Comparison

BeeLine Reader vs The Clock by seense

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

Head to head
About

BeeLine Reader

This app uses eye-guiding color gradients to help you read faster and more easily. It's particularly beneficial for individuals with dyslexia, ADD, or vision impairments, and can be used with articles saved from Safari or browsed directly within the app on select websites.

Highlights
  • Eye-guiding color gradients
  • Improved reading speed
  • Enhanced reading ability
  • Safari Action Extension integration
  • Article saving via Share Extension
  • In-app browsing on select sites
Features
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Read faster and more easily with our digital reading technology, which has has won awards from Stanford and United Nations! Here's how it works: instead of using plain black text, we display text using eye-guiding color gradients. These gradients flow from the end of one line to the beginning of the next, so that when you move your eyes from right to left, they're automatically drawn to the appropriate line. Vision, literacy, and medical experts agree that BeeLine Reader improves reading speed and reading ability for readers of all ages and skill levels. It is particularly helpful for readers with dyslexia, ADD, or vision impairments—some readers are able to read over 50% faster with BeeLine. Find out how much it will help you by taking the BeeLine Reading Challenge on our website: www.BeeLineReader.com. Included app functionality: Read with BeeLine in Safari using our BeeLine Action Extension; save articles for later using the BeeLine Share Extension; and browse the web with BeeLine on select popular websites (AP News, Reuters, and Medium.com) within the BeeLine app. Never used an extension before? Find out how: http://bit.ly/1vaQaOf IAP: Add premium news sites to your reading list and read Kindle books with BeeLine (iPad only). Have epub files you want to read with BeeLine? Grab the ReadMe! app, which supports DRM-free EPUB files.

About

The Clock by seense

Manage contacts across time zones, plan meetings efficiently, and view calendars with this highly customizable world clock app. It offers a range of clock faces, business hour highlights, and break reminders, with widget and Siri shortcut support.

Highlights
  • World clock with customizable views
  • Meeting planner with business hours
  • iOS Calendar integration
  • Break reminders
  • Widget and Siri Shortcuts
  • Multiple themes and clock faces
Features
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After 10 years on the Mac and tens of thousands of happy users, The Clock now on your iPhone/iPad. The Clock • Keep track, easily and efficiently of your contacts in different time zones. • Have a quick view on a Calendar, which can be integrated with the iOS Calendar • Easily setup meetings with the Meeting Planner. • Have a highlight on the Business Hours and Holidays of your subcontractors, customers, ... • Highly customizable. • Be reminded when to Take a Break and relax. • Widget ready for your convenience. • Siri Shortcuts available. • Responsive design to adapt to portrait/landscape view. • HandOff with The Clock on your Mac. The World Clocks • AM/PM or 24Hours. • Analog or Digital Clock view. • Choose among a wide range of complications • Business Hours. • Time offset. • Sunrise/Sunset. • Country. • Time Zone offset (PDT, CDT, UTC…). • Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. • AM/PM, 24H. • Drag&Drop the world clocks to order them. • Beautiful clock face displaying day and night. • Personalize the world clock time format per cities. • Change the city name. • PDT, CDT, MDT, GMT… and more automatically adapting during daylight saving period. Meeting Planner • Meeting Planner swipe the screen to travel through time. • Business Hours led to check if your contact is in the working hours time frame. • Select a date in the calendar for an accurate Daylight Saving adjustment. • With the iOS Calendar integration into The Clock have a quick look on your schedule • With the Calendar Complication, automatically know if you are busy while planning a meeting. • Export easily your schedule information with the share menu or Drag & Drop (iPad). • Slider automatically round the time to 15/30 min. Calendar • Navigate the months with a tap, or keyboard shortcuts (iPad Pro). • Show/Hide the Calendar. • Toggle week/month view. • Show/Hide the weeks number. • Select your referenced calendar for the week number. (Regional settings, or ISO 8601). • Select a day in Meeting Planner for an accurate Daylight Saving adjustment. • Highlight days off per city. • Follow the iOS setting for Calendar first day of the week or set your own... • Choose to integrate or not with the iOS Calendar. • Have a quick view on your calendar events. • Calendar complication to immediately see what is coming next on your schedule. Accessibility • Voice Over. • Dynamic Type for font size to adapt to your need. • Color blind friendly. • Haptic feedback (for device supporting it). Other • Choose between 4 beautiful themes (White/Dark/Daisy Blue/Deep Dark). • Select clock faces. • Keyboard Shortcuts for most common actions (on iPad Pro with keyboard). • Backup/Restore your settings easily (Local, Dropbox, iCloud). • Enjoy the Take a Break feature, and relax. • And more … • And with a real user manual to go deeper in the discovery of all the features.

Screenshots

BeeLine Reader3 screens
The Clock by seense4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Clock by seense at 4.0 against BeeLine Reader's 2.3. The Clock by seense also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (71% vs 38%). BeeLine Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

BeeLine Reader costs $4.99 and The Clock by seense $2.99 up front. BeeLine Reader sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. The Clock by seense asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Clock by seense holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of BeeLine Reader's written reviews are positive against 71% of The Clock by seense's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeeLine Reader ships an update every 5 months, The Clock by seense every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BeeLine Reader versus The Clock by seense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeeLine ReaderThe Clock by seense
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating2.3 (20 ratings)4.0 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.3% of reviews70.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2022 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBeeLine Reader, Inc.Fabrice Leyne

Customer experience

BeeLine Reader

All ratings20 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative65.0%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive38.3%
Neutral6.4%
Negative55.3%

The Clock by seense

All ratings22 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative17.6%

Bugs and requests

BeeLine Reader

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • PDF reader not working
  • Kindle feature not working
  • Share extension issues
  • App loses reading progress
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  • Scrolling triggers sidebar
  • Cannot save PDFs for future reference
  • Cannot share PDFs from iBooks or Mail
  • App doesn't remember reading location
  • Cannot import documents
  • Program stopped working after re-install
  • No coloring of text
  • Safari readability mode creates blocking bar
  • Cannot take color gradient PDFs to other apps
  • App doesn't work with iBooks

Requested features

10 requests
  • Support for more file formats (ePub, docx)
  • Ability to use BeeLine colors in other apps
  • Android app development
  • Syncing across devices
  • Ability to delete old articles
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  • Upload PDFs directly
  • Spanish language support
  • Integration with iBooks
  • Better Kindle integration on iPhone
  • Dark mode option

The Clock by seense

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

BeeLine Reader

One-time6
  • BeeLine News Lite$0.99
  • BeeLine News Pro$3.99
  • BeeLine News Pro$4.99
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  • BeeLine Email & Social Pro$4.99
  • BeeLine PDF Reader$9.99
  • eBooks Pro$19.99
None

The Clock by seense

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeeLine Reader free?
BeeLine Reader costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is The Clock by seense free?
The Clock by seense costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BeeLine Reader or The Clock by seense?
The Clock by seense is rated higher. BeeLine Reader averages 2.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while The Clock by seense averages 4.0 from 22 ratings.
Do BeeLine Reader or The Clock by seense have ads?
Neither BeeLine Reader nor The Clock by seense shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeeLine Reader or The Clock by seense?
BeeLine Reader ships an update every 5 months, and The Clock by seense every 9 months. Most recently, BeeLine Reader was updated on November 1, 2026 and The Clock by seense on November 11, 2026.

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