Night Clock vs MAX Daylight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Night Clock
This app displays a simple analog clock designed for low-light conditions, featuring customizable colors and an optional sweep second hand. It can automatically adjust brightness based on sunset and sunrise.
- Customizable analog clock face
- Multiple color options
- Automatic brightness adjustment
- Optional sweep second hand
- Easy-to-read in darkness
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Night Clock is the simplest analogue clock for your nightstand, designed to be easy on your eyes in darkness so you don't wake yourself up trying to figure out what time it is. Dim your display and use the default Classy Red face for the lowest light levels, get a little daring with Fizzy Orange, or blend in with your decor with Oak Brown. There are a dozen colour choices* to choose from. If you allow Night Clock to use your location, it will slowly dim the colours after sunset and return to full brightness by sunrise. Or, if you choose one of the new "night and day" schemes, the colour will change completely between night and day. This capability works best in conjunction with the iOS Auto-Brightness setting being on. (General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations.) And if you're just too wired to sleep, turn on the sweep second hand with a tap on the sweep button, or just press and hold on the face for 2 seconds. The sweep second hand will make two full revolutions and then slowly fade out. You might find that as it fades, so do you to restful sleep. * Original colour design by Andrew J. Clark.
MAX Daylight
Track remaining daylight and receive sunset notifications. Explore solar data globally, compare locations, and generate reports. Calculate distances to the Equator and poles.
- Real-time sunset time
- Sunset notifications
- Global sunrise/sunset monitoring
- Location comparison
- Distance to Equator/Poles
- Solar data reports
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I wrote this app to help me get home before dark while riding my bicycle. You can see at a glance how much time until sunset, and set notifications for when you are running out of sunlight. Your loved ones will no longer worry or complain. Then I added everything solar but the kitchen sink, just for fun. Not only for your current location, you can monitor sunrise, noon, and sunset anywhere on Earth. You can compare locations, make movies, and generate reports comparing a location you select to places around the globe. Check the distance to your location, the Equator, and the North or South Pole from anywhere on Earth. Quick and easy for its headline purpose, but enough detail to satisfy almost any nerd. Most of the USA is far enough north to have little sunlight in mid-winter, rapid changes in the amount of sunlight in spring and fall, and a glorious abundance in summer. You need this app to keep on top of all that.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MAX Daylight at Free against Night Clock's $1.99. MAX Daylight also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 50%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.0). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
MAX Daylight is free to download; Night Clock costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MAX Daylight holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MAX Daylight has 62 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Night Clock's written reviews are positive against 94% of MAX Daylight's.
Night Clock ships an update every 39 months, MAX Daylight every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Night Clock | MAX Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.9 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Allister Jenks | Stephen Mykytyn |
Customer experience
Night Clock
MAX Daylight
In-app purchases
Night Clock
No in-app purchases
MAX Daylight
No in-app purchases
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