Comparison

Clock mini vs Clock

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

Head to head
About

Clock mini

This app provides a world clock, allowing users to track time in multiple cities with customizable clock faces. It offers a gallery of designs and a subscription option for full access.

Highlights
  • World clock for multiple cities
  • Customizable clock faces
  • Clock face gallery
  • In-app purchases for clock faces
  • Subscription for full access
Features
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Introducing Clock mini, your new go-to clock app designed for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. WORLD CLOCK Stay globally connected with Clock mini’s world clock feature. Easily search and add cities to your list or dashboard, and personalize each with your favorite clock faces from our gallery. CLOCK FACE GALLERY Explore our meticulously designed clock face gallery, featuring a variety of styles to suit your taste. Select your favorites through convenient in-app purchases. PLUS Unlock all clock faces with Plus, subscription*, or one-time purchase. * Monthly and yearly subscriptions are available. Cancel at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. * Terms of Use: https://clockmini.app/terms * Privacy Policy: https://clockmini.app/privacy

About

Clock

This app helps you manage your time across devices. It offers features like a world clock for global time zones, customizable alarms with music options, a stopwatch for measuring durations, and timers for countdowns.

Highlights
  • World Clock for global time zones
  • Customizable Alarms with music
  • Stopwatch with lap recording
  • Multiple Timers with labels
  • Sleep schedule integration
Features
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Clock helps you manage your time on iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Check the current time anywhere with World Clock, make sure you wake up on time with Alarms, or keep track of passing time with Stopwatch and Timers. World Clock Check the current time in cities around the world. Or quickly see the time difference compared to your local time to make coordinating across time zones easy. Alarms Set regular alarms for any time of day. Choose to set them to repeat on specific days, give them a label and select the sound that plays with each. When your alarm goes off, you can choose to play from a selection of sounds, or pick a song from your Apple Music library. You can also adjust your wake up alarm and sleep schedule from Health right in the Clock app so you can wind down with a Sleep Focus and make sure you always wake up on time. Stopwatch Measure the duration of an event. You can see how much time has lapsed with either a digital or analog stopwatch face, and you can quickly record laps or splits throughout the time. Timers Count down seconds, minutes or hours. Or count down using multiple timers, and add labels and distinct sounds to each. You can also choose to set a timer that stops any music playing in the background—perfect for getting to sleep with your favorite playlist.

Screenshots

Clock mini4 screens
Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Clock mini at 5.0 against Clock's 2.5. Clock mini also leads on review sentiment (49% vs 14%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months). Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ratings volume (20K vs 4). On price and ads 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. Clock mini sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clock mini holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clock has 20K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Clock mini's written reviews are positive against 14% of Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clock mini ships an update every 5 weeks, Clock every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Clock mini versus Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock miniClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better2.5 (20K ratings)
Positive reviews48.6% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings420K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKai LuoApple

Customer experience

Clock mini

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive48.6%
Neutral11.4%
Negative40.0%

Clock

All ratings19,552 ratings
Positive33.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative60.2%
Written reviews4,265 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative77.1%

Bugs and requests

Clock mini

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Clock

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Alarms not going off or being silent
  • Alarms disappearing or turning off on their own
  • Timer issues like not showing countdown or not working properly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to set alarms for specific dates
  • Option to silence all alarms for a period
  • More customization for alarm sounds and snooze
  • Separate volume control for alarms
  • Ability to group and manage alarms
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  • Display seconds in digital clock view

In-app purchases

18 purchases

Clock mini

Subscriptions2
  • Clock mini Plus$1.491 Month
  • Clock mini Plus Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time16
  • Theme Candy$1.99
  • Theme Mini$1.99
  • Theme Silver Cube$1.99
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  • Theme Purple Cube$1.99
  • Theme Pumpkin$1.99
  • Theme Orange Cube$2.99
  • Theme Classic$2.99
  • Theme Numbers$2.99
  • Theme Circle$3.99
  • Theme Mint$3.99
  • Theme Calm$3.99
  • Theme Big Numbers$4.99
  • Theme Clean$4.99
  • Theme Max$4.99
  • Theme Speed$5.99
  • Clock mini Plus Unlimited$29.99
None

Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clock mini free?
Clock mini is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clock free?
Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clock mini or Clock?
Clock mini is rated higher. Clock mini averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Clock averages 2.5 from 20K ratings.
Do Clock mini or Clock have ads?
Neither Clock mini nor Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clock mini or Clock?
Clock mini ships an update every 5 weeks, and Clock every 9 months. Most recently, Clock mini was updated on September 17, 2026 and Clock on September 24, 2026.

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