Cat Alarm Clock vs When
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cat Alarm Clock
This app offers a unique alarm clock experience with cat-themed sounds for waking up or falling asleep. Customize your alarms with various feline sounds or your own music, and enjoy features like snooze and a sleep timer.
- Cat-themed alarm sounds
- Customizable music alarms
- Snooze function (3-30 minutes)
- Fade-in alarm
- Sleep timer
- Vibration alarm
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You were supposed to go to a late night gathering, but as usual, you fell asleep and before you knew it, it was morning... We have created an alarm clock app for cats with experiences such as these. MORNING: You can pleasantly wake up to the sounds such as cans of cat food being opened and kittens meowing. EVENING: You can relax and fall asleep to the sounds such as mice squeaking and kittens purring. APP FEATURES: Featuring an easy-to-use user interface that even a paw can use. You can also wake up and fall asleep to the song of your choice. ALARM FUNCTIONS: - Snooze (3 - 30 minutes) - Vibration - Fade in alarm OTHER FEATURES: - Sleep timer (sleep music) - 12 hour and 24 hour time format - Vertical and horizontal modes VOICE OF USERS: - It's a great app! :3 - I was in time for an important meeting thanks to this app :3 - I have good dreams every night with the squeak of a mouse :3
When
This app offers a minimalist flip clock experience with customizable widgets. It features a full-screen display with classic page-turning animations and adjustable brightness. Personalize your time display with options for seconds, date, and week.
- Full-screen classic flip animation
- Minimalist design style
- Customizable time display (seconds, date, week)
- 12/24 hour mode switching
- Adjustable screen brightness
- Multiple widget options (Flip Clock, Digital Clock, Calendar, Progress Bar, Disc Clock)
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It is a must-have personalized posing artifact for hipsters, a must-have tool for exam preparation and study, and hard work. Eye-catching digital digital watch display, convenient for your living room, any angle of the work desk to watch the time. Full screen flip, clock display more prominent, no matter where you put it, it is a beautiful scenery. Widgets: - Flip Clock Widget - Digital Clock Widget - Friday Calendar Widget - Progress Bar Widget - Disc Clock Widget Special Features. 1, full-screen classic page animation, minimalist design style 2、Free control of the display of time: seconds, date, week is free to control the display of hidden 3, 12 and 24 hours mode switching 4, left and right slide the clock screen, adjust the brightness of the screen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: When at weekly against Cat Alarm Clock's every 16 months. When also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.3). Cat Alarm Clock's advantage is ratings volume (139 vs 32). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Cat Alarm Clock against 4.7 for When. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 139 and 32 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Cat Alarm Clock's written reviews are positive against 90% of When's.
Cat Alarm Clock ships an update every 16 months, When weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cat Alarm Clock | When |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (139 ratings) | 4.7 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.9% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 139 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HANBUNCO, INC. | 磊 岑 |
Customer experience
Cat Alarm Clock
When
In-app purchases
Cat Alarm Clock
No in-app purchases
When
No in-app purchases
