Earth Clock vs Journey Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ 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.
Journey Clock
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Put somewhere else's "right now" on your Home Screen. A widget clock that shows scenery from real towns, coasts, grasslands and alpine regions โ matched to the hour on your phone. The picture doesn't just change. Time and place move together. From the patchwork hills at dawn, to a birch-lined road at noon, to golden wheat at sunset, to a hill full of stars. Over a day, you wander through one region slowly. FOURTEEN REGIONS, FOURTEEN DAYS JAPAN - Biei, Hokkaido โ free Rolling hills and a lone tree, where northern light drifts across the day. - Higashiyama, Kyoto From the pagoda slope to willow-lined water and lantern alleys. - Shirakawa-go Steep thatched roofs along a valley, from morning fog to light on snow. EUROPE - Colmar, France โ half-timbered houses and a canal - The Cotswolds, England โ honey-coloured stone, where even rain belongs - Val d'Orcia, Italy โ rolling hills ruled by cypress lines - Santorini, Greece โ white walls and blue domes - Amalfi Coast, Italy โ a town stacked on cliffs above a blue sea - Zermatt, Switzerland โ the peak that catches the first light - South Coast, Iceland โ black sand, a glacier lagoon, green light after dark ASIA - Hoi An, Vietnam โ after dark, the whole river fills with lanterns - Ha Long Bay, Vietnam โ limestone islands surfacing from mist - Ubud, Bali โ rice terraces climbing the slope AFRICA - Marrakech, Morocco โ a red-earth city, and past the walls, stars over sand SOMETHING TO LOOK FOR Each region has its own resident. A rabbit in Biei, a cat in Kyoto, a marmot in Zermatt. They move to a different spot every hour โ see if you can find them. WIDGETS - Small, Medium and Large (Large unlocks with any purchase) - Show or hide the date and the region name; 12- or 24-hour time - Or turn the clock overlay off and keep only the artwork IN THE APP - Timeline โ all 24 hours at a glance; tap any hour to see it large - Favorites โ keep the views you love - Gallery โ compare a whole day from each region ABOUT THIS APP - No network. It works exactly the same in airplane mode or with no signal. - No permissions at all โ no location, photos, camera or notifications. - No account needed. - No ads. No analytics SDK. - One-time purchases only. There is no subscription. Buy regions one at a time, take a regional pack, or unlock everything at once. Either way you pay once and are never billed again. Note: the scenery is an artistic interpretation inspired by real places. These are paintings, not photographs โ made to keep the feeling of each place rather than to reproduce it exactly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Earth Clock at none against Journey Clock's 14. Earth Clock also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Journey Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Journey Clock sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Earth Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Earth Clock ships an update every 4 months, Journey Clock every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earth Clock | Journey Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kazuhisa Asakawa | kazunari aoki |
In-app purchases
Earth Clock
No in-app purchases
Journey Clock
- A Day in Shirakawa-go$1.99
- A Day in the Cotswolds$1.99
- A Day in Higashiyama$1.99
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- A Day in Santorini$1.99
- A Day in Val d'Orcia$1.99
- A Day on Iceland's South Coast$1.99
- A Day in Ha Long Bay$1.99
- A Day in Hoi An$1.99
- A Day in Marrakech$1.99
- A Day in Ubud$1.99
- A Day on the Amalfi Coast$2.99
- A Day in Zermatt$2.99
- A Day in Colmar$2.99
- Unlock All Regions$14.99
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