Analog Watch
The most recommended of 4 daily puzzle games
Fun daily game that trains reading analog clock faces without converting to digital time; the most common caveat is that it marks answers wrong when off by one minute.
Fun daily game that trains reading analog clock faces without converting to digital time; the most common caveat is that it marks answers wrong when off by one minute.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Practice reading analog clock faces
“you’ve basically turned ‘can you read an analog face?’ into a little daily ego check. nice.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Analog Watch” “Fun game! Definitely needed the practice rounds.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Analog Watch” “Good for timely brain gearings”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Analog Watch” Fun, light daily game
“This was fun! I was disappointed when I realized there was no leader board for the daily challenge.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Analog Watch” “It's been a fun little game I play to make sure I don't embarrass myself”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Analog Watch” “Fun game! Definitely needed the practice rounds.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Analog Watch”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hour display and 0 hour bugs
“It initially shows the hour selected but then overwrites the right-most component”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Analog Watch” “12AM/PM watch faces don't register 0 as the hour.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Analog Watch”
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| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analog WatchThis page | 12 | 4 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
| Daily historical events chronological sorting game | 8 | 1 | 89% | 2 | — | — |
| The Daily Set | 7 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| The Daily Baffle | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I don't think your app is optimized for that.”
“this completely misses the point of analogue watches or clocks”
“you’ve basically turned ‘can you read an analog face?’ into a little daily ego check. nice.”
“It initially shows the hour selected but then overwrites the right-most component”
“Good for timely brain gearings”
“12AM/PM watch faces don't register 0 as the hour.”
“Fun game! Definitely needed the practice rounds.”
“slightly annoying that I have to convert to 12h for this game”
“The daily challenge doesn't seem to work for me.”
“It's been a fun little game I play to make sure I don't embarrass myself”
“This was fun! I was disappointed when I realized there was no leader board for the daily challenge.”
“my only issue is that it cares if you are off by 1 minute”
“This fun game just made me realize that actually using analog watch does not require converting the time to HH:MM.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.