Comparison

Themely vs Pixel Clock Pixel

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

Head to head
About

Themely

Features
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Your Lock Screen should look like you. Themely lets you design the widget, pick the wallpaper, and match them - free, and entirely on your device. Most widget apps hand you a grid of presets and lock the good ones behind a subscription. Themely works the other way round: you build the widget yourself, everything is unlocked from the first launch, and there is nothing to buy. THREE STEPS 1. Design a widget - choose what it shows, then style it until it fits. 2. Save a matching wallpaper to Photos. 3. Follow the short in-app guide to place both on your screens. DESIGN YOUR OWN WIDGETS Build a widget instead of settling for a preset. Pick what it shows, then style it until it fits your screen: - Six widget types - Clock, Date, Photo, Countdown, Time Progress and Battery - Three sizes - small, medium and large - Twelve background styles and four type styles - Live preview while you edit, so you see the result before you save 72 WALLPAPERS THAT MATCH Every wallpaper is drawn on your device from twelve color palettes and six art styles: Mesh, Waves, Rings, Grid, Blobs and Linear. Browse by mood - minimal, pastel, gradient, abstract or dark - and save any of them to Photos at full 1290 x 2796 resolution. No watermark, no export limit. TWELVE THEME PACKS A theme pack pairs a wallpaper with a matching widget style, so your Lock Screen and Home Screen agree with each other. Apply one and Themely walks you through both steps. BUILT FOR HOW iOS ACTUALLY WORKS iOS does not let any app place a widget or change your wallpaper for you. Themely does not pretend otherwise - it saves your design, then shows a short, clear guide for the two steps you do yourself. No shortcuts to install, no profiles to trust. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Themely has no ads, no analytics and no third-party SDKs. Your widgets, favorites and settings stay on your device, and a photo you pick for a Photo widget never leaves your phone. We collect nothing. WORKS OFFLINE All artwork is generated on your device, so the whole library works with no connection and the app stays small. NO ACCOUNT, NO SUBSCRIPTION No sign-up, no email, no free trial that quietly renews. Open the app and everything is already there. QUESTIONS Can Themely set my wallpaper for me? No - iOS reserves that step for you, and any app that claims otherwise cannot deliver it either. Will my designs sync between devices? No - everything is stored locally, which is the same reason nothing is ever sent anywhere. Is it really free? Yes. No paid tier, no in-app purchase, no trial. Requires iOS 17 or later. Questions or feedback: exostudio.feedback@gmail.com

About

Pixel Clock Pixel

Features
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Pixel Clock is a nightstand clock drawn pixel by pixel. Big digits, a black background that stays black on OLED, and dimming that goes far lower than the screen itself. FEATURES • Pixel digits that fill the screen, on iPhone and iPad, upright or on its side • Swipe up or down to dim, all the way down to a faint glow • Double tap for ember mode: only the digits, as dark as it gets • Alarms with weekdays, a slow sunrise before they ring, and snooze • Seven colours plus any colour you like; light, dark or pure black background • Tap for the date, the next alarm and the battery • A few pixels fall from the digits on the hour • A StandBy widget for when your phone charges on its side • No account, no ads, no tracking ALARMS The alarm rings with a soft chime while Pixel Clock is on screen. A notification is scheduled as a backup for when it is not.

Screenshots

Themely4 screens
Pixel Clock Pixel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pixel Clock Pixel at none against Themely's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 4 level
Themely versus Pixel Clock Pixel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThemelyPixel Clock Pixel
PriceFreeFree
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKhanh Thong LeDimitry van den Berg

In-app purchases

None

Themely

No in-app purchases

None

Pixel Clock Pixel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Themely free?
Themely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Clock Pixel free?
Pixel Clock Pixel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Themely or Pixel Clock Pixel have ads?
Themely shows ads; Pixel Clock Pixel does not.

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