Comparison

Binary Clock vs Clock Widget

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

Head to head
About

Binary Clock

Features
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Binary Clock turns your iPhone into a beautiful binary timepiece for your desk, nightstand, or a charging dock in landscape. Read the time the elegant way. Six columns of glowing dots show the hours, minutes, and seconds in binary, floating on a pane of Liquid Glass over slow, living artwork. LIVING BACKGROUNDS Swipe through a gallery of hand-built backgrounds that drift, glow, and breathe: - Aurora, a living color gradient - Cosmos, deep nebula with a twinkling starfield - Borealis, northern lights over a starry sky - Horizon, a cinematic sunset - Ridges, misty layered mountains - Mercury, flowing liquid metal - Artwork, an editorial sun over hills - Contemporary, minimal drifting light - Pattern, a pulsing halftone wave MADE FOR STANDBY Leave it running while charging and the screen stays awake with a calm, always-on display. A matching widget brings the binary clock to StandBy and your Lock Screen. BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN - A Liquid Glass clock face with refractive, glassy dots - Live local weather and the date - Clean controls that fade away on their own - Portrait and landscape, iPhone and iPad NEW TO BINARY? It is easy. Each column is one digit. A lit dot counts, from top to bottom, as 8, 4, 2, and 1. Add the lit dots in a column and you get the number. You will be reading it in a day. PRO One simple, one-time purchase unlocks every background, color themes, and the always-on standby display. No subscription, ever. Tell the time in binary. Make it art. Terms of Use (EULA): https://policies.superfuturelabs.com/binary-clock/terms Privacy Policy: https://policies.superfuturelabs.com/binary-clock/privacy

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 widgets—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 • 54 distinctive clock designs • 17 free clocks and one rotating free Pro clock each week • 12-hour and 24-hour time • Three display styles: digits, colon, and hour/minute units • Light and dark Lock Screen previews • Manage installed clocks and apply one instantly • Step-by-step Lock Screen installation guide 7-DAY TRIAL • Use every Pro clock for 7 days • Free today • No subscription or automatic charge • Free clocks and the weekly free Pro clock remain available afterward PRO LIFETIME ACCESS • One-time purchase with no subscription • Unlock every current Pro clock • Includes future Pro clocks • 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

Binary Clock4 screens
Clock Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Binary Clock at daily against Clock Widget's every 5 days. Clock Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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. Binary Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Clock Widget sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Binary Clock ships an update daily, Clock Widget every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Binary Clock versus Clock Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBinary ClockClock Widget
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper, Inc.JINWOOK HONG

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Binary Clock

One-time1
  • Binary Clock Pro$2.99
2 purchases

Clock Widget

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

Questions

Is Binary Clock free?
Binary Clock 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 Binary Clock or Clock Widget have ads?
Neither Binary Clock nor Clock Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Binary Clock or Clock Widget?
Binary Clock ships an update daily, and Clock Widget every 5 days. Most recently, Binary Clock was updated on October 7, 2026 and Clock Widget on October 7, 2026.

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