Earth Clock vs Clocks in Motion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Earth Clock
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A utility app that combines aerial photography and a clock. Aerial photos are displayed randomly every minute. Aerial photos can be selected from the following: million cities around the world, Japanese cities and towns, World Heritage Sites, and OS X / macOS code names. Supports customization of date and time formats and fonts.
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.
- Analog hands form digital display
- 12 or 24-hour format
- Light and dark appearance modes
- System-based theme switching
- Kinetic art integration
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Earth Clock at Free against Clocks in Motion's $0.99. Earth Clock also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). Clocks in Motion's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Earth Clock 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.
Earth Clock ships an update every 4 months, Clocks in Motion every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earth Clock | Clocks in Motion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kazuhisa Asakawa | Stefano Acerbetti |
In-app purchases
Earth Clock
No in-app purchases
Clocks in Motion
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Earth Clock free?
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Do Earth Clock or Clocks in Motion have ads?
Which is updated more often, Earth Clock or Clocks in Motion?
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