Comparison

TimeNotify vs Worlds Apart

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

Head to head
About

TimeNotify

Easily check the time in different global locations directly from your notification center. This app allows you to add and compare multiple time zones, making it simple to understand time differences and plan accordingly.

Highlights
  • Notification Center widget
  • Add and compare multiple time zones
  • Interactive clock for time adjustment
  • Search by time difference
  • Quick app launch from widget
Features
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The world clock which can confirm the time of the chosen area anytime at a Notification Center. You can turn a clock around by a finger and change the time. - Los Angeles is 8:00 in the evening, what time is Japan? - If London is 3:00, what time is Sydney? Please compare the favorite time. How to set in the Notification Center 1. Tap the Edit button on the bottom of the widget screen. 2. Tap the green plus button of TimeNotify. World Clock - Choose and change the area which is often used beforehand. - The time zone list will appear by tapping the Change Time Zone. - Even the time difference (+0900) can search for an indicated area, so even if an area isn't found by a list, it's possible to look for an area of the identical time difference. - When a tap does TimeNotify in the Notification Center, this app starts.

About

Worlds Apart

Understand the local time for people you care about, not just places. This app helps you find considerate times to connect and plan calls or travel by visualizing time zone differences and their impact on daily routines.

Highlights
  • Humanize time zones
  • Track local time, date, weather, and part of day for contacts
  • Contact signals for considerate communication
  • Time Machine for planning calls
  • Interactive widgets for home screen access
  • Offline travel planning with Fly Mode
  • Private by default, no tracking
Features
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World clocks tell you what time it is somewhere. Worlds Apart helps you understand what that time means for someone you care about. Are they starting their day or winding down? Is now a considerate time to call? When might work better for both of you? And when you travel, how does everyone’s time change along the way? Worlds Apart makes time zones feel human—not like a list of clocks, but like a time machine centered on people. PEOPLE, NOT JUST PLACES Save family, friends, teammates, or cities. See their local time, date, weather, part of day, and time difference from you at a glance. Contact signals such as Good Time, Maybe, and Quiet Hours provide simple guidance based on local time and contact hours you control. They never claim to know someone’s actual availability. PLAN WITH TIME MACHINE Scrub forward or backward through time to see what the same moment looks like for everyone. Find a better time to call without calculating time-zone differences yourself. SET UP INTERACTIVE WIDGETS Keep the people and places you care about on your Home Screen. Check their local context and scrub through time directly from interactive widgets—without opening the app. TRAVEL WITH FLY MODE Enter your departure, destination, dates, times, and optional layover. Fly Mode turns the itinerary into a visual journey through time while keeping the local time for people back home visible. Fly Mode works offline and follows the itinerary you entered. It does not claim to provide live flight location, delay, or arrival information. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No account required • No contacts import • No calendar access • No advertising tracking • No third-party analytics • Saved people, places, preferences, and journeys remain on your device Whether the people you love are across the country, across the world, or waiting for you at your next stop, Worlds Apart helps you find a better moment to connect.

Screenshots

TimeNotify4 screens
Worlds Apart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Worlds Apart at 67% against TimeNotify's 0%. Worlds Apart also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). TimeNotify's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeNotify ships an update every 5 months, Worlds Apart fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TimeNotify versus Worlds Apart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeNotifyWorlds Apart
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeietsu YasuharaJaishree Garg

Customer experience

TimeNotify

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Worlds Apart

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

TimeNotify

No in-app purchases

None

Worlds Apart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimeNotify free?
TimeNotify is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Worlds Apart free?
Worlds Apart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TimeNotify or Worlds Apart have ads?
Neither TimeNotify nor Worlds Apart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeNotify or Worlds Apart?
TimeNotify ships an update every 5 months, and Worlds Apart fortnightly. Most recently, TimeNotify was updated on October 11, 2026 and Worlds Apart on October 24, 2026.

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