FollowerInstaBoard vs Needless Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FollowerInstaBoard
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Follower Insta Board turns any iPhone or iPad into a stunning live follower counter — perfect for events, photo studios, shop windows, streams and celebrations. Enter a public Instagram username and watch the follower count update automatically, displayed full screen in one of five beautiful styles: • CLASSIC GLOW — rolling odometer digits with a soft neon glow • SPLIT-FLAP BOARD — nostalgic railway-station flip cards • LIGHT BULBS — a warm fairground marquee built from glowing bulbs • DIGITAL LED — retro seven-segment display • MINIMAL — nothing but a giant number MADE FOR EVENTS • QR code "scan to follow" — always in the corner, or appearing full screen every few minutes (great for contests: link your rules or profile) • Scrolling info line for your own message, hashtag or contest terms • Confetti celebration when new followers arrive — every follower or at milestones (every 10, 100, 1000…) • Follower goal progress bar (e.g. 8,420 / 10,000) • "+N today" growth stat and trend line DISPLAY-FRIENDLY • True full screen, six color themes, portrait & landscape • Keep-screen-awake kiosk mode and OLED burn-in protection • Giant number mode — the count fills the whole screen • Works on iPads back to iPad Air 2 (iOS 15) SIMPLE & PRIVATE • No login, no account, no password — just type a public username • All settings stay on your device; the app collects no data • Demo mode included, try every feature without an account Counts are read from publicly visible Instagram profile pages, the same numbers anyone can see in a web browser. This app is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Instagram or Meta.
Needless Clock
This app offers a collection of living, animated clocks that display time through unique visual narratives. Interact with the scenes to alter elements and enjoy a calming visual experience that goes beyond simple timekeeping.
- Living, animated clock designs
- Interactive visual elements
- Customizable clock scenes
- Scheduled display dimming
- Short clock film creation
- No ads or third-party tracking
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People do not open Needless Clock merely to find out the time. More often, they want the glowing screen beside them to grow quiet without becoming empty: something to glance at between tasks, a little light at night, time passing without hurrying anyone along. Needless Clock is a collection of living, animated clocks. They all keep the same real time, but each inhabits a world of its own. Fish turn through water, birds arrive from far away, ants hurry under the weight of a treat, cars follow the painted lines of a car park, and a brush writes numerals in water. At the turn of a minute the picture wakes; once everything has found its place, only small movements, wings, shadows and breathing remain. TIME HAS TWELVE PLACES TO GO Fish gather into figures. Touch the water and those nearby scatter, then swim home along their own curved paths. Birds perch on five wires. Some leave at the next minute, others find a new place, and now and then a distant bird crosses the clouds. Tap once and the sky sinks beneath the sea, the flock becoming fish of different forms. Ants carry biscuits, rock sugar, dried fish, winter-melon candy and leaves. Cars pull into bays. Metal blocks fall one by one. These digits are not displayed; they are made. Water runs from a brush onto stone and disappears first from the finest ends of the strokes. Oracle bone, bronze, seal and clerical scripts sit beside the hands of Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing and Huang Tingjian, letting one numeral travel through centuries. A gnomon casts its shadow among the twelve Earthly Branches, its length changing through the twenty-four solar terms. There is also a wall of cooperating clock faces, a luminous word clock, figures revealed by paper and shadow, and mechanical flaps that fall like those once heard in stations and airports. GOOD JUST LEFT THERE Swipe to move between clocks. Tap to change a material, colour or world. Or choose a few favourites and let them rotate by themselves, from every minute to every hour. At night the display can dim on your schedule. Keep the screen awake, or hide the title, date and time zone until only time remains. It belongs on an iPhone stand, across an iPad, beside a Mac workspace, or spread quietly over the television in a living room. A MOMENT YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU On supported devices, Share waits for the next minute. It keeps the stillness before the change and stops after the movement has come to rest, making a short clock film to save or send. No account, no advertising and no third-party tracking. The clocks and their calculations stay on the device. Location is off by default and, if enabled, is used only to let the car park grow dark near your own sunset. Supports Reduce Motion and VoiceOver. Made for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. May it do more than tell the time. May it keep the time with you for a while.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FollowerInstaBoard at daily against Needless Clock's every 3 days. FollowerInstaBoard also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FollowerInstaBoard ships an update daily, Needless Clock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FollowerInstaBoard | Needless Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ANDREJS ZAVADSKIS | 路 林 |
In-app purchases
FollowerInstaBoard
No in-app purchases
Needless Clock
No in-app purchases
Questions
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