Report updated May 20, 2026
Clock
For general mobile users requiring basic time management tools like alarms, timers, and world clocks.
Clock is an established utilities app that is completely free. With a 3.8/5 rating from 359.3K reviews, it shows polarized user reception. Users particularly appreciate the clock application provides a reliable and ad-free experience for daily alarm management, though alarm reliability issues including silent alarms and unexpected auto-dismissal behaviors remains a common concern.
What is Clock?
Clock is a native utility app for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS providing alarm, world clock, stopwatch, and timer functionality.
Users hire the app for dependable time management and sleep scheduling that integrates directly with system-level health features, reducing the friction of managing daily routines.
Current Momentum
v1.4 · 5mo ago
Maintenance- Ships stability-focused bug fix releases.
- Maintains core utility feature set.
What makes this app unique?
What Does It Look Like?
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What Are The Key Features?
Syncs wake-up alarms and sleep schedules with the Health app to trigger Sleep Focus mode.
Allows selection of songs from the local Apple Music library as custom alarm sounds.
Enables running multiple timers simultaneously with distinct labels and sounds.
How much does it cost?
- Free utility app with no IAP or ad-supported inventory
The app functions as a platform-native utility provided at no cost to drive hardware retention and platform stickiness.
Who Built It?
Jatisari Inovasi Studio
Providing essential system utilities and productivity tools for the Apple ecosystem. Streamlining daily workflows through deep OS-level integration.
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What do users think recently?
High confidence · Latest 60 of 99 total reviews analyzed · Based on 99 reviews. Signal may be noisy.
How did the latest release land?
What is the recent mood?
Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate the clock application provides a reliable and ad-free experience for daily alarm management, but report alarm reliability issues including silent alarms and unexpected auto-dismissal behaviors.
What Users Love
What Frustrates Users
What Users Want
How have ratings & review volume moved?
Rating, review sentiment, and total reviews over time, with release markers showing the post-launch impact.
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Mood gauge, ratings & review-volume history, every praise / complaint / request, and sentiment over time.
What is the competitive landscape for Clock?
Where is it available?
Localized markets (20)
How's The Utilities Market?
How does it evolve in the Utilities market?
Clock maintains a baseline utility position, but its 2.5-star rating on iOS significantly lags behind the high-engagement metrics of specialized competitors like Alarmy. The lack of IAP or ads signals a pure retention-focused strategy that is currently undermined by recent alarm reliability regressions.
Rank progression
5 active rankings tracked — 30-day window
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
This app directly challenges the target's core utility by gamifying the alarm experience, capturing users who find standard alarms ineffective for waking up.
Contenders(4)
It serves as a direct alternative for users requiring more granular control over timers and sequential time-tracking tasks.
A specialized competitor that targets the same morning routine use case with a focus on forced engagement and habit-breaking.
This app overlaps with the target by bundling timekeeping with calendar management, appealing to users seeking an all-in-one productivity dashboard.
It competes by offering advanced multi-tasking capabilities for time management that exceed the target's basic stopwatch and timer functionality.
Same space(3)
A niche utility tool for shop management that shares the same category but serves a distinct merchant-focused audience.
Categorized under business utilities, it competes for the same 'Utility' app store real estate but targets professional fleet management.
Operates in the same broad utility category, focusing on service management rather than device-level timekeeping tools.
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All rivals in one side-by-side table — identity, store metrics, ratings & sentiment, and strategic intel — plus a head-to-head page for each.
The outtake for Clock
Strengths to defend, gaps to attack
Core Strengths
- System-level integration with the Health app stack
- Native Apple Music library access for custom wake-up sounds
- Ad-free, privacy-focused utility model
Critical Frictions
- 2.5-star rating on iOS
- Alarm reliability regressions in the latest release
- Lack of confirmation safeguards for alarm deletion
Growth Levers
- Bulk alarm adjustment features
- Advanced recurring frequency settings
- Integration of smart wake-up phases
Market Threats
- Alarmy's 2-million-rating scale
- Rapid feature iteration from new entrants
- User churn to specialized health-tracking alarms
What are the next best moves?
Rebuild alarm trigger logic because silent alarms are the top complaint → stabilize user trust
Alarm reliability is the #1 complaint theme in sentiment analysis.
Trade-off: Push the bulk-adjustment feature sprint to Q3 — reliability is a churn risk, bulk-adjustment is a convenience.
Restore gradual volume ramp because users report preset volumes are too loud → reduce negative sentiment
Removal of volume customization is a top-cited regression in recent reviews.
Trade-off: Pause the UI-refresh for the World Clock tab — volume control has a direct impact on daily usage satisfaction.
A counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of monetization is its biggest risk: because it is a free utility, the team lacks the revenue-driven urgency to fix bugs that competitors with paid subscriptions solve immediately.
Feature Gaps vs Competitors
- Gamified alarm dismissal (available in Alarmy but missing here)
- Smart sleep-phase wake-up (available in Sleepzy but missing here)
Key Takeaways
Clock holds its category lead through system-level integration but bleeds users to specialized rivals due to recent alarm reliability regressions, so revenue growth hinges on restoring core alarm stability to prevent further churn.
Where Is It Heading?
Declining
The time-management category is consolidating around specialized, gamified entrants that solve specific user pain points like the snooze-loop. Clock remains exposed to this disruption because its maintenance-mode cadence fails to address the reliability regressions that are currently driving users to higher-rated alternatives.
Alarm reliability regressions in the latest release erode the daily active habit, which compounds the rating drag already visible on iOS.
Recent updates focused on stability and bug fixes, indicating the product is currently in maintenance mode rather than active feature expansion.