Just 24 Hours vs Octal Sun Time
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Just 24 Hours
When all you need is to know what time it is, only the actual time matters. There are many wonderful clock applications available for Android devices. Many have have lots of great features. Choice in applications is a good thing. When one wishes to choose a simple clock application that just displays the time of day in as large numbers as can fit on the screen's device, Just 24 Hours is here! '''Features:''' Just 24 Hours will display the time of day in 24 hour format in a big numbers as will fit on the screen. For those that were corrective lenses, it can be challenging to read small numbers when just waking up. Big numbers are required. No matter what size screen your Android device has, Just 24 Hours will use as big a text size that will fit on the screen. That is all. No alarm settings. No typeface settings. No colour settings. Just a big clock to see what time of day it is. Of course, this is not what everyone wants in a clock application. This is okay. There are dozens of clock applications available for Android. Most (maybe all!) are great applications. We are certain that there will be one that will satisfy one's desired features. For those that just want the time, Just 24 Hours is here!
Octal Sun Time
A clock that shows the octal solar time of your chosen location. Octal solar time is a location-specific time system that defines a day as the time between two consecutive solar midnights. Known to contain 24 hours in the regular clock system, a day is divided into 8 equally long octal hours. Each octal hour is divided into 64 equally long octal minutes. Each octal minute is divided into 64 equally long octal seconds. The clock is visualized by an hour finger that runs one cycle per day, with 0 (solar midnight) at the bottom and 4 (solar noon) at the top. In addition, the octal hour and minute is also shown digitally as a three-digit octal number in the center. A golden arch visualizes the time between sunrise and sunset. Locations can be managed and chosen. Locations can be added by an online search function backed by wikidata. Privacy notice: When using the location search function, the app connects to a wikidata server and shares your typed search term in order to get search results. This is the only situation when the app uses internet connection.
| Feature | Just 24 Hours | Octal Sun Time |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityCalendar | ProductivityCalendar |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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