Minimal Clock vs Clock Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β 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 β’ Clock + Date β time, weekday, and date β’ Clock Only β a large, legible clock β’ Date & Day β the full weekday and date β’ World Clock β your local time plus one or two cities (Pro) β’ World Cities β 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 / β1) 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.
Clock Widget
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Clock Widget gives your Lock Screen a new first impression with a matching pair of hour and minute widgetsβwithout a complicated theme editor. Choose a clock, preview it with the current time, then place the hour and minute widgets side by side on your Lock Screen. FEATURES β’ 54 distinctive clock designs β’ 17 free clocks and one rotating free Pro clock each week β’ 12-hour and 24-hour time β’ Three display styles: digits, colon, and hour/minute units β’ Light and dark Lock Screen previews β’ Manage installed clocks and apply one instantly β’ Step-by-step Lock Screen installation guide 7-DAY TRIAL β’ Use every Pro clock for 7 days β’ Free today β’ No subscription or automatic charge β’ Free clocks and the weekly free Pro clock remain available afterward PRO LIFETIME ACCESS β’ One-time purchase with no subscription β’ Unlock every current Pro clock β’ Includes future Pro clocks β’ Restore purchases with the same Apple Account Clock Widget contains no ads or analytics SDKs. Your selected clocks and app settings stay on your device and in the app's shared container.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Clock Widget at every 5 days against Minimal Clock's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Minimal Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Clock Widget sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Minimal Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, Clock Widget every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minimal Clock | Clock Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yechiel Ben David | JINWOOK HONG |
In-app purchases
Minimal Clock
- World Clock Pro$4.99
Clock Widget
- 7-day TrialFree
- Pro Lifetime Access$2.99
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