Clock

Replace your Clock. Start with these.

As of 17 Oct 2026, 65 apps can replace the Clock on Android. These 8 are where we'd start.

The top 3

Best overall

Chrono

vicolo

Alarms, timers and a clock in one Material You app, with tags so you can turn a whole set on or off.

FreeUpdated 10 Jan 2025Android 5.0+

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Best for heavy sleepers

Alarmy

Delight Room

Makes you solve a task before it will stop, so heavy sleepers actually get up.

Checked 17 Oct 2026—

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Also great. Five more.

Picked by hand, 17 Oct 2026
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AllFreeUpdated this year
36 apps · sorted by name
All 36 apps
App ▲ What it does Price Updated ▼ Min Android ▼ Get it
aka AlarmAleksandr Alekseev
 Wakes you within a 30-min window when you start stirring Free 6 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
AlarmClock Deluxe (Wecker, Uhr, Timer, Stoppuhr)HutterSoft
 Alarm, clock, timer and stopwatch with advanced alarm tools Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
AstroClockHolger Schoening
 Astronomically correct 24-hour clock: the Sun is the hand, the star sky turns Free 3 Sept 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
BinClockWidgetshining-cat
 AMOLED-black monochrome binary-clock home-screen widget Free 14 Sept 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Clock
 Alarm, clock, timer and stopwatch mode Free 27 Sept 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Clock Screensaver & WidgetGeorg Sieber
 Fullscreen Analog- and Digital Clock with Alarm, Event & Battery View Free 14 Jul 2026 Android 4.2+ F-Droid
Clock YouTop 8Bnyro
 A Material You clock with alarms, a timer and a stopwatch Free 12 Oct 2026 Android 6.0+ F-Droid
Cyclic AlarmsPramod Beema
 Alarm app for shift schedules — repeats every N days, not just weekly Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
EpochRealEarthling
 Time display for nerds: Unix, sidereal, binary clocks & more Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Flash Alert (Calls & SMS)JNDA
 Blink the terminal when receiving a call, SMS or an application notification Free 14 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Fossify Clock BetaFossify
 Handy, lightweight, clock app with essential features Free 2 Feb 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Hisn ElmoslemHassan Eltantawy
 Comprehensive Azkar & Dua app from Hisn Elmoslem Free 12 Mar 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
HRLYLtrademark
 A minimalist hourly chime Free 16 Aug 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
LifeMeterBabak Bandpey
 Your birthdate turned into a live dashboard of numbers about your life Free 3 Oct 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
LocReminderShahoriar Hossain
 Reminds you at the right place Free 1 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Lux Alarm
 Wake up with light! This alarm can only be turned off when your room is bright Free 20 Sept 2026 Android 9+ F-Droid
MA ClockVayun Mathur
 A simple clock app Free 4 Aug 2026 Android 12+ F-Droid
Malarmadriablo
 Flexible no-frills alarm scheduler, free and Free 14 Sept 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Math Clockthodiet
 Widget, which shows the time in German words based on fractions Free 9 Sept 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Nature's MusicAaron Roberts
 Mix nature sounds—ocean, rain, forest, storm, city—and set a sleep alarm Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
NFC Alarm ClockTop 8Gabe Gonzalez
 An alarm you can dismiss by scanning an NFC tag Free 14 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
NightDreamTop 8firebirdberlin
 A bedside clock that can sit on a nightstand and keep the time large Free 18 Sept 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Noor Connect
 Premium privacy-first Islamic companion: Quran, Qibla, Adhan, & Habit tracking Free 14 Oct 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
QRAlarm
 Disable alarms with a QR scanner Free 16 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
Remind Me!Vishnu Sanal T
 Set alarms for a specific date in the future (alarm, not a reminder!) Free 18 May 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
reReminderProfessorQuantumUniverse
 recurring reminders, many timers, own schedules, no tracking Free 15 Oct 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
ReteClockreteclock contributors
 Full-screen digital clock and dock screensaver for old Android phones Free 12 Oct 2026 API 9+ F-Droid
RomanDigitalDavid Yockey
 Digital Clock App and Widget with Roman Numeral Display Free 16 Aug 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid
SG AODLuterGS
 Custom always-on display with a clock, battery, notifications and music status Free 16 Oct 2026 Android 12+ F-Droid
ShiftSwift
 A smart shift calendar Free 15 Sept 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
ShockAlarmKaiya
 Full featured Cross Platform OpenShock Client optimized for Mobile usage Free 11 Aug 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Stochastic ReminderThibault Coppex
 Fixed and random reminder scheduler Free 14 Aug 2026 Android 10+ F-Droid
Suntimes
 Sunlight and moonlight information (clock, alarms, tiles, and widgets) Free 31 Aug 2026 Android 4.0+ F-Droid
YtAlarm
 A simple alarm application using ytdl-android Free 9 Jun 2026 Android 7.0+ F-Droid
Zhamhaykh
 Offline world clock with a home-screen widget and time-zone converter Free 5 Jul 2026 Android 8.0+ F-Droid
おやつ OyatsuWatanabe Takanobu
 Seasonal time system clock 不定時法時計 ウィジェット Free 18 Jul 2026 Android 5.0+ F-Droid

'Top 8' marks the apps above. Data from F-Droid and hand-checked entries, as of 17 Oct 2026.

How we pick the top 8: a person tries the apps and checks each maker's page, then writes the labels down with a date. How we choose