Comparison

ZoneTime vs StandBy 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

StandBy Clock

Transform your device into an elegant bedside or desk clock with multiple aesthetic faces, a world map showing the day-night boundary, and optional offline sleep audio. Enjoy a calm, low-light viewing experience with practical everyday details.

Highlights
  • Classic flip clock design
  • World map with day-night boundary
  • Offline sleep audio
  • Warm greeting messages
  • Analog and digital clock faces
  • Photo background cycles
  • Adjustable standby brightness
Features
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Elevate Your Desk and Nightstand Transform your device into a premium, beautifully crafted desk and bedside clock. Designed with elegance and minimalism in mind, this app turns your screen into a sophisticated timepiece: multiple distinctive clock faces, a world map with a live day–night boundary, and optional 72 minutes offline sleep audio when you want something gentle in the background. Whether you are focusing at your desk, unwinding in the evening, or starting the morning at home, enjoy a calm, low-light–friendly viewing experience that pairs refined visuals with practical everyday details. KEY FEATURES • Classic Flip Clock — Nostalgic flip digits reimagined with smooth motion and clean, modern typography. • Dotted Map & Day–Night Boundary — Follow sunlight across a dotted world map with a real-time terminator line (updated on a relaxed cadence), your approximate location when you allow it, and optional local weather where available. • Sleep audio — bundled & your library — The app includes 72 minutes of sleep-ready audio, playable offline with no streaming. Import your own tracks for a simple bedtime player. Open the full-screen music experience from the in-app menu, start playback, and return to your clocks while audio continues in the background for the session. • Warm Greetings — Time-aware greeting messages that help start and wind down the day with a human touch. • Analog & Digital Faces — Choose from bold digital layouts and refined analog-style faces that stay readable from across the room—plus more expressive designs to match your taste. • Photo backgrounds — Photos Clock cycles through 11 bundled, beautifully curated images in a random order and zooming with The burn kern effect each session. Optional weather context when location and connectivity allow. • StandBy brightness — Your personal dim level applies automatically while you enjoy the clock—easy on the eyes at night. Trust the exit — Auto‑Lock and brightness restore the instant you leave—your device returns to its normal rhythm. SIMPLE PRICING Pay once to download—no subscriptions, no tiers, and no recurring charges to use the app you see today. Future updates are included at no extra cost; major new paid offerings, if ever introduced, would be communicated clearly in advance.

Screenshots

ZoneTime4 screens
StandBy Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ZoneTime at Free against StandBy Clock's $1.99. ZoneTime also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). StandBy Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On review sentiment, 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

ZoneTime is free to download; StandBy Clock costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ZoneTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZoneTime ships an update every 3 months, StandBy Clock every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ZoneTime versus StandBy Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoneTimeStandBy Clock
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlen TregoningOnur Isik

Customer experience

ZoneTime

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

StandBy Clock

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ZoneTime

No in-app purchases

None

StandBy Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZoneTime free?
ZoneTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StandBy Clock free?
StandBy Clock costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZoneTime or StandBy Clock?
ZoneTime is rated higher. ZoneTime averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while StandBy Clock averages 3.3 from 4 ratings.
Do ZoneTime or StandBy Clock have ads?
Neither ZoneTime nor StandBy Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZoneTime or StandBy Clock?
ZoneTime ships an update every 3 months, and StandBy Clock every 3 weeks. Most recently, ZoneTime was updated on September 25, 2026 and StandBy Clock on October 16, 2026.

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