Comparison

Bathyal vs Clock Widget

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

Head to head
About

Bathyal

Features
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Bathyal is a clepsydra β€” an ancient water clock β€” rebuilt for the deep sea. In the bathyal zone there is no day or night. No sunrise, no shadow, nothing to set a clock by. The only light is made by living things. Bathyal is the instrument that keeps time down there: a face of glowing concentric channels where every drop is a second, and time is material. Watch it work: β€’ Each second forms as a drop at the heartbeat and joins the ring β€’ A full ring of seconds distills into one minute β€” and pours, visibly, down into the next channel β€’ Minutes pour into hours, hours into the day's two halves, days into months β€” at midnight the whole cascade runs at once β€’ Once a year, the last drop of December sinks past the digits into the abyss, unmeasured Make it yours: β€’ Solid bands or beaded drops, sweeping or pulsing motion β€’ 24-hour or 12-hour time β€” 12-hour splits the hours at the meridian into a morning ring and an afternoon ring β€’ Calendar rings for the month and year, or a Monday-first week ring whose weeks are spent, not kept β€’ Run the midnight cascade demo any time from the settings On your wrist: β€’ A full-screen water clock for Apple Watch β€” seconds, minutes, and hours in the same adjacent channels β€’ Add Bathyal as a complication; the live rings sit on any face and rewrite themselves as the day moves. No two times look the same β€” that is the instrument, not a hand on a circle β€’ Hold the Watch face for settings. Pulse or sweep, 12- or 24-hour time, and an optional Monday-first weekday ring. Hours, motion, and the week calendar also travel from the gear on iPhone On the Lock Screen: β€’ Add Bathyal as a Lock Screen widget β€” live rings, a different pattern for every minute, the same figure as the Watch complication β€’ Hours, motion, and the weekday ring follow from the gear Quiet by design: β€’ Completely free, no accounts, no ads, no tracking β€” it never connects to anything β€’ Works fully offline β€’ Keeps the screen awake on a desk or bedside table If the instrument keeps good time for you, you can send a drop β€” a small tip β€” and the face answers with the benefactor tinctures: other colors of bioluminescence, and a single grain of sand set on the seabed of the dial. Drops become months.

About

Clock Widget

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Clock Widget gives your Lock Screen a new first impression with a matching pair of hour and minute widgetsβ€”without a complicated theme editor. Choose a clock, preview it with the current time, then place the hour and minute widgets side by side on your Lock Screen. FEATURES β€’ 54 distinctive clock designs β€’ 17 free clocks and one rotating free Pro clock each week β€’ 12-hour and 24-hour time β€’ Three display styles: digits, colon, and hour/minute units β€’ Light and dark Lock Screen previews β€’ Manage installed clocks and apply one instantly β€’ Step-by-step Lock Screen installation guide 7-DAY TRIAL β€’ Use every Pro clock for 7 days β€’ Free today β€’ No subscription or automatic charge β€’ Free clocks and the weekly free Pro clock remain available afterward PRO LIFETIME ACCESS β€’ One-time purchase with no subscription β€’ Unlock every current Pro clock β€’ Includes future Pro clocks β€’ Restore purchases with the same Apple Account Clock Widget contains no ads or analytics SDKs. Your selected clocks and app settings stay on your device and in the app's shared container.

Screenshots

Bathyal4 screens
Clock Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clock Widget at every 5 days against Bathyal's every 10 days. Bathyal's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Bathyal sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Clock Widget sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bathyal ships an update every 10 days, Clock Widget every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Bathyal versus Clock Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBathyalClock Widget
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStephen ZinnJINWOOK HONG

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bathyal

One-time3
  • Tip Small$1.99
  • Drop: The Benefactor's Drop$2.99
  • Large: A Current$9.99
2 purchases

Clock Widget

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • Pro Lifetime Access$2.99

Questions

Is Bathyal free?
Bathyal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clock Widget free?
Clock Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bathyal or Clock Widget have ads?
Neither Bathyal nor Clock Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bathyal or Clock Widget?
Bathyal ships an update every 10 days, and Clock Widget every 5 days. Most recently, Bathyal was updated on November 5, 2026 and Clock Widget on October 31, 2026.

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