Minimal Clock vs HusKyBoard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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 • 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.
HusKyBoard
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Bring the layout your fingers know to your iPad and iPhone. HusKyBoard supports two-set and three-set Korean layouts, chorded input, and English stenography. Make it your own with adjustable layouts, key sizes, themes, and typing settings. Use your chosen layout with a physical keyboard in the app’s notepad and the typing preview in Settings. Supported Layouts · Korean two-set: Standard Dubeolsik, Danmoeum, Dugeobi, and chorded Dubeolsik · Korean three-set: Sebeolsik 3-90, Final (3-91), and Sinsebeolsik P2 · Semo-e 2018, Semo-e Mobile · QWERTY, Dvorak, Colemak, Workman, Steno, and more One-Handed and Split Modes · Swipe left or right on the space bar for one-handed mode. Available in portrait on iPhone and in either orientation on a full-width iPad keyboard. Steno layouts do not support this mode. · Drag the empty area to adjust the width. On iPad, you can also adjust the position. · Place two fingers on the space bar and spread them apart to split the keyboard. Available in landscape on iPhone and on supported iPad keyboard designs. · Choose whether to keep the keyboard’s height in each mode. Keyboard Designs · Familiar Layout: Based on the standard iPad keyboard. · Physical Keyboard Sizing: Based on a physical keyboard’s key sizes and layout. · Full Key Layout: Keeps all keys in the standard ANSI layout visible, regardless of screen size. · Three iPhone designs: iPhone-style, a uniform 11-column grid, or a grid with Backspace on the bottom row. · Save separate keyboard heights for portrait and landscape. VIA-Style Customization · Edit keys with an editor inspired by VIA. · Save up to 20 custom layouts. · Assign characters or functions across Base, Shift, Fn, Option, and custom layers. · Copy an Option layer preset, then edit individual keys. · Customize Korean composition rules and chord timing per layout. Semo-e layouts also support symbol extension and medial/final Shift editing, plus custom abbreviations. · Export and import layouts to back them up or share them. Appearance and Themes · Choose from three built-in themes and five custom theme slots. · Adjust keyboard and key backgrounds, borders, shadows, and label colors and font weight. · Adjust secondary label size, color, and opacity. · Give initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant keys different background colors to help learn a three-set Korean layout. · Set each theme to light, dark, or automatic mode. Keyboard Sounds (Experimental) · Choose iOS clicks or mechanical keyboard sounds. · Set sounds by key type and preview them. Physical Keyboard Support · Use custom layouts in the notepad and the typing preview in Settings. · By default, Caps Lock switches Korean/English, Control switches chorded/sequential input, Option activates the Option layer, and Option + Backspace deletes a word. · Assign layer switching or other functions to special keys such as Control and Option. Markdown Notepad · Save notes as .md files in a folder you choose, including iCloud Drive. · Markdown syntax is highlighted as you type. · Customize styles for individual Markdown elements. Typing Settings · Choose different layouts for portrait and landscape. · Switch between chorded and sequential input on supported layouts. · Swipe in four directions: choose a layer for each direction and set actions per key in custom layouts. · Adjust chord timing to match your typing speed. · Delete Korean text by character, individual letter (jamo), or a mix of both. · Turn key repeat and Option + Backspace word deletion on or off separately. · Adjust repeat speed, layer hold timing, label size, number row visibility, and the bottom row. · Open the typing preview with the keyboard button in Settings to try your changes. · Use two English steno layouts and Plover JSON dictionaries to turn chords into words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HusKyBoard at none against Minimal Clock's 1. HusKyBoard 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
Both are free to download. Minimal Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HusKyBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Minimal Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, HusKyBoard weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minimal Clock | HusKyBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yechiel Ben David | NAM KYUNG YEO |
In-app purchases
Minimal Clock
- World Clock Pro$4.99
HusKyBoard
No in-app purchases
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