Comparison

Clock Rings vs Until

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

Head to head
About

Clock Rings

This app displays both decimal and standard time side-by-side, ideal for shift workers. It allows for easy time tracking of tours, breaks, and end-of-shift, with detailed reports on hours and pay estimates. Proactive alerts help manage overtime and missed clock-ins.

Highlights
  • Decimal and standard time display
  • Shift and break tracking
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly reports
  • Pay estimate with custom rates
  • Overtime and missed clock-out alerts
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Clock Rings shows your shift at a glance — a dual clock with decimal hours and standard time side by side, built for postal and shift workers who live on a decimal-hour timecard. The whole core is free; an optional one-time Clock Rings Pro unlock adds autopilot and the payroll tools. CLOCK & RINGS • Decimal and standard time together on a clean ring face • Home and Lock Screen widgets, and Apple Watch faces & complications • Live Activities on the Lock Screen, the Dynamic Island, and CarPlay • Your accent color, light/dark, bold, and adjustable text size TRACK YOUR TOUR • Punch Begin Tour, Out/In to Lunch, breaks, and End Tour • Punch from anywhere — Live Activity buttons, widgets, Control Center, the Action Button, or your Apple Watch (even with your phone stowed) • Edit or backfill any punch — forgot to clock out, or clocked in late? Fix it after • Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch through your own iCloud AUTO CLOCK RINGS — AUTOPILOT (Clock Rings Pro) • Let the app punch your whole tour for you — Begin Tour, lunch, and End Tour at your scheduled times, exactly as if you'd tapped them • Follows your Weekly Plan, and only on your scheduled workdays — never a day off, holiday, leave day, or while Time Off is on • Punch, edit, or delete anything by hand anytime KNOW YOUR HOURS & PAY • Reports by day, week, pay period, month, and year — overtime broken into regular, overtime, and penalty, your way (8h/10h/40h or weekly-only) • Pay Estimate (Pro): enter YOUR rates (the app never assumes a number) for an estimated gross from your tracked hours, plus Deductions for an estimated take-home • Earnings Statement Compare (Pro): paste your statement from ePayroll and check it against what you tracked — hours, gross, net, every deduction, and leave balances • Export reports and build a custom PDF (Pro); basic on-screen totals stay free • Leave & balances — Annual, Sick, and more, with optional accrual; the federal holidays count automatically OPERATIONS (Clock Rings Pro) • Clock your tour against TACS operation numbers and move between operations mid-tour • See where your hours went in the Operations Report • Look up what any operation covers — the full text of USPS Handbook M-32, Appendix A (April 2026), searchable by number, title, or any word STAY AHEAD • Proactive overtime alerts before you cross 8h, 10h, or your weekly threshold • Forgot-to-clock-out reminder, plus alarms for every part of your tour • Pause alarms for leave, holidays, and scheduled days off — and they turn back on by themselves • Ask Siri your hours and overtime forecast, plus Shortcuts actions ON YOUR TERMS • Your data stays on your devices and your private iCloud — no account, no ads, no tracking • Backup & Restore — export everything to a file and bring it back • Reconcile with your USPS Virtual Timecard by pasting it in — nothing is uploaded Clock Rings Pro is a one-time purchase (no subscription) and is Family Sharing–ready. Clock Rings is independent and is not affiliated with the United States Postal Service.

About

Until

Features
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Some days deserve more than a line in your calendar. Until turns the moments you're waiting for — a trip, a birthday, a wedding, the last day of school — into beautiful full-screen posters you'll actually want to open. Your next big day fills the screen: hand-painted art, a bold number, and the exact date it lands. Calm, uncluttered, and quietly motivating. BEAUTIFUL BY DEFAULT • A full-screen art poster for every countdown • 50+ hand-painted backgrounds — birthdays, travel, weddings, holidays and more • Or set your own photo behind any event • A warm, dusk-inspired design that never feels cluttered MORE THAN A NUMBER • Milestones mark the journey — the halfway point, the final week, the big day — with a progress bar, so the wait feels alive • Count up from a date too ("days since") • Recurring birthdays and anniversaries that never need resetting RIGHT ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Beautiful widgets keep your next day in sight without opening the app • Small, medium, and featured sizes COUNT DOWN TOGETHER • Share any countdown with a short code — everyone follows the same day, on their own phone • Perfect for trips, weddings, and group plans EFFORTLESS TO FILL • Import birthdays from Contacts or events from your Calendar in a tap • Gentle reminders so the day never sneaks up on you YOURS, AND PRIVATE • Everything lives on your device — no account required Count down to what matters. Make the wait beautiful. Until Pro unlocks custom photo backgrounds, the featured home-screen widget, and more, as a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock.

Screenshots

Clock Rings4 screens
Until4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clock Rings at weekly against Until's every 3 weeks. Until's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Clock Rings sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Until sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clock Rings ships an update weekly, Until every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Clock Rings versus Until: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock RingsUntil
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric RogersKAI HANA LLC

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Clock Rings

One-time6
  • Quick$0.99
  • Nice$1.99
  • Great$4.99
Show 3 more
  • Clock Rings Pro$9.99
  • Amazing$9.99
  • Legendary$19.99
1 purchases

Until

One-time1
  • Until Pro (Lifetime)$14.99

Questions

Is Clock Rings free?
Clock Rings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Until free?
Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clock Rings or Until have ads?
Neither Clock Rings nor Until shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clock Rings or Until?
Clock Rings ships an update weekly, and Until every 3 weeks. Most recently, Clock Rings was updated on October 20, 2026 and Until on October 8, 2026.

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