Comparison

World Clock Time Zone Widgets vs Hour

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 Widgets

Easily track the local time in cities worldwide with customizable widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Dynamic Island. Convert dates and compare time zones with a powerful tool, ideal for remote workers and global coordination. Offers visual daylight hours and sunrise/sunset information.

Highlights
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island widgets
  • Analog and digital clock displays
  • Searchable city database (10,000+ cities)
  • Date and time conversion tool
  • Visual daylight hours display
  • Live Activities integration
  • Customizable clock renaming
Features
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Check the time, anytime! Track the local time in cities across the world, right from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Dynamic Island. Add cities to World Clock and select the analog or digital clocks. Then check the World Clock widget whenever you need to know the time. Features: • Attractive analog and digital clock displays, with options to display seconds and 24-hour time. • Simple UI for adding and managing cities. Search or browse 10,000+ cities by name. • Rename a city to create a custom clock, e.g., “Grandma’s House”. • Get your local time using location (GPS). • Widgets are available in many sizes and styles, including Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Today widgets. • Live Activities available on iOS 16.2+ and iPadOS 17+. See the Live Activity on your Apple Watch with iOS 18 and watchOS 11. • Stick a clock or two in the Dynamic Island with Live Activities and see them across all your apps. • Convert tool: set the date and time, compare the times across all your time zones, and then share, create a reminder, or add to your calendar with just a few taps. This is a must-have productivity tool for remote workers or anyone coordinating across time zones. • Includes easy instructions for adding the Widget to your home and lock screens. • Daylight hours shown visually, based on actual sunrise and sunset times. • Look up a location’s sunrise time, moon phase, time zone details, and more. • In-app purchase to remove ads and unlock extra features. One-time purchase — no subscriptions!

About

Hour

This app displays the current time in multiple cities worldwide, with customizable backgrounds and formats. It helps users schedule meetings across time zones and provides sunrise/sunset information.

Highlights
  • Add/delete unlimited cities
  • Rearrange cities via drag and drop
  • Dynamic clock face background
  • Notification Center Widget
  • AM/PM or 24H format
  • Time travel swipe for scheduling
  • Sunrise/Sunset information
Features
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After 8 years on the Mac, Hour is coming to the iPhone and iPad. Hour macOS, your popular and convenient free World Clock since 2012. HOUR FEATURES • Add or Delete any city, as many as you want. • Simply rearrange your cities by drag and drop. • Hour display the Clock Face black or white background, following the night and day of the city. • Notification Center Widget. • Display AM/PM format or 24H format. • Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday information displayed. • Theme light or dark. • Easily schedule meetings or calls with friends or colleagues with the time travel swipe. • Rename the city as you want. • Fine tune time format per world clock*. • Digital mode for your World Clocks. • Sunrise, Sunset information. • Time Offset information. • VoiceOver support. Hour never prompts you for a review because we value your workflow too much to interrupt it. If you feel generous and have a couple of minutes, please leave a review. It makes a huge difference to us. Thank you in advance. *InApp

Screenshots

World Clock Time Zone Widgets4 screens
Hour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hour at none against World Clock Time Zone Widgets's shown. World Clock Time Zone Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (23K vs 4). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. World Clock Time Zone Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hour sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for World Clock Time Zone Widgets against 4.8 for Hour. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: World Clock Time Zone Widgets has 23K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Clock Time Zone Widgets ships an update every 3 weeks, Hour every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
World Clock Time Zone Widgets versus Hour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld Clock Time Zone WidgetsHour
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23K ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB9 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperOverdesigned, LLCFabrice Leyne

Customer experience

World Clock Time Zone Widgets

All ratings22,687 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews640 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral5.5%
Negative17.5%

Hour

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

World Clock Time Zone Widgets

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widget not updating correctly
  • App crashing when adding/editing locations
  • Incorrect time zone offsets for some locations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more customization options for widgets
  • Improve widget reliability and update speed
  • Integrate with Apple Watch
  • Add ability to calculate time differences between locations
  • Provide a smaller widget size option

Hour

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

World Clock Time Zone Widgets

One-time1
  • World Clock Pro$4.99
1 purchases

Hour

One-time1
  • Hour Advanced Features$2.99

Questions

Is World Clock Time Zone Widgets free?
World Clock Time Zone Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hour free?
Hour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, World Clock Time Zone Widgets or Hour?
Hour is rated higher. World Clock Time Zone Widgets averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while Hour averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do World Clock Time Zone Widgets or Hour have ads?
World Clock Time Zone Widgets shows ads; Hour does not.
Which is updated more often, World Clock Time Zone Widgets or Hour?
World Clock Time Zone Widgets ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hour every 11 months. Most recently, World Clock Time Zone Widgets was updated on November 10, 2026 and Hour on November 2, 2026.

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