Clock Gallery vs Ply
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Clock Gallery
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Put a beautiful clock on your desk and focus on your work or study. Clock Gallery turns your iPhone and iPad into a focus clock for your desk: a Pomodoro-style timer (25 minutes of focus, a 5-minute break), a Flowmodoro-style count-up when you'd rather not set a time, and calm sounds like rain and a campfire. In front of you, one of 130+ beautiful clocks. For working from home and for exam prep. FOCUS & BREAK (POMODORO-STYLE) - 25 minutes of focus and a 5-minute break, with a longer 15-minute break every 4 rounds. Times and rounds can be changed - It starts as soon as you turn it on. The clock stays in view; a small ring and time in the corner show what's left and whether you're in focus or on a break - Two soft tones mark each change FOCUS COUNT-UP (FLOWMODORO-STYLE) - Start focusing without setting a time, and take a break whenever you want - Your break is based on how long you focused (for example, 10 minutes after 50 minutes of focus) SOUNDS FOR FOCUS - Rain & Thunder, Rain in the Forest, Jungle and Birds (nature recordings) - Waves, Campfire, and white, pink and brown noise - Plays separately from the clock's own sounds, and keeps playing your last sound when you reopen the app - Choose when to stop: 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours TIMER & COUNTDOWN Show a timer, or a countdown to your exam or deadline, over your favorite clock. YOUR FEATURES, ON ONE SCREEN From "Features On/Off" on the clock picker, turn 17 features, including Focus & Break, Focus Count-Up, Sounds, Timer, Dim at Night, Calendar, Weather and more on or off in a tap. DIM AT NIGHT At night (10 PM to 6 AM to start with), the screen dims so it isn't too bright. You can change the hours and brightness. 130+ BEAUTIFUL CLOCKS Analog, digital, flip clock, neon sign, Nixie tubes, wadokei (Edo-period Japanese clock), sundial, a mechanical watch movement, a day-and-night world map, a kids learning clock and more. Every clock tells its story in "About this clock": the history of the clock it is based on and its design details. Seconds, date, weekday and sound are saved per clock, and Favorites can give you a different clock each day. MASTERPIECES, UKIYO-E AND STORYBOOKS Display over 100 public-domain paintings (Hokusai, Hiroshige, Monet, Vermeer, Van Gogh and more) with the time, and storybook illustrations published before 1930, gently animated (Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and more). TODAY'S AGENDA AND WEATHER, RIGHT BESIDE THE CLOCK - Your events for the day and "Next event in 12 min" - Works with Google Calendar and Apple (iCloud) calendars - Weather from Apple Weather - Public holidays for your country NOTHING COVERS THE CLOCK No ads and no rating pop-ups over your clock. ON IPHONE AND IPAD Works in portrait and landscape. Stand it up and it becomes a desk clock. Tilt your device and the clock tilts with it. PURCHASE Every clock and all focus features come with a single purchase. No subscription. Buy once and use it on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and Mac with the same Apple Account. 60 LANGUAGES Weather data provided by Apple Weather.
Ply
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Lay your phone flat between two players and play. Ply is a chess clock built to feel like a real one: a heavy press you can feel, a rocker that tips to the side that just moved, and a flag that really falls when time runs out. The far player's digits face them, and the screen never dims mid-game. Ply keeps time, not score: every chess, go and shogi time control, a radial turn timer for up to 8 players, and a real sand hourglass. EVERY TIME CONTROL, FREE ⢠Sudden death, Fischer increment (after or before the move), Bronstein delay and simple (US) delay ⢠Multi-stage controls by move count, byo-yomi with a spoken count (in your language or in Japanese) for go and shogi, and Canadian overtime ⢠Word-game overtime: at zero nobody flags, and the clock counts on in minus so the table can score the penalty ⢠Sand Duel: one hourglass between two players, where every second you think pours into your opponent's side ⢠FIDE/USCF-style time controls, named in plain words, so everyone agrees on the rules before the first move ⢠Move counter, undo the last press, and time correction while paused ⢠Silent mode for tournament rooms, a talking clock, large-tap mode and a High-Contrast face ROUND TABLE (PRO) Time a whole board-game table of 2 to 8 players on one dial. Every name faces its seat, the current player's segment lights up, and a tap in the centre passes the turn. Per-turn limits, a time bank for each player, or no limit at all, with turn stats at the end that show who took the longest. A REAL HOURGLASS The Glass tab is a sand timer made of real, falling grains. Turn your phone over and the sand starts to run; tilt it and the sand follows. Classic durations are free; Hourglass Pro adds any length, six sands and three glasses. CLOCKS WORTH LOOKING AT (PRO) Walnut & Brass with an analog dial and a falling flag, Bakelite, Tournament LCD and anodized metals. Aluminium, Night and High-Contrast are free. MADE FOR THE TABLE ⢠Flat between you, or standing beside the board in landscape, like a real clock ⢠A game survives your phone closing the app: it comes back paused, right where you were ⢠Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island ⢠Siri, Shortcuts, the Action Button and a Control Center control ⢠A game card after every game, with each move's think time, ready to share ⢠Works offline. No account. No ads. No tracking. ⢠For casual, club and teaching play. Rated events may require an approved clock. HONEST PRICING The complete two-player clock, with every time control, is free forever. Ply Pro adds Round Table, the Pro faces, your full game history and any hourglass. It's a single one-time purchase, never a subscription, and it works with Family Sharing. Your first game in every Pro mode is on us. Privacy: https://ply.evatech.app/privacy Terms: https://ply.evatech.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Clock Gallery at 4 against Ply's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Clock Gallery sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Ply sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Clock Gallery | Ply |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 192 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tatsuya Kawaguchi | Evatech Innovations,TOO |
In-app purchases
Clock Gallery
- For Facilities & Offices$3.99
- All Clocks$4.99
Ply
- Ply Pro$2.99
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