Comparison

Exact Seconds vs MinSec Clock

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

Head to head
About

Exact Seconds

This utility displays the current time with second-level precision, offering a large, readable clock and customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. It's designed for situations where exact timing is crucial, providing a clean and focused experience without ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Large in-app clock with live seconds
  • Home Screen widget with live seconds
  • Lock Screen widget with live seconds
  • Customizable widget appearance
  • Multiple in-app clock colors
  • Optional in-app date display
Features
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Exact Seconds is a clean, focused clock that shows the current time down to the second. Use it whenever precise timing matters: coordinate an exact moment, check the current second at a glance, or keep a large, easy-to-read clock open on your iPhone. CUSTOMIZABLE LIVE CLOCK Choose the appearance that works best for you. Set the time format, clock color, background, and optional date display directly in the app. LIVE SECONDS WIDGETS Keep the exact time visible without opening the app. Exact Seconds supports Home Screen widgets, a Lock Screen widget, and supported CarPlay displays. Choose from multiple widget sizes and customize their appearance with built-in themes or independent background, time, and date colors. Appearance changes apply to existing widgets without requiring you to remove and add them again. Features: • Large in-app clock with live seconds • Home Screen widgets with live seconds • Lock Screen widget with live seconds • CarPlay widget support • Multiple widget sizes • 12 built-in widget themes • Independent background, time, and date colors • System, 12-hour, and 24-hour time formats • Live seconds preserved in every time format • Multiple in-app clock colors • Black or white in-app background • Optional in-app date display • No account required • No ads • No advertising or cross-app tracking Exact Seconds uses your iPhone system time. For the best accuracy, keep Set Automatically enabled in iOS Date & Time settings. Exact Seconds uses limited anonymous analytics to understand whether widgets remain active over time and to improve widget reliability. This analytics does not use IDFA and is not used for advertising or cross-app tracking.

About

MinSec Clock

Display hours, minutes, and seconds with precision on your iPhone's Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Picture-in-Picture mode. Customize clock faces and time displays for a clear, personalized view.

Highlights
  • Dynamic Island and Lock Screen time display
  • Picture in Picture clock
  • Full-screen desk clock
  • Customizable analog and digital clock faces
  • Choice of accent colors
  • Shortcuts support
Features
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See hours, minutes, and seconds clearly in the app, on the Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island. On supported devices, use Picture in Picture to keep the clock visible over other apps. MinSec combines a precise seconds display, a full-screen desk clock, and customizable clock faces in one clean iPhone app. WHY MINSEC - Dynamic Island and Lock Screen time: show your selected hours, minutes, seconds, and optional fractional seconds with a Live Activity - Picture in Picture clock: keep the clock visible over other apps on supported devices - Lock Screen clock: check the current time without unlocking - Full-screen desk clock: turn your iPhone sideways for a clear landscape display - Analog and digital clock faces: switch styles to suit the moment - Custom time display: choose which hours, minutes, and seconds to show, plus fractional seconds - Detailed time: choose 12- or 24-hour time and display fractional seconds - Personalize the look: use a smooth second hand and a choice of accent colors - Shortcuts support: quickly start or stop the Live Activity - Private by design: no ads, accounts, analytics, or tracking MinSec uses your iPhone's system time and does not require a network connection. Seconds on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island use Live Activities. iOS allows each Live Activity to run for up to 8 hours. On some older iOS versions, it may stop at midnight; restart it to keep displaying the time.

Screenshots

Exact Seconds4 screens
MinSec Clock2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MinSec Clock at 5.0 against Exact Seconds's 4.2. Exact Seconds's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MinSec Clock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exact Seconds has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Exact Seconds ships an update every 2 weeks, MinSec Clock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Exact Seconds versus MinSec Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExact SecondsMinSec Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVagram Malkhasian杰 曹

Customer experience

Exact Seconds

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MinSec Clock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Exact Seconds

No in-app purchases

None

MinSec Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Exact Seconds free?
Exact Seconds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MinSec Clock free?
MinSec Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Exact Seconds or MinSec Clock?
MinSec Clock is rated higher. Exact Seconds averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while MinSec Clock averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Exact Seconds or MinSec Clock have ads?
Neither Exact Seconds nor MinSec Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Exact Seconds or MinSec Clock?
Exact Seconds ships an update every 2 weeks, and MinSec Clock weekly. Most recently, Exact Seconds was updated on October 15, 2026 and MinSec Clock on October 6, 2026.

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