Comparison

Glitch Clock vs Marblescape

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

Head to head
About

Glitch Clock

Features
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Hamon turns your screen into a calm pool of water. Tap to drop a ripple and watch it spread, interfere with others, and reflect off the edges — a real fluid simulation, not a looping animation. Switch to ink and stir colors together with your finger: indigo, vermilion and viridian blend the way real ink does in water, then slowly sink and fade. WATCH A living water surface you can touch. Leave it be and ripples appear on their own. CLOCK The time floats on the water, gently distorted by every ripple. Choose a calm water surface or flowing ink behind it. CREATE Adjust the flow — distance, waves, ink density, swirl — and save your own patterns. Designed to be quiet. The interface fades away so only the water remains. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Everything stays on your device.

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Marblescape

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A wooden marble run that builds itself and goes on forever. Marblescape is an app for simply watching it roll. Dominoes, seesaws, a xylophone, a loop-the-loop: 21 gadgets link up at random, right before your eyes. A striped marble rolls, bounces and spins its way through, and the camera follows quietly behind. It isn’t a video on repeat. Your device draws every moment live, in real time. OPEN IT, AND IT’S ALREADY ROLLING • Behind the title screen, the marble is already on its way. Tap Start and the buttons slip away, leaving just the marble run. • It moves like the real thing: faster downhill, riding up the outside of curves, bouncing down steps. • New gadgets keep appearing ahead, so there’s always something about to happen. • Every launch builds a different course. 21 GADGETS On the way down: Switchbacks, Helix, Bouncy Stairs, Xylophone, Pin Board, Flip Ladder, Dominoes, Log Roll, Ball Row, Hammer, Spiral Funnel, Seesaw, Trapeze, Hoop Jump, Wave Rail, Halfpipe and Loop-the-Loop. Carrying the marble back up: Elevator, Spring Launcher, Screw Lift and Domino Staircase. WATCH IT YOUR WAY • Spread two fingers to move in, and the marble comes to the center. Pinch to pull back and take in the whole run. • Drag to swing around the run, or look straight down from above. • Double-tap to return to the usual view. • Tilt the device and the camera drifts around a little, then settles back on its own. • Tap once for a small Back button. LEAVE IT RUNNING • Lay a digital clock over the run: six typefaces, with any size, opacity and position. The date is written the way your region writes it. • Turn on Keep screen on, and the screen won’t lock while you watch. • When your device warms up or Low Power Mode is on, Marblescape lowers the resolution slightly to keep things smooth. AFTER DARK (EXPERIMENTAL) Choose Night under Appearance in Settings. The world turns deep blue under the moon, lanterns beside the rails light the course with a soft, candle-like flicker, and dust in the air catches the light now and then. The same gadgets, with a whole new mood. WHERE IT FITS • For kids who love marble runs: a toy that never needs rebuilding. • On a desk or a bedside table: something calm, moving quietly at the edge of your vision. • At bedtime: dim the lights and let the night scene play quietly. • For fans of gadgets and contraptions: a little world of physics in the palm of your hand. FOR EVERY SCREEN Built natively for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, in portrait and landscape. On iPhone Duo, the run fills the outer screen when closed and the large inner screen when open, with the buttons kept clear of the fold. FREE. TIPS WELCOME Every gadget and every setting is free. No ads, no account, no data collected. If you enjoy it, you can leave the developer a tip from Settings. Making videos? Marblescape Pro, the same marble run for Final Cut Pro and Motion, is coming soon. More: https://www.gyuniku.jp/apps/marblescape.php

Screenshots

Glitch Clock3 screens
Marblescape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glitch Clock at none against Marblescape's 3. Glitch Clock also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Marblescape's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads 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. Marblescape sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Glitch Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glitch Clock ships an update every 10 days, Marblescape every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Glitch Clock versus Marblescape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlitch ClockMarblescape
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyoma YanagimotoKentaro Saito

In-app purchases

None

Glitch Clock

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Marblescape

One-time3
  • A Cookie for the Developer$1.99
  • A Coffee for the Developer$4.99
  • Lunch for the Developer$9.99

Questions

Is Glitch Clock free?
Glitch Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marblescape free?
Marblescape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glitch Clock or Marblescape have ads?
Neither Glitch Clock nor Marblescape shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glitch Clock or Marblescape?
Glitch Clock ships an update every 10 days, and Marblescape every 3 days. Most recently, Glitch Clock was updated on October 31, 2026 and Marblescape on October 26, 2026.

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