Bedside Clock vs Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bedside Clock
This app displays both digital and analog clocks on a single screen, designed for easy nighttime viewing. It offers customizable time formats, brightness levels, and analog clock display options, making it a pleasant addition to any nightstand.
- Dual digital and analog display
- Customizable color themes
- 12/24 hour time format option
- Optional AM/PM indicator
- Adjustable brightness levels
- Automatic backlight dimming
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Bedside Clock combines simple digital and analog clocks into a single screen which is designed to be quickly readable (without being irritating) at night It's intended to be pleasant to use with a docked iPhone or iPad, but also works well with other stands, or just sitting on a night stand. Features: - Completely free, with no ads or in app purchases - Displays both digital and analog clock in your choice of color - Optional switch between 12 and 24 hour time - Optional display of AM/PM indicator - Optionally round the analog time to the nearest five minutes - Optionally make the 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, and 9:00 indicators larger - Two brightness levels - Option to automatically dim the backlight
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
Wake up and fall asleep to your favorite music with a customizable alarm and sleep timer. Features designer clock themes, countdowns to events, and easy access to settings. A reliable and versatile utility for managing your daily schedule.
- Designer clock themes
- Customizable wake-up playlists
- Sleep timer with music or white noise
- Event countdowns
- 12/24 hour format
- Vertical and horizontal modes
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Wake up and go to sleep to your favorite music, never sleep through your alarm again, get your own collection of designer clocks, countdown to important events! FEATURES: * Choose from stylish designer themes for the clock * Create your own wake-up playlist with the best music * Go to sleep to your favorite songs or white noise * Convenient app settings. Get easy access to any option you need Alarm Clock provides the functionality of 3 indispensable apps in 1: CLOCK - Exclusive designer clocks - Vertical and horizontal modes - 12 or 24 time format - Show/Hide seconds - Show/Hide day of the week - Auto-Lock when plugged in ON/OFF - Auto-Lock when on battery ON/OFF - Customizable auto-lock time SLEEP TIMER -Use the shortcut on the main screen to go directly to the sleep timer settings - Create your own playlist with your favorite songs - Shuffle music ON/OFF - Adjust the volume of Music/Sounds - Go to sleep to white noise COUNTDOWN - Never miss important events and special occasions. Count down to your vacation, anniversary, graduation and more Beautiful. Reliable. Versatile. Get the alarm clock that you've been looking for! For complete access to all Alarm Clock features, you will need to allow access to the following: *Notifications – otherwise, alarm will not ring; *Media library so that you can set your own music as an alarm or a sleep timer sound; *Photos to give you a possibility to set them as countdown pictures.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bedside Clock at none against Nightstand Digital Clock Timer's shown. Bedside Clock also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Nightstand Digital Clock Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 19 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Bedside Clock's written reviews are positive against 50% of Nightstand Digital Clock Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bedside Clock ships an update every 4 months, Nightstand Digital Clock Timer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bedside Clock | Nightstand Digital Clock Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (18 ratings) | 4.4 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charles Childers | Siarhei Krasnouski |
Customer experience
Bedside Clock
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
In-app purchases
Bedside Clock
No in-app purchases
Nightstand Digital Clock Timer
No in-app purchases
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