Clock is a system-integrated utility for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that provides alarm, timer, stopwatch, and world clock functionality.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The product removes the friction of managing daily schedules by providing a zero-cost, ad-free utility that is pre-installed and deeply integrated with system-level features like Health and Apple Music.
For General mobile users requiring basic time management tools like alarms, timers, and world clocks.
What does it look like?
Key features
Syncs wake up alarms with Health app schedules.
Allows custom alarm tones from Apple Music.
Runs multiple countdown timers with custom labels.
How much does it cost?
Clock is a free utility bundled with the operating system, serving as a platform retention tool.
Velocity
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The app exhibits a very low release cadence, with only two updates recorded over the last nine months. This equates to approximately 0.05 releases per week, falling well below the threshold for active development. Both the latest release and the previous version contain only generic, opaque notes regarding bug fixes and stability. There is no evidence of new features or live operations, indicating a maintenance-focused development cycle.
Who built it?
Jatisari Inovasi Studio
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What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans frustrated. Users appreciate simple and clean interface design provides a straightforward experience for users who prefer minimal functionality, but report alarms fail to produce sound or vibration after the latest update, causing users to miss important events.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Weekly average review rating
What users say, by theme
- Simple and clean interface design provides a straightforward experience for users who prefer minimal functionality
- Alarms fail to produce sound or vibration after the latest update, causing users to miss important events
120 of 2346 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Frustrated overall
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Competitive landscape for Clock
How's the Utilities market?
Clock maintains a presence in the Utilities category as a system-bundled tool, though it currently holds a 2.5-star rating across 2346 analyzed reviews. The lack of independent volume controls and recent reliability regressions create a significant gap between user expectations for a system-level app and current performance.
The rivals identified
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This app competes directly with this app's timer and alarm functionality by offering a specialized, high-frequency task management experience for power users.
- Offers deep Apple Watch integration for hands-free timer management during active tasks
- Supports complex Siri Shortcuts to trigger multi-timer sequences without opening the app
- Provides specialized multi-timer execution workflows that this app currently lacks
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Key takeaways for Clock
Where is it heading?
The utility market is consolidating around specialized productivity tools that offer deeper integration with wearables and complex task sequencing. Clock remains in maintenance mode, leaving it exposed to rivals that actively address the friction points users report, such as independent volume management and granular snooze intervals.
- Persistent alarm reliability issues (silent alarms) post-update drive negative sentiment, which compounds the existing friction regarding shared volume controls.
- The lack of feature updates over the last 9 months leaves the product vulnerable to specialized productivity rivals that offer deeper wearable support.
The SWOT
- Native system-level integration ensures higher reliability and background performance
- Granular snooze duration and custom repeat intervals would address top user requests
Next best moves
Rebuild alarm trigger logic because silent alarms are the top complaint → restore core utility trust
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's reliability crisis is a greater threat than feature gaps…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Advanced multi-timer sequencing (available in Interval Timer for Tasks but absent here) +1
Since the last report: Reliability failures have expanded from silent alarms to include timer reset malfunctions, further eroding the utility's core value proposition. The product remains in a maintenance cycle with no new features added to address these persistent functional regressions.
Bottom line
Decoupling alarm volume from system ringer settings would resolve the primary user friction point, restoring trust in the core utility.
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Access the full report for freeFAQ
Is Clock reliable for daily wake-up alarms?
Can I set a different volume for my alarm than my ringer?
How does Clock compare to specialized timer apps?
What is a good alternative for advanced timer needs?
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