59. Turn freezes, reverse counting and slow seconds on or off. Very short takes may be too brief to show every effect. With effects off, the display changes evenly over your chosen real duration. MADE FOR THE SHOT A clean dark screen, clear digits, a simple ring and a subtle Sfoor Labs mark. No captions or popups over your recording. Pause and Reset always work. Repeat the same setup for another take. SIMPLE AND PRIVATE Free. No ads, accounts, purchases or tracking. Works offline. Your settings stay on your device. English by default, with Russian available in Settings. Supports Reduce Motion. This is entertainment software, not a workout, medical or safety timer. The displayed time is intentionally inaccurate in prank and custom scenarios. Stop whenever you need. There is no background alarm. Made by Sfoor Labs.

Screenshots

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading4 screens
Troll Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Troll Timer at none against ClockWork Magic & Mindreading's 1. Troll Timer also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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. ClockWork Magic & Mindreading sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Troll Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
ClockWork Magic & Mindreading versus Troll Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClockWork Magic & MindreadingTroll Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndEtc, Inc.VIACHESLAV ZHILTSOV

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ClockWork Magic & Mindreading

One-time1
  • ClockWork Full Unlock$1000.00
None

Troll Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ClockWork Magic & Mindreading free?
ClockWork Magic & Mindreading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Troll Timer free?
Troll Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ClockWork Magic & Mindreading or Troll Timer have ads?
Neither ClockWork Magic & Mindreading nor Troll Timer shows ads.

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