Comparison

Haokan vs ClocksOn

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

Head to head
About

Haokan

Features
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Haokan Clock is a beautiful full-screen desk clock for iPhone and iPad. Choose polished clock themes, adjust brightness and time size, switch between 12-hour and 24-hour formats, and use Focus mode when you want the screen to stay awake while you work, study, or rest. Free features include useful clock themes and basic customization. Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks all Pro themes and future theme updates. No ads, no subscriptions, no account required.

About

ClocksOn

This app transforms your iPhone or iPad into a clear, full-screen bedside clock. It features adaptive brightness that adjusts to your room's light and offers customizable themes and orientation locks for optimal viewing.

Highlights
  • Full-screen, glanceable clock face
  • Adaptive brightness adjusts to room light
  • Light, dark, or system theme options
  • Portrait or landscape orientation lock
  • No ads or notifications
Features
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ClocksOn turns any spare iPhone or iPad into a calm, glanceable bedside clock. Full-screen, chrome-free clock face that automatically sizes itself to fill your display — readable from across the room, day or night. ADAPTIVE BRIGHTNESS The screen reads the light in your room and eases itself down as the room darkens, so it's never blinding at 2am and never washed out at noon. Prefer full control? Switch to manual brightness any time. LIGHT, DARK, OR SYSTEM THEME Pick a theme or let ClocksOn follow your device's setting. Your choice is remembered across launches. ORIENTATION LOCK Lock the clock to portrait or landscape, or let it follow the device automatically — useful when mounting an iPhone or iPad on a nightstand or wall dock. NO CLUTTER No accounts, no ads, no notifications competing for attention. Just the time, presented cleanly. Works beautifully on iPhone and iPad — set a spare device on your nightstand, dock, or desk and leave the clock on overnight.

Screenshots

Haokan4 screens
ClocksOn2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ClocksOn at none against Haokan's 1. ClocksOn also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Haokan's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Haokan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ClocksOn asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Haokan ships an update weekly, ClocksOn every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Haokan versus ClocksOn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaokanClocksOn
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer纪收 于CODERWISE INC.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Haokan

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$0.99
None

ClocksOn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Haokan free?
Haokan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ClocksOn free?
ClocksOn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Haokan or ClocksOn have ads?
Neither Haokan nor ClocksOn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Haokan or ClocksOn?
Haokan ships an update weekly, and ClocksOn every 2 months. Most recently, Haokan was updated on October 25, 2026 and ClocksOn on October 27, 2026.

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