Sun Clock
Hacker ApprovedRanked 2 of 4 web clocks by recommenders
Animated clock that tracks the sun through the day, works offline, and fits Apple Watch. Caveat: browser location detection is often wrong.
Animated clock that tracks the sun through the day, works offline, and fits Apple Watch. Caveat: browser location detection is often wrong.
21 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 81%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Clean, well-designed interface
“Very nifty little app. It is such a standard thing nowadays, but the dynamic UI rescaling (to a point anyway) makes it nice to stick on the side and watch as the sun goes down.”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Sun Clock” “Nice UI ideas in that one.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Sun Clock” “nicely designed, thank you”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Sun Clock” Works offline, fits Apple Watch
“it works completely offline and fits nicely on Apple Watch too”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Sun Clock” “This is already my default watch face on Apple Watch”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Sun Clock”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Location detection unreliable, no manual entry
“Browser location is so off sometimes. Without that is useless for me.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Sun Clock” “it had already timed out while trying to get the location”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Weird Clocks” “It would be nice if I could just put a postal code in”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Sun Clock”
Other web clocks people recommend
The three most recommended other web clocks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clocksimulator.com | 28 | 3 | 90% | 2 | — | — |
| Sun ClockThis page | 17 | 4 | 81% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Triclock | 9 | 1 | 90% | 4 | — | — |
| The Alphabetical Clock | 8 | 2 | 80% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
14 of the 21 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“nicely designed, thank you”
“It would be nice if I could just put a postal code in”
“Nice UI ideas in that one.”
“Browser location is so off sometimes. Without that is useless for me.”
“Very nifty little app. It is such a standard thing nowadays, but the dynamic UI rescaling (to a point anyway) makes it nice to stick on the side and watch as the sun goes down.”
“it works completely offline and fits nicely on Apple Watch too”
“This is already my default watch face on Apple Watch”
“Dragging the globe around isn't working on touch; it feels like it's missing touch-action: none”
“This is neat! Would love the ability to make "true noon" be at the top of the clock”
“The mathematical model is perfect as guidance. But it's not reliable enough to bet the lives of my chickens on it.”
“Midnight at the bottom! I really like this one”
“it had already timed out while trying to get the location”
“If you turn off the numbers you get a pretty decent and (i think anyway) culturally assumption-free clock.”
“Also lovely: https://sunclock.net”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.