Real vs MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
This utility app displays time in multiple formats, including civil, solar, and metric. It offers a progress bar for the day's elapsed percentage and shows sunrise/sunset times. A converter tool allows for easy time conversions between different systems.
- Civil time with DST
- Solar time based on sun position
- Metric time (10,000 units per day)
- Daily progress bar
- Sunrise and sunset times
- Time converter tool
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The clock shows two different times in several different ways. Civil time is the current time in your time zone, taking daylight saving rules into account. Solar time depends on the position of the sun in the sky. Solar noon is when the sun is at its highest point. That moment depends on where you are, and on where the Earth is in its annual orbit around the sun. The time display shows hours and minutes in the way you're used to. It also shows a metric time. It breaks the day into 10,000 equal-sized pieces and keeps count of them over the course of the day. Midnight is 0000, and 9999 is the instant just before the next midnight. It also shows a progress bar for the percent of day elapsed. The clock shows sunrise and sunset times for both civil and solar days, in the hour and minute display and in metric. There's a "classic" display page that shows just solar metric, civil metric and civil hh:mm time. There's a converter page that allows you to type in a time, civil or solar, hours:minutes or metric, and convert to all the other available time types.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Real at 5.0 against MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric's 4.3. Real also leads on iOS requirement (8.1 vs 16.0). MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Real holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
Real ships an update every 2 months, MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real | MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rotblauer, LLC | Michael Olson |
Customer experience
Real
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
In-app purchases
Real
No in-app purchases
MultiClock Civil/Solar/Metric
No in-app purchases
Questions
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