Comparison

ZoneTime vs Zen Quotes Clock

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

Head to head
About

ZoneTime

Easily compare timezones to schedule meetings and avoid calling people at inconvenient hours. The app features a widget for quick glances and a table to compare up to 20 locations, automatically adjusting for Daylight Saving Time.

Highlights
  • View overlapping timezone hours
  • Schedule meetings across timezones
  • Today Widget for quick time checks
  • Compare up to 20 locations
  • Color-coded 'OK to call' times
  • Automatic Daylight Saving Time adjustment
  • Create calendar events across timezones
Features
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ZoneTime offers a quick and easy way to view overlapping timezone hours, and setup meetings. ZoneTime can help you: * stop waking up your friends and family when you call them overseas. * catch your international colleagues while they're still in the office. * compare timezones between a flight's origin and destination. Included Features * ZoneTime Today Widget now allows you to quickly glance at times across your configured locations without needing to open the app, or unlock you phone. * An easy to use table to compare today's times for up to 20 locations at a time. * Choose from cities from around the globe * Color codes times based on whether it's 'OK' to call. * Automatically adjusts for Daylight Saving Time for each Location. * Edit and rearrange locations you want to compare timezones. * Compare timezones in landscape or portrait orientation. * Create an calendar event across multiple timezones

About

Zen Quotes Clock

Features
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Zen quotes are quotations and sayings that have been passed down in Zen Buddhism. Zen quotes express the spirit of Zen, and many of them can be used as teachings or hints for life. This digital clock application contains over 800 Zen quotes and can display various Zen quotes along with the time. The Zen quotes can be displayed continuously or automatically switched every 10, 20, 30, or 60 minutes. Touching the clock's text switches to the setting mode. In setting mode, you can change the date and time to various formats and move the letters and stone pictures. Also, touching a Zen quote will randomly switch to a different Zen quote. You can also use two fingers to zoom in and out on the picture of the stone. Touch the settings icon to go to the settings menu. Here you can change the background, Zen quotes, and other settings in detail. You can also switch between 12-hour and 24-hour displays. The background can be selected from 20 different landscape photos. A time signal can also be set to sound at 0 minutes.  The sound of the time signal can be selected from 78 different tones. The screen can be rotated horizontally and vertically. In the Zen quote list, you can copy the text to the clipboard by pressing and holding each word. Please try to find your favorite Zen quote.

Screenshots

ZoneTime4 screens
Zen Quotes Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ZoneTime at none against Zen Quotes Clock's 1. ZoneTime also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Zen Quotes Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price and device support 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. Zen Quotes Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ZoneTime asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZoneTime ships an update every 3 months, Zen Quotes Clock every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ZoneTime versus Zen Quotes Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoneTimeZen Quotes Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlen TregoningMihoko Araki

In-app purchases

None

ZoneTime

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Zen Quotes Clock

One-time1
  • Zen Quotes Clock with no ads$2.99

Questions

Is ZoneTime free?
ZoneTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zen Quotes Clock free?
Zen Quotes Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ZoneTime or Zen Quotes Clock have ads?
Zen Quotes Clock shows ads; ZoneTime does not.
Which is updated more often, ZoneTime or Zen Quotes Clock?
ZoneTime ships an update every 3 months, and Zen Quotes Clock every 5 weeks. Most recently, ZoneTime was updated on September 25, 2026 and Zen Quotes Clock on October 1, 2026.

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