The fact that the iPad never had its own built-in Clock app always seemed like a curious omission. After all, the iPhone has had one from the day it launched; I don’t know about you, but the iPhone’s alarm is what wakes me up every weekday morning.
In iOS 6, that strange exclusion ends, as the iPad now has its very own Clock app. Does this mean the App Store’s glut of third-party alarm clock apps has been Sherlocked now? Should developers of such apps start shaking in their shoes over Apple’s offering?
Hardly. The new built-in Clock app on the iPad satisfies only the most basic of user needs, and the user interface is such a weird hodgepodge of design elements that it almost feels like someone issued this as a challenge to an intern: “Here, go make a Clock app for the iPad. Don’t spend too much time on it.”
If you’re familiar with the Clock app on the iPhone, you’ll find few surprises here. The basic functions are the same: World Clock, Alarm, Stopwatch and Timer.
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