Comparison

Minimal Clock vs Exact Seconds

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

Head to head
About

Minimal Clock

Features
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Minimal Clock puts a real retro digital clock on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. It is the authentic 7-segment LCD look, not a plain font dressed up to resemble one. THE LOOK The time is drawn in a true DSEG7 7-segment typeface with a "ghost segments" effect: the unlit segments sit faintly behind the lit digits, exactly like a physical digital clock. FIVE WIDGETS • Clock + Date — time, weekday, and date • Clock Only — a large, legible clock • Date & Day — the full weekday and date • World Clock — your local time plus one or two cities (Pro) • World Cities — up to three cities, no local clock (Pro) WORLD CLOCK Keep other time zones on your Home Screen. The city picker searches every time zone, shows each city's UTC offset, and marks a day difference (+1 / −1) for cities already on tomorrow or still on yesterday. FIVE THEMES, TWO FONTS Pick a theme for each widget: Dark, Light, Clear (transparent), Green (retro VFD), or Red (retro LED). Choose the LCD (Retro) 7-segment font or a monospace Terminal font. Every placed widget can look different. COLORS, LABEL, AND NIGHT MODE (PRO) Five display colors sit on top of any theme: amber, ice blue, cyan, violet, and rose. Add a short label of your own under the clock. Switch on night mode and the StandBy clock dims to a soft red, so it won't light up a dark room. WHEREVER YOU NEED THE TIME Small and Medium on the Home Screen, rectangular, circular, and inline Lock Screen widgets, and StandBy support so it works as a bedside desk clock. The world clocks come in Small, Medium and rectangular. The clock follows your device's 12/24-hour and first-day-of-week settings, and the date and weekday follow your locale. City names are shown in English. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Minimal Clock Pro is one purchase, not a subscription. The three core clock widgets, all five themes, both fonts, Lock Screen, and StandBy stay free. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no network, no tracking, no data collection. Nothing leaves your device.

About

Exact Seconds

This utility displays the current time with second-level precision, offering a large, readable clock and customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. It's designed for situations where exact timing is crucial, providing a clean and focused experience without ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Large in-app clock with live seconds
  • Home Screen widget with live seconds
  • Lock Screen widget with live seconds
  • Customizable widget appearance
  • Multiple in-app clock colors
  • Optional in-app date display
Features
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Exact Seconds is a clean, focused clock that shows the current time down to the second. Use it when timing matters: coordinating a precise moment, tracking time-sensitive tasks, checking the current second at a glance, or keeping a large readable seconds clock open on your iPhone. Features: Large in-app clock with live seconds Home Screen widget with live seconds Lock Screen widget with live seconds Stable widget time format: HH:mm:ss Widget color, background, and date options 12-hour, 24-hour, or system time format in the app Multiple in-app clock colors Black or white in-app background Optional in-app date display No account required No ads No tracking The main app gives you a customizable full-screen seconds clock. Widgets use a system-rendered live 24-hour seconds display so they can update reliably on the Home Screen and Lock Screen. Exact Seconds uses your iPhone system time and does not require an account, collect personal data, show ads, or track you. For best accuracy, keep Set Automatically enabled in iOS Date & Time settings.

Screenshots

Minimal Clock4 screens
Exact Seconds3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Exact Seconds at none against Minimal Clock's 1. Exact Seconds also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Minimal Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Exact Seconds asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minimal Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, Exact Seconds weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and July 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Minimal Clock versus Exact Seconds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimal ClockExact Seconds
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYechiel Ben DavidVagram Malkhasian

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Minimal Clock

One-time1
  • World Clock Pro$4.99
None

Exact Seconds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minimal Clock free?
Minimal Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Exact Seconds free?
Exact Seconds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minimal Clock or Exact Seconds have ads?
Neither Minimal Clock nor Exact Seconds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minimal Clock or Exact Seconds?
Minimal Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, and Exact Seconds weekly. Most recently, Minimal Clock was updated on September 8, 2026 and Exact Seconds on July 22, 2026.

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