Comparison

Aliner vs Wearclock

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

Head to head
About

Aliner

Features
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Aliner makes wearing aligners calmer: a timer, a journal and honest stats in one beautiful app. No ads, no tracking. ONE-TAP TIMER Take your aligners out — tap the ring. Aliner counts aligners-out time reliably in the background: it survives restarts, time-zone changes and long flights. The lunch reminder tells you when to put them back in. TRAYS & CALENDAR Your current tray, change day and appointments at a glance. Tray-change reminders arrive on their own. Mark the change in one tap on the Now screen, and edit the plan — trays, days per tray, daily wear goal — any time. GUILT-FREE STATS Day, week, month. Aliner celebrates progress instead of lecturing you: every hour of wear counts. A PHOTO DIARY FOR YOUR SMILE A camera with a framing guide and manual crop keep every photo in the same format. Before/after comparison and a full-course timelapse — free and unlimited. Photos stay yours: on device and in your personal iCloud. JOURNAL & AI SUMMARY Tagged notes build an automatic “ask the doctor” list. The AI summary (Aliner+) turns weeks of notes into one short list for your appointment — only with your explicit consent, and photos are never sent. ALINER+ — ONE SUBSCRIPTION Widgets and Live Activity, an Apple Watch app, Siri shortcuts, photo backup in your own iCloud and the AI summary. The yearly plan starts with 7 days free. Everything else — timer, calendar, stats, photo diary, before/after, timelapse, notes — is free forever. PRIVACY, HONESTLY No ads. No tracking. Photos never leave your iCloud. Aliner shows only your own data and gives no medical recommendations — treatment questions belong to your doctor. Terms: nikibstudio.site/terms · Privacy: nikibstudio.site/apps/aline/privacy

About

Wearclock

Features
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Wearclock is a clear aligner tracker and wear timer that counts the time your trays spend out of your mouth, against a daily out-time budget you set. Tap when they come out, tap when they go back in, and see exactly how much out-time is left today. It works offline, with no account and no ads. Most aligner trackers ask you to log the hours you managed to keep your trays in. Wearclock turns that around, because the number you can actually do something about is how long they are out. THE OUT-TIME BUDGET Set a daily budget and the ring counts it down as you eat, drink and brush. When it runs low you find out while the day can still be saved, instead of the morning after. Your day rolls over at 4:00 am rather than midnight, so a late dinner counts against the day you ate it. TRAY SCHEDULE AND CHANGE DAY Every tray in your plan, its dates, and the day you swap to the next one. A tray countdown tells you which tray you are on and how many days are left on it. Started late, skipped a tray, or moved into refinements? Say so once and the tray schedule redoes itself. REMINDERS AND ALARMS One reminder after your trays have been out too long, and one tap ends it. Wearclock never repeats a reminder unless you turn repeat on. The change-day reminder arrives the evening before you swap, so a tray change does not slip past you, and a nightly summary gives you the day's wear time in one line. AN EDITABLE WEAR LOG Forgot to tap? Add the session afterwards. Every entry in the wear log can be edited or deleted, and every number recalculates when you do. A weekly chart puts your wear time against your target, so a bad day is visible while you can still fix it. FREE, FOREVER • The in/out timer and the daily out-time budget • Tray schedule with a change-day reminder • Reminders that respect your Focus settings • A full wear log you can edit, and a backup file you own • Dark and light, and nothing to sign up for WHAT PRO ADDS • Home and lock-screen widgets with the timer and the button • Progress photos with a guide overlay and a compare slider • A wear report as a PDF for your orthodontist • Refinement phases and retainer mode RETAINER MODE When clear aligner treatment ends and the retainer goes in, switch Wearclock over. Retainer wear time is tracked the same way, on a nightly schedule instead of a daily one, so the habit carries on past the last tray. A REPORT YOUR ORTHODONTIST CAN READ The wear report gives your average wear time, streaks and the days you missed, as a PDF you can hand over at your next appointment. Wearclock never rounds a bad month up. It shows what happened, because the person reading it can tell. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE There is no account, no server, no cloud and no analytics. Wearclock reaches the internet for two things only: checking whether you have Pro, and taking a payment. Your backup is one file that you move yourself, and your progress photos stay on your device. WORKS WITH ANY CLEAR ALIGNER BRAND Invisalign®, Spark™, ClearCorrect®, Angel Aligner®, and any other clear aligner or retainer your orthodontist gives you. Not affiliated with Align Technology, Inc. Invisalign® is a registered trademark of Align Technology. Spark™, ClearCorrect® and Angel Aligner® belong to their owners. Wearclock is a timer, not medical advice. Follow your orthodontist's instructions. Terms of Use: https://wearclock.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://wearclock.com/privacy

Screenshots

Aliner4 screens
Wearclock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wearclock at weekly against Aliner's every 3 months. Wearclock also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.1). 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. Aliner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Wearclock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aliner ships an update every 3 months, Wearclock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Aliner versus Wearclock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlinerWearclock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.116.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB58 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBogdan NikishinRigal Tech Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Aliner

Subscriptions2
  • Aliner+ Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Aliner+ Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Aliner+ Lifetime$34.99
3 purchases

Wearclock

Subscriptions2
  • Wearclock Pro$2.991 Month
  • Wearclock Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Wearclock Pro lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Aliner free?
Aliner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wearclock free?
Wearclock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aliner or Wearclock have ads?
Neither Aliner nor Wearclock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aliner or Wearclock?
Aliner ships an update every 3 months, and Wearclock weekly. Most recently, Aliner was updated on October 6, 2026 and Wearclock on October 13, 2026.

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