Comparison

Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) vs Strange Clocks

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

Head to head
About

Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock)

This app displays time using the unique Berlin Clock system, featuring 24 lamps arranged in four rows to represent hours and minutes. It offers a visually distinct way to tell time, with lamps lighting up sequentially to indicate the passing of time.

Highlights
  • 24-lamp display
  • Hour representation (5-hour and 1-hour lamps)
  • Minute representation (5-minute and 1-minute lamps)
  • Sequential lamp lighting
  • Unique time visualization
Features
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The Berlin Clock consists of 24 lamps arranged in 4 rows.  The top two rows (red) represent the hours, and the bottom two rows (yellow) represent the minutes. Additionally, a circular yellow lamp at the top flashes every 2 seconds. In the top rows of each color, each lamp represents 5 hours or 5 minutes, respectively, while in the bottom rows, each represents 1 hour or 1 minute. The lamps light up from left to right and from bottom to top. Once a row is full, all lamps turn off and another lamp lights up in the row above it.

About

Strange Clocks

Features
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Strange Clocks turns "what time is it?" into a small daily puzzle. Instead of one clock face, you get 15, each a different, real way humans (and machines) have told time throughout history: from a Cold War-era German clock made of lamps to the way a resistor's color bands encode a number. Every clock is stranger than the last, but none of them stay strange for long. Each one ships with a short animated guide that highlights exactly what to read and when, plus a live calculation line so you can watch the math happen in real time. WHAT'S INSIDE - 15 unusual clocks: Berlin Clock, Word Clock, Binary Clock, Cistercian Clock, Fibonacci Clock, Tix Clock, Hex Clock, Maya Clock, Moon Clock, Polar Clock, Resistor Clock, Decimal Time, Internet Time, Roman Hours, and the Prague Orloj. - An animated how-to-read guide for every single clock, no exceptions. - Widgets for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy, in small and medium sizes. - Clock Wall mode: turn your iPhone, or the inner display of iPhone Duo, into a live wall of clocks, screensaver-style. - 10 languages: English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Korean, and Italian. ONE CLOCK ON US Pick any clock as your gift and keep it free, forever: live in the app, on your widgets, and in StandBy. Every how-to-read guide is free for all 15. Want them all? A single one-time purchase of $1.99 unlocks every clock. No subscription, no recurring charges, no ads, and no tracking, ever. PRIVACY Strange Clocks doesn't collect your data. The one place it asks for location, to compute local sunrise and sunset for the Roman Hours clock, is used entirely on your device and never leaves it. Fifteen clocks. One phone. Zero reasons to know what time it "normally" is.

Screenshots

Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock)4 screens
Strange Clocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) at none against Strange Clocks's 1. Strange Clocks's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 129 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Strange Clocks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) ships an update every 129 months, Strange Clocks every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) versus Strange Clocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSet Theory Clock (BerlinClock)Strange Clocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 129 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStefan NeumannKIP Networks

In-app purchases

None

Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock)

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Strange Clocks

One-time1
  • Unlock all 15 clocks$1.99

Questions

Is Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) free?
Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Strange Clocks free?
Strange Clocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) or Strange Clocks have ads?
Neither Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) nor Strange Clocks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) or Strange Clocks?
Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) ships an update every 129 months, and Strange Clocks every 3 days. Most recently, Set Theory Clock (BerlinClock) was updated on October 10, 2026 and Strange Clocks on October 16, 2026.

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