Comparison

Ambient Time vs CyberPalm

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

Head to head
About

Ambient Time

Features
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Put time where it belongs: on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Mac, or the biggest display in the room. Ambient Time is a native collection of clocks and useful glances. Explore 47 ways to read the moment on iPhone and iPadβ€”from precise word grids and binary displays to astronomy, weather, mathematics, and generative art. ONE HOME FOR EVERY SCREEN The destination-first control center organizes Widgets, Apple Watch, TV & Displays, Clocks, and Instruments. Browse what fits each surface, preview it live, and choose starting defaults without pretending to control system-owned placement. CLOCKS WITH A POINT OF VIEW β€’ Word Clock spells out time in nine languages plus IPA. β€’ Cosmic brings the sun, moon, horizon, and zodiac into one quiet astrolabe. β€’ Tide follows local predictions and highlights the next high or low. β€’ ASCII World Clock wraps global hours around a text-art globe. β€’ Moon Track follows the live lunar phase. β€’ About Time turns optimistic phrases into the hands of a clock. β€’ Inkwell Ledger lets the day unfold as a handwritten journal. β€’ Mandaza draws a generative clock that never repeats exactly. WIDGETS MADE FOR THEIR SPACE Ambient Time groups Home Screen clocks and information widgets by size, so every layout stays clear and useful. Because the Lock Screen already shows Apple's clock, Ambient Time adds context instead: moon phase, golden hour, rain, tides, and poetry in Inline, Circular, and Rectangular forms. A CALMER GLANCE ON APPLE WATCH Choose from six legible clocks in the Watch app. Add nine Smart Stack widgets and complications for tides, rain, forecasts, golden hour, moon phase, world moments, words, compliments, and poetry. MADE FOR THE ROOMβ€”AND THE MAC Apple TV offers a remote-first gallery of Ambient clocks and fixed dashboards. Mac brings the same destination control center to the desktop, including fullscreen Ambient Mode, dashboards, and Desktop or Notification Center widgets. Five global color themes are available where a clock supports them. Weather, sun, moon, and tide features use coarse location only with permission. There are no accounts, ads, subscriptions, or purchases, and location is never used for tracking. Built natively in SwiftUI with Reduce Motion support. Made by Luke Steuber.

About

CyberPalm

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CyberPalm is a PC & game streaming client built for low latency, bringing the computer or console at home to your iPhone and iPad in real time. β–  Ultra-low latency Built on the proven Moonlight / NVIDIA GameStream / Sunshine streaming protocols with H.264 / HEVC hardware decoding β€” on a local network it feels close to native. β–  Controls made for touch Β· Free-form floating virtual gamepad with per-orientation layouts and adjustable opacity Β· Floating virtual keyboard β€” scalable, movable, with a handle that stays out of your way Β· Floating keys: drag any key, stick or shortcut wherever your fingers like Β· One-tap switch between touch and mouse modes β–  Desktop-class control (with a Mac host) Β· Toggle a virtual secondary display and move windows onto it with one tap Β· Quick-switch between physical displays 1 / 2 / 3 Β· Full keyboard mapping and custom shortcuts β–  AR glasses & external displays Plug in display-capable AR glasses (XREAL, Rokid, …) or connect a TV β€” the stream fills the big screen while your phone becomes the trackpad and motion controller. β–  Simple pairing Hosts on the same network are discovered automatically β€” enter a PIN once, then connect with one tap. Requirements: CyberPalm works together with Sunshine running on your computer (free & open source, Windows / macOS / Linux). Setup instructions and download links are in the in-app guide and support page. CyberPalm collects no personal data. All streaming happens directly between your own devices and your host. β€” CyberPalm is an independent client built on the open Moonlight/Sunshine streaming stack.

Screenshots

Ambient Time4 screens
CyberPalm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ambient Time at Free against CyberPalm's $0.99. Ambient Time also leads on device support (5 vs 3). CyberPalm's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Ambient Time is free to download; CyberPalm costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ambient Time ships an update every 6 days, CyberPalm every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Ambient Time versus CyberPalm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmbient TimeCyberPalm
PriceFree β€” better$0.99
Update frequencyEvery 6 days β€” betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size25 MB19 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLanguageCraft璐敏 ι»„

In-app purchases

None

Ambient Time

No in-app purchases

None

CyberPalm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ambient Time free?
Ambient Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CyberPalm free?
CyberPalm costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ambient Time or CyberPalm have ads?
Neither Ambient Time nor CyberPalm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ambient Time or CyberPalm?
Ambient Time ships an update every 6 days, and CyberPalm every 9 days. Most recently, Ambient Time was updated on October 28, 2026 and CyberPalm on October 31, 2026.

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