Comparison

Clock Stand vs AlwaysOn

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

Head to head
About

Clock Stand

Features
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Clock Stand turns your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful, always-on clock for your desk or nightstand — and it's completely free. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. No catch. Just a gorgeous clock. A DOZEN GORGEOUS THEMES Make it yours and match any room — switch live, day or night: • Digital faces — Midnight, Paper, Sunset, Forest, retro Nixie, soft Ambient, and a split-flap Departures board • Artistic analog faces — Bauhaus, Aurora, Eclipse, Porcelain, and Helios • Subtle gradients and lighting: refined and modern, never garish • Big, legible time in portrait or landscape WAKE TO THE WEATHER Our signature feature: don't just wake at a set time — wake to the sky. Create a custom weather alarm that goes off when the weather turns to rain, snow, fog, thunderstorms, wind and more. Pick the condition, and Clock Stand watches the sky for you. You won't find this on your stock clock. ALARMS THAT WORK • Dependable alarms that ring even when the screen sleeps • Snooze and repeat, with in-app Stop and Snooze • See your next 24 hours of alarms right on the clock • Suggest a wake-up time from your Health sleep ALWAYS-ON, YOUR WAY • Keeps the screen awake while it's on its stand • Battery-aware: let it sleep below a set level, or stay on only while charging • Brightness slider — or just swipe left/right to dim • Auto-dim when a Focus such as Sleep is active WEATHER AT A GLANCE • Current conditions and temperature from Apple Weather • Completely optional — turn it off anytime WIDGETS • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and a Control Center toggle • Themed to match your clock MADE FOR EVERYONE • iPhone and iPad, portrait or landscape • Available in 9 languages Free, forever. No ads, no in-app purchases, no sign-up — just a beautiful clock for your space. Weather data provided by Weather.

About

AlwaysOn

Transform a plugged-in iPhone into a convenient desk display. View the time, date, calendar, and weather at a glance. Features a sleep mode for nighttime use and custom display hours.

Highlights
  • Large digital clock display
  • Current date and calendar
  • Upcoming calendar events
  • Local weather forecast
  • Customizable display hours
  • Low-brightness sleep mode
  • Burn-in protection
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful desk and nightstand clock. Free, with no ads and no subscriptions. AlwaysOn shows the time, your calendar, weather and more on a screen you leave docked or propped up, and now on your Home Screen and Lock Screen too. WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN • Time Together, Daylight, Word Clock, Card Clock, Tube Clock, Countdown, Green Room, Moon Phase and Horizon • Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy • Tap ▶ to watch a whole day go by in seconds CLOCKS AND BACKGROUNDS • Digital clocks in eight styles, including big iPhone-style digits • Clock backgrounds: Lens, Card (split-flap), Tube, Prism, Stone, Shadow and Green Room • Animated and still backgrounds: Earth, Horizon, Moon Phase, Catnap, Soft Flow, Tide and more • Seasonal backgrounds for holidays and festivals MADE FOR NIGHT • Darker nights with a soft amber clock • Day Mode hours, Smart Dimming and burn-in protection • A sunrise alarm that wakes you with light YOUR LAYOUT • Arrange the clock with Calendar, Up Next, Weather, World Clock, Countdown, Photos and Battery • Separate layouts for portrait and landscape, made for both iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking, no data collected • Available in English, Spanish and Simplified Chinese AlwaysOn turns a screen you're not using into something calm and useful.

Screenshots

Clock Stand4 screens
AlwaysOn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AlwaysOn at 17.6 against Clock Stand's 26.0. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Clock Stand versus AlwaysOn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock StandAlwaysOn
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandar PecanovWeijin Wang

In-app purchases

None

Clock Stand

No in-app purchases

None

AlwaysOn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clock Stand free?
Clock Stand is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AlwaysOn free?
AlwaysOn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clock Stand or AlwaysOn have ads?
Neither Clock Stand nor AlwaysOn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clock Stand or AlwaysOn?
Clock Stand ships an update every 4 days, and AlwaysOn every 4 days. Most recently, Clock Stand was updated on October 6, 2026 and AlwaysOn on October 24, 2026.

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