Minimal Clock vs MNML
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Minimal Clock
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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 โข Clock + Date โ time, weekday, and date โข Clock Only โ a large, legible clock โข Date & Day โ the full weekday and date โข World Clock โ your local time plus one or two cities (Pro) โข World Cities โ 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 / โ1) 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.
MNML
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MNML is a collection of beautifully designed, ready-to-use widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Designed for people who love clean, distraction-free iPhone setups. Add clocks, calendars, year progress, date and health widgets that make your iPhone feel clean and intentional. No setup. No templates. Just beautifully designed widgets. Ready to use. MINIMAL WIDGETS FOR EVERY DAY โ Clock widgets โ bold digital clocks, dot clocks, ring clocks, block clocks and more โ Calendar widgets โ see today, the date or a full month at a glance โ Progress widgets โ track your day, week, month and year progress with dots, bars, lines and rings โ Apple Health widgets โ show steps or heart rate from Apple Health โ Lock Screen widgets โ keep your date, calendar, progress or steps close by FOR A CLEANER HOME SCREEN MNML is not a widget maker. You do not need to create a layout, design a theme or dig through hundreds of templates. Every widget is thoughtfully designed to look great on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Pick a design, choose the look and type style you like, then add it to your iPhone. MAKE IT YOURS โ Explore 49 ready-to-use widgets across clocks, calendars, progress and health. โ Choose from 22 carefully selected fonts. โ Choose from four beautiful widget styles: White, Gray, Black or Gradient Black. MINIMAL. AESTHETIC. READY TO ADD. Whether you want a minimal clock widget, an aesthetic calendar widget, a year progress widget, a simple date widget or a clean steps widget, MNML gives you a focused collection built for everyday glances. HOW TO ADD WIDGETS 1. Find a minimal widget you like in MNML. 2. Long-press your iPhone Home Screen or Lock Screen. 3. Add MNML Widgets and choose your design. MNML Pro unlocks the full collection of minimal widgets and future additions. Purchase options are shown clearly in the app before you buy. Support: https://minimalwidgets.com/support Privacy Policy: https://minimalwidgets.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Minimal Clock and MNML are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Minimal Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MNML sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Minimal Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, MNML every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minimal Clock | MNML |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yechiel Ben David | Srivishnu Ramakrishnan |
In-app purchases
Minimal Clock
- World Clock Pro$4.99
MNML
- Minimal Widgets Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
- Minimal Widgets Pro Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Minimal Widgets Pro Lifetime$9.99









