Comparison

Antique Analog Clock Widget vs AlwaysOn

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

Head to head
About

Antique Analog Clock Widget

Add a touch of classic elegance to your device's home screen with a customizable analog clock widget. Choose from historical clock tower designs and personalize colors, numerals, and backgrounds with your own photos. Supports seconds display for a complete analog experience.

Highlights
  • Analog clock widget
  • Historical clock tower hands
  • Customizable colors
  • Customizable background image
  • Seconds display support
Features
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Looking for a beautiful, classic clock? All designs are available for free! -- Features -- * Analog clock widget * Historical clock tower hands from around the world * Customize colors for hands, numerals, scale, and background * Customize background image - Use any photo from your device * Supports seconds display -- How to Add a Widget to Your Home Screen -- 1. Touch and hold your home screen, then tap "Edit" in the top-left corner 2. Search for the "Antique Clock" widget 3. Choose your preferred size, then tap "Add Widget"

About

AlwaysOn

Transform a plugged-in iPhone into a convenient desk display. View the time, date, calendar, and weather at a glance. Features a sleep mode for nighttime use and custom display hours.

Highlights
  • Large digital clock display
  • Current date and calendar
  • Upcoming calendar events
  • Local weather forecast
  • Customizable display hours
  • Low-brightness sleep mode
  • Burn-in protection
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful desk and nightstand clock. Free, with no ads and no subscriptions. AlwaysOn shows the time, your calendar, weather and more on a screen you leave docked or propped up, and on your Home Screen and Lock Screen too. START WITH A FINISHED DESIGN • Ready-made layouts, each with its own background • Swipe between layouts, and the background moves with your widgets • Change any of them, or make your own WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN • Clock, with seven faces including Eclipse: the time inside a glowing ring • Time Together, Daylight, Word Clock, Card Clock, Tube Clock, Countdown, Green Room, Moon Phase and Horizon • Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy • Tap ▶ to watch a whole day go by in seconds CLOCKS AND BACKGROUNDS • Digital clocks in eleven styles, including big iPhone-style digits • Clock backgrounds: Lens, Card (split-flap), Tube, Prism, Stone, Shadow and Green Room • Space backgrounds: Tonight's Sky shows the real stars over your city, plus Earthrise, Saturn and Jupiter • Animated and still backgrounds: Earth, Horizon, Moon Phase, Catnap, Soft Flow, Tide and more • Seasonal backgrounds for holidays and festivals MADE FOR NIGHT • Darker nights with a soft amber clock • Day Mode hours, Smart Dimming and burn-in protection • A sunrise alarm that wakes you with light YOUR LAYOUT • Arrange the clock with Calendar, Up Next, Weather, World Clock, Countdown, a Focus timer, Photos and Battery • Separate layouts for portrait and landscape, made for both iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking, no data collected • Available in English, Spanish and Simplified Chinese AlwaysOn turns a screen you're not using into something calm and useful.

Screenshots

Antique Analog Clock Widget3 screens
AlwaysOn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: AlwaysOn at none against Antique Analog Clock Widget's shown. AlwaysOn also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 1). Antique Analog Clock Widget's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Antique Analog Clock Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AlwaysOn has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Antique Analog Clock Widget ships an update every 2 months, AlwaysOn every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Antique Analog Clock Widget versus AlwaysOn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAntique Analog Clock WidgetAlwaysOn
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings122 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMIDORI YOSHIDAWeijin Wang

Customer experience

Antique Analog Clock Widget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AlwaysOn

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Antique Analog Clock Widget

No in-app purchases

None

AlwaysOn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Antique Analog Clock Widget free?
Antique Analog Clock Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AlwaysOn free?
AlwaysOn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Antique Analog Clock Widget or AlwaysOn?
Antique Analog Clock Widget is rated higher. Antique Analog Clock Widget averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while AlwaysOn averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do Antique Analog Clock Widget or AlwaysOn have ads?
Antique Analog Clock Widget shows ads; AlwaysOn does not.
Which is updated more often, Antique Analog Clock Widget or AlwaysOn?
Antique Analog Clock Widget ships an update every 2 months, and AlwaysOn every 4 days. Most recently, Antique Analog Clock Widget was updated on October 31, 2026 and AlwaysOn on November 5, 2026.

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