Comparison

Clockffiti vs Kaikoku

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

Head to head
About

Clockffiti

Features
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Make time feel personal. Clockffiti turns your handwriting into custom clock widgets, focus timers, countdowns and full-screen desk clocks. Draw the digits 0-9 once, choose a style you like, then let your own numbers follow you across iPhone, iPad and Mac. Create a clock that feels like yours Use hand-drawn numbers, analog clock faces, digital time layouts, soft doodle themes, scrapbook styles, cyber looks, retro pixels and more. Your clock can be playful, calm, minimal or bright. Custom widgets for everyday time Put your handwritten clock on the Home Screen, Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Check the time, your next focus session or a countdown without opening the app. Focus timers and countdowns Use 15, 25 or 45 minute focus sessions, Pomodoro-style timers, reminders, tasks and countdowns with the same digits you drew yourself. Full-screen desk clock Turn your iPhone, iPad or Mac into a personal desk clock for studying, working, relaxing, bedside time or a cozy workspace. Made for iPad and Mac Enjoy a larger canvas for drawing digits, browsing themes, previewing widgets and keeping a beautiful full-screen clock nearby while you work. Why Clockffiti is different Most clock apps give you another default style. Clockffiti lets you make the numbers yourself, then reuse them everywhere time appears. One-time Pro unlock. No subscription. No ads.

About

Kaikoku

This app reimagines a pocket watch as a magical artifact, featuring zodiac arcana, solar arts, and seal-curses. It also functions as a real-time utility with alarms, timers, and a chronograph, integrating with Apple Watch and other device features.

Highlights
  • Magical pocket watch interface
  • Zodiac arcana and solar arts
  • Face ID security for forbidden curses
  • Real-time alarms and hourglass timer
  • Chronograph with Live Activities
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Widgets and StandBy mode
Features
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Kaikoku is a classic ร— chuuni pocket-watch alarm app โ€” built from a notebook the developer wrote in junior high and rediscovered decades later. An antique pocket watch hangs from a real-physics chain in your palm. Snap the hunter lid shut and power gathers; open it and the day is unsealed. By night, wind the dial to cast one of twelve zodiac arcana. By day the sun seals your sorcery โ€” six solar arts answer instead. Shut the lid and wind, and six seal-curses act upon the lid itself. Rites await: cover the sensor to summon a fleeting night; touch a torn page of forbidden curses and the watch examines its keeper by Face ID โ€” the owner unseals the chapter, while a stranger is shown a magic circle bearing an inviting sigil. Spin too far โ€” thirty-six turns, one full day of the arcane world โ€” and the chain sunders, until you resummon the watch by rite. It keeps real time too: alarms with six bells, a magic hourglass timer, a chronograph with Live Activities, an Apple Watch companion that resonates with your pocket watch, widgets, StandBy, and a wall-pinned grimoire recording your deeds and chants. On iPhone Duo the watch follows the fold: closed, open or half-folded, the dial and its chambers arrange themselves to suit each pose. Every spell, art, and bell is free. Ads help keep the watch wound โ€” forge the Pact (lifelong or monthly) to still them for good, or invoke a brief Farsight rite to send them away for a while. Time is no stream, but an illusion dwelling in the heart. The one true magic is to carve the now. Privacy Policy: https://kaikoku.cavemen.jp/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://kaikoku.cavemen.jp/terms.html

Screenshots

Clockffiti4 screens
Kaikoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Clockffiti at none against Kaikoku's shown. Clockffiti also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Kaikoku's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Clockffiti sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Kaikoku sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clockffiti ships an update every 6 days, Kaikoku every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Clockffiti versus Kaikoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClockffitiKaikoku
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetizationโ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size30 MB88 MB
Age rating4++4
Developerไบฎไบฎ ๅฐนๆ ชๅผไผš็คพCavemen.jp

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Clockffiti

Subscriptions2
  • Clockffiti Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Clockffiti Pro Yearly3 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Clockffiti Pro Lifetime$9.99
6 purchases

Kaikoku

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Pact$0.491 Month
One-time5
  • Incense Offering (Small)$0.49
  • Invited Pact$1.99
  • Lifetime Pact$2.99
Show 2 more
  • Incense Offering (Fine)$2.99
  • Incense Offering (Grand)$5.99

Questions

Is Clockffiti free?
Clockffiti is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kaikoku free?
Kaikoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clockffiti or Kaikoku have ads?
Kaikoku shows ads; Clockffiti does not.
Which is updated more often, Clockffiti or Kaikoku?
Clockffiti ships an update every 6 days, and Kaikoku every 2 days. Most recently, Clockffiti was updated on October 25, 2026 and Kaikoku on November 1, 2026.

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