ClocksOn vs Just Nice Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Just Nice Clock
This app transforms your device into a clear, minimalist digital clock. Customize digit colors and brightness, and enjoy calming ambient sounds with a built-in timer. It's designed for easy viewing in any orientation, offering a peaceful experience.
- Large hours-and-minutes display
- Portrait and landscape layouts
- Customizable digit colors
- Adjustable screen brightness
- Ambient soundscapes (Rain, Waves, Pink noise)
- White-noise timer (1-60 minutes)
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Just Nice Clock turns your iPhone into a clean, easy-to-read digital clock. The display shows only the hours and minutes in 12- or 24-hour format, without unnecessary distractions. Choose your favorite digit color, adjust the screen brightness, and enjoy glass-styled numerals designed for comfortable viewing in portrait or landscape. When it is time to relax, choose Rain, Waves, or Pink noise. Set the playback timer for up to 60 minutes and control the sound from the clock screen using the Zzzzz button. Features: • Large hours-and-minutes display • Portrait and landscape layouts • Liquid Glass-inspired clock numerals and controls • Five selectable digit colors • Adjustable screen brightness • Rain, Waves, and Pink noise • White-noise timer from 1 to 60 minutes • Convenient play and pause control • Settings remembered between uses • Works without being connected to a charger • No accounts, advertising, analytics, or tracking Simple, peaceful, and customizable—Just Nice Clock is ideal for a desk, nightstand, or anywhere you want a clear clock and calming background sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ClocksOn at 5.0 against Just Nice Clock's 4.0. ClocksOn also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Just Nice Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ClocksOn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
ClocksOn ships an update every 2 months, Just Nice Clock every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ClocksOn | Just Nice Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CODERWISE INC. | Larry Brambrut |
Customer experience
ClocksOn
Just Nice Clock
In-app purchases
ClocksOn
No in-app purchases
Just Nice Clock
No in-app purchases









