Comparison

JiaClock vs Hanzi Clock

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

Head to head
About

JiaClock

Features
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JiaClock is an aesthetic clock app designed to be beautiful, practical, and distraction-free. Make time more than just numbers in the corner of the screen. Turn it into part of your desk, bedside, and moments of focus. 【Perfect For】 Focus Sessions · Bedside Display · Home Office · Home Screen Decoration 【Main Features】 • Digital Clock — Large immersive display, perfect for focused work and bedside use • Flip Clock — Classic flip-card design blending vintage and modern aesthetics • Transparent Clock — Overlay the clock on a live camera view with a glassmorphism interface. All camera content is previewed locally only and is never recorded or uploaded • Hourglass Clock — Watch flowing sand record the passage of your day • World Clock — Somewhere in the world, another sunrise or sunset is happening right now • Couple Clock — Share the same moment with someone special, view each other's local time, and keep memories of your shared moments 【Widgets】 • Small, Medium, and Large widget sizes • Sync with in-app settings • One-tap home screen customization • Minute-based updates for lower distraction and better battery life 【Personalization】 • Multiple beautiful themes • Flexible combinations of 12/24-hour format, seconds, date, and weekday display • Custom slogans to create your own sense of time and ritual 【Languages】 English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean 【Pro Features】 • Use your own photos as Digital Clock backgrounds • Use your own photos as Flip Clock backgrounds • Automatically unlock future premium clock styles JiaClock. Quiet focus, right now. 使用条款(Terms of Use): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ 隐私政策(Privacy Policy): http://www.jdarray.com/privacy/privacy.html

About

Hanzi Clock

Features
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Some watches tell the time in Chinese numerals. Now your iPhone can too. Hanzi Clock is a set of analog clock widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. Each dial is drawn the way a watch dial is made: brushed steel, jade, a deep-blue wave pattern, or a plain colour, with the hours written in Chinese numerals. TEN DIALS • Five plain colours: white, teal, black, red and yellow • Five textured dials: silver, jade, ocean blue, crimson and earth SEVEN WAYS TO WRITE THE HOURS From the everyday numerals to the formal ones used on cheques and banknotes, and the Suzhou numerals once used in Hong Kong's markets. Every style is written correctly, and scripts are never mixed on one dial. WIDGETS • Small, medium and large sizes; the medium and large widgets add a calendar: month, week, flip calendar, moon phase or solar term • Lock Screen: today's lunar date, and a dial wallpaper that moves to the new numeral every hour • StandBy, with a night face that is easy on the eyes • A seconds hand that ticks once a second • Each widget can have its own dial: long-press, then Edit Widget ALSO INSIDE • A watch-setting screen that shows the time to the second and marks each full minute, for setting a mechanical watch • The 24 solar terms of the Chinese calendar, and the lunar date at a glance FREE TO TRY The white dial with the everyday numerals and the month calendar is free. One purchase unlocks every dial, numeral style and calendar, for everyone in your Family Sharing group. No subscription, no account. Available in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.

Screenshots

JiaClock4 screens
Hanzi Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

JiaClock and Hanzi Clock are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. JiaClock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Hanzi Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JiaClock ships an update every 4 days, Hanzi Clock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
JiaClock versus Hanzi Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJiaClockHanzi Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB216 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Boshujia Technology Co., LtdDerick Tsang

In-app purchases

3 purchases

JiaClock

Subscriptions2
  • Xiaojia Clock Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Xiaojia Clock Pro Yearly$0.991 Year
One-time1
  • Xiaojia Clock Pro Lifetime$1.99
1 purchases

Hanzi Clock

One-time1
  • Full Version$5.99

Questions

Is JiaClock free?
JiaClock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hanzi Clock free?
Hanzi Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do JiaClock or Hanzi Clock have ads?
Neither JiaClock nor Hanzi Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JiaClock or Hanzi Clock?
JiaClock ships an update every 4 days, and Hanzi Clock every 3 days. Most recently, JiaClock was updated on November 10, 2026 and Hanzi Clock on October 31, 2026.

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