Comparison

World Clock Time Zone Widget vs My Typewriter

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

Head to head
About

World Clock Time Zone Widget

Easily check the current time and date in any location worldwide directly from your device's Notification Center. This app is ideal for international communication, travel planning, and staying connected with loved ones across different time zones.

Highlights
  • Notification Center widget for quick access
  • Comprehensive city database
  • Automatic daylight saving adjustments
  • Customizable clock display
  • Time travel feature for planning
  • Day/night indicator for timezones
  • iCloud sync for locations
Features
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A world clock for the people in your life. Whether your family is spread across countries or your team is split across time zones, World Time Widget keeps you thoughtfully in sync. Add clocks for the cities that matter, give each one a name that means something to you, and know at a glance whether it’s a good time to reach out. Over one million downloads. WORLD CLOCKS See the time in any city, instantly. Add as many clocks as you need and label them the way you actually think of them: “Mum in Sydney”, “Berlin office”, “Charlie deployed.” HOME SCREEN, LOCK SCREEN & STANDBY Your most important world times are always one glance away — no need to open the app. Widgets for every Apple surface, with up to 8 time zones on a single large widget. DAY & NIGHT STATE Every clock shows whether it’s day or night for the person on the other end. So you know before you text. MEETING PLANNER Need to find a time that works across time zones? Drag through the day to find the right slot, without the mental arithmetic. APPLE WATCH Your world clocks on your wrist. A dedicated Apple Watch app and support for multiple complications keep your times visible wherever you are. IPHONE, IPAD & APPLE WATCH Works beautifully across all your Apple devices, with your clocks syncing seamlessly via iCloud. No ads, no sign up. Just your clocks. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Does World Time Widget have a home screen widget? Yes. There are widgets for every Apple surface: home screen, lock screen, StandBy mode, and Apple Watch. You can show up to 8 time zones on a single large widget, so everything you need is one glance away. Can I use custom labels instead of city names? Yes. You can name any clock whatever makes sense to you. “Mum in Sydney” tells you at a glance whether it’s safe to call. “Dev team in Berlin” tells you whether they’re in the office. Your clocks, your labels. Does it work on Apple Watch? Yes. There’s a dedicated Apple Watch app plus support for multiple complications, so your world clocks are always on your wrist. Can I convert time zones and schedule meetings? Yes. The built-in meeting planner lets you drag across the day to find a time that works for everyone, across as many time zones as you need. No mental arithmetic, no switching between apps. How many cities can I add? As many as you need. You can show up to 8 time zones at once on a large widget, and you can add more clocks to the app itself. Does it handle daylight saving time automatically? Yes. World Time Widget updates automatically for daylight saving changes worldwide, so your times are always accurate. Does it work on iPad as well as iPhone? Yes. World Time Widget works across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Your clocks sync across all your devices via iCloud. What makes it different from Apple’s Clock app? Apple’s Clock app is useful, but limited. World Time Widget adds a day/night indicator for every clock so you can see at a glance who’s awake, lets you use personal labels instead of city names, and puts your world clocks on your home screen, lock screen, StandBy, and Apple Watch with far more flexibility. Apple Clock also caps out at 4 cities in a widget. World Time Widget shows up to 8. Is there a free version? World Time Widget is free to download with a premium upgrade available for additional features. Terms of service: https://world-time.app/terms.pdf Privacy policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/68114171

About

My Typewriter

Experience the charm of a vintage typewriter with modern word processing features. This app offers authentic sounds and visuals, with options to save, print, and export your work. Optimized for social media, it's perfect for poets and writers seeking a unique creative tool.

Highlights
  • Authentic vintage typewriter look and feel
  • Underwood-inspired keystrokes and bell sounds
  • Randomized ink patterns
  • Save, print, and export creations
  • Optimized page size for social media
  • Delete mistakes and manual cursor movement
  • Font randomizer and vintage font selection
Currently charting
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My Typewriter combines the look and feel of working on a vintage typewriter with the convenience of a modern day word processor. With My Typewriter you have a typewriter to-go right in the palm of your hand. From the Underwood-inspired keystrokes and bell to the randomized ink patterns, this app was designed with the authentic experience of the classic writing machine in mind. Anything you create on My Typewriter can be saved, printed, exported, and uploaded to any platform you would like. Furthermore, the page size of My Typewriter has been optimized for social media posting to give your work the highest aesthetic quality on what’s becoming the chosen platform for the modern day poet. Some advantages My Typewriter has over other typewriter apps are the ability to delete mistakes, a longer page to be better-suited for long-form works, a font randomizer, a selection of vintage fonts to choose from, and the ability to move the cursor around manually in order to play with poetic form or to function like a traditional word-processor. We hope the next wave of Kerouacs, Plaths, and Hemingways use My Typewriter to create their masterworks just as we hope anyone with the inkling to write finds true joy from this virtual typewriter. Writers write, so get to it! Developed by Winnona Partners, LLC https://winnonapartners.com

Screenshots

World Clock Time Zone Widget4 screens
My Typewriter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: World Clock Time Zone Widget at Free against My Typewriter's $1.99. World Clock Time Zone Widget also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (31K vs 133). My Typewriter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and chart position (#178 vs unranked). On ads 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

World Clock Time Zone Widget is free to download; My Typewriter costs $1.99 up front. World Clock Time Zone Widget sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. My Typewriter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

World Clock Time Zone Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: World Clock Time Zone Widget has 31K ratings behind it against 133, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of World Clock Time Zone Widget's written reviews are positive against 60% of My Typewriter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Clock Time Zone Widget ships an update fortnightly, My Typewriter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
World Clock Time Zone Widget versus My Typewriter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld Clock Time Zone WidgetMy Typewriter
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (31K ratings) — better4.0 (133 ratings)
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings31K — better133
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#178 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLasmit TLB LtdEcho Garrett

Customer experience

World Clock Time Zone Widget

All ratings30,552 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews567 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative23.8%

My Typewriter

All ratings133 ratings
Positive72.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative23.3%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative34.4%

User reviews

World Clock Time Zone Widget

From 31K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and functional
  • 🚀 Time everywhere
  • 🚀 Invaluable for dealing with timezones
  • 👍 Used by everyone
  • 👍 Excellent customer service

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Time is wrong for some cities
  • 🐛 Widget doesn't work properly
  • 🐛 Buggy
  • 💰 Requires subscription for full features
  • 💰 Misleading about free features

My Typewriter

From 133 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Authentic typewriter aesthetic and fonts
  • 🔊 Realistic typing sounds
  • 💾 Easy saving and exporting functionality
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
  • 💡 Multiple typewriter font options

Room to improve

  • ⌨️ No external/Bluetooth keyboard support
  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and data loss
  • 📋 No copy/paste functionality
  • 🔊 Cannot mute or disable typewriter sound
  • 📄 Limited to single page typing at a time

Bugs and requests

World Clock Time Zone Widget

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Time zone display issues
  • Widget freezing and not updating
  • Inability to edit or remove time zones

Requested features

4 requests
  • Display date along with time
  • Ability to have 24-hour and 12-hour clocks side-by-side
  • Customizable widget layout and colors
  • Notification alerts for time zone changes

My Typewriter

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes frequently, especially when saving
  • Data loss when app crashes mid-typing
  • Saved canvases display cut off or out of view
  • Keyboard input not synced properly
  • Text overwrites or misaligns during editing
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  • Line break functionality inconsistent
  • App freezes on device rotation
  • Paste functionality not working
  • Cannot load multiple pages for continuous typing

Requested features

15 requests
  • Bluetooth/external keyboard support
  • Sound toggle/mute option
  • Multiple page support
  • Autosave functionality
  • Copy and paste text capability
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  • Export as editable text file (not just image)
  • Different background/paper options
  • Dark mode or inverted colors
  • Spellcheck and advanced editing tools
  • User guide and in-app help documentation
  • Custom canvas/background import
  • Different export dimensions (Instagram square)
  • Watermark option
  • Red ink ribbon option
  • Landscape orientation support

In-app purchases

10 purchases

World Clock Time Zone Widget

Subscriptions7
  • Premium Club Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
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  • Premium Club - Annual3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Pro Club - Family Sharing$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Club Lifetime$49.99
  • Lifetime$59.99
  • Lifetime$99.99
None

My Typewriter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is World Clock Time Zone Widget free?
World Clock Time Zone Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Typewriter free?
My Typewriter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, World Clock Time Zone Widget or My Typewriter?
World Clock Time Zone Widget is rated higher. World Clock Time Zone Widget averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31K ratings, while My Typewriter averages 4.0 from 133 ratings.
Do World Clock Time Zone Widget or My Typewriter have ads?
Neither World Clock Time Zone Widget nor My Typewriter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, World Clock Time Zone Widget or My Typewriter?
World Clock Time Zone Widget ships an update fortnightly, and My Typewriter every 2 months. Most recently, World Clock Time Zone Widget was updated on October 1, 2026 and My Typewriter on August 30, 2026.

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