Comparison

Real vs Clocks in Motion

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

Head to head
About

Real

This utility app displays the current time based on your geographical longitude. It calculates local mean time and true solar time, accounting for the Equation of Time and daylight saving. It also shows the difference between your real time and standard clock time.

Highlights
  • Real-time display based on longitude
  • Local mean time calculation
  • True solar time calculation
  • Equation of Time accounting
  • Daylight saving time support
  • Time difference display
Features
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Shows the real time according to your longitude. Version 3.0. - Maybe fixed an issue where the location always defaulted to 0:0 lat long - Now displays local mean time and true solar time Version 2.0. - Dedicated to Sven. - Incorporated calculations for the Equation of Time and daylight savings time. Note that with support for the Equation of Time, your time difference will change over the course of the year. - To learn more about the Equation of Time, check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_time Version 1.0. - Also shows the time difference between your real time and the clock time in your time zone.

About

Clocks in Motion

This utility app transforms analog clock hands into a dynamic seven-segment digital display. It offers customizable 12 or 24-hour formats and supports both light and dark themes to match system settings or user preference.

Highlights
  • Analog hands form digital display
  • 12 or 24-hour format
  • Light and dark appearance modes
  • System-based theme switching
  • Kinetic art integration
Features
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A clock so beautiful you'll watch it change. Every digit is drawn by tiny analog clock faces—24 in all—their hands sweeping into position each minute to spell out the time. Part timepiece, part kinetic art. Give it sixty seconds. You'll never want a plain digital clock again. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • A living display for your nightstand, desk, or shelf • Minimal, elegant, and mesmerizing to watch • One-time $0.99 — no subscriptions, no ads, no in-app purchases HOW IT WORKS Each digit is a 3×2 grid of six clock faces. Forty-eight hands choreograph themselves every sixty seconds, sweeping smoothly to their new positions to redraw the time. ALARMS Create alarms with a label, choose which days they repeat, and set a snooze from 1 to 30 minutes. When an alarm fires, a countdown Live Activity appears on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, showing exactly how much snooze time remains. ALWAYS-ON / BEDSIDE MODE Long-press the clock to enter always-on mode: the display dims, overlays disappear, and the idle timer is disabled—perfect as a quiet bedside or desk clock. Tap once to exit. AIRPLAY Send the clock to an Apple TV or any AirPlay 2 display. It fills the screen in the full television layout and stays perfectly in sync. WIDGET Add the medium Home Screen widget—independently configurable per instance for time format, theme, and accent color. CUSTOMIZE • 12-hour or 24-hour format • Light, Dark, or System theme • Hand accent: System, Blue, Green, or Amber ACCESSIBILITY Reduce Motion snaps transitions instead of sweeping. Increase Contrast switches to a high-separation opaque palette. VoiceOver reads the current time as one element. The same beautiful clock is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV.

Screenshots

Real1 screens
Clocks in Motion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Real at Free against Clocks in Motion's $0.99. Real also leads on iOS requirement (8.1 vs 26.0). Clocks in Motion's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Real is free to download; Clocks in Motion costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Real against 5.0 for Clocks in Motion. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Real ships an update every 2 months, Clocks in Motion every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Real versus Clocks in Motion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealClocks in Motion
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS8.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRotblauer, LLCStefano Acerbetti

Customer experience

Real

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Clocks in Motion

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Real

No in-app purchases

None

Clocks in Motion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Real free?
Real is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clocks in Motion free?
Clocks in Motion costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Real or Clocks in Motion?
Real and Clocks in Motion are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Real or Clocks in Motion have ads?
Neither Real nor Clocks in Motion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Real or Clocks in Motion?
Real ships an update every 2 months, and Clocks in Motion every 4 weeks. Most recently, Real was updated on October 7, 2026 and Clocks in Motion on October 6, 2026.

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