Comparison

ClocksOn vs Desk Clock

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

Head to head
About

ClocksOn

This app transforms your iPhone or iPad into a clear, full-screen bedside clock. It features adaptive brightness that adjusts to room lighting and offers theme customization for optimal readability day or night. Enjoy a clutter-free experience with no ads or notifications.

Highlights
  • Full-screen, glanceable clock face
  • Adaptive brightness adjusts to room light
  • Manual brightness control
  • Light, dark, or system theme options
  • Orientation lock (portrait, landscape, auto)
  • No ads, accounts, 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.

About

Desk Clock

Features
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Turn your iPhone into a beautiful desk clock. Prop it on a nightstand, a dock, or your desk, pick a face, and let it run. The screen stays awake for as long as the clock is up. TEN FACES, EACH ONE CRAFTED - Digital, in three materials: solid, frosted, and glass - Flip, the classic split-flap board - Analog, a Bauhaus-inspired dial with a golden second hand - E-ink, quiet as paper - Pixel, LED, and Time Tuner, for a warm retro glow - Card, Caption, and Photo, ambient faces with personality Swipe to change faces. Long-press to browse them all in a gallery. EASY ON YOUR EYES AT NIGHT Most faces sit on a true black canvas, so the screen stays quiet in a dark room and OLED displays sip power. The Photo face goes further: its scenery changes from day to night with the real sun in your time zone. MADE FOR THE DESK AND THE BEDSIDE - Works in portrait and landscape - No ads, no account, nothing to set up FREE TO USE, ONE PURCHASE TO OWN IT ALL Digital, Flip, and E-ink are free, and you can preview every face live. A single lifetime purchase unlocks all ten. No subscription. PRIVACY Desk Clock collects no data. No analytics, no tracking, nothing leaves your iPhone.

Screenshots

ClocksOn2 screens
Desk Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClocksOn ships an update monthly, Desk Clock every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ClocksOn versus Desk Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClocksOnDesk Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCODERWISE INC.Anh Phong

In-app purchases

None

ClocksOn

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Desk Clock

One-time1
  • All Access$9.99

Questions

Is ClocksOn free?
ClocksOn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Desk Clock free?
Desk Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ClocksOn or Desk Clock have ads?
Neither ClocksOn nor Desk Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClocksOn or Desk Clock?
ClocksOn ships an update monthly, and Desk Clock every 2 months. Most recently, ClocksOn was updated on November 6, 2026 and Desk Clock on November 6, 2026.

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