Analog Watch
Games
clock reading practice game
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How HN took it
9 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and enjoyable game
From 3 comments
This was fun! Good call on directing to the free play before jumping into the daily challenge. I was disappointed when I realized there was no leader board for the daily challenge.
cjfeda on HNlove it
piosin on HNFun game. I would suggest a competative mode with more clocks. Gets people to actively play against one another
sensorlinqapps on HN
Good daily challenge and practice rounds
From 2 comments
This was fun! Good call on directing to the free play before jumping into the daily challenge. I was disappointed when I realized there was no leader board for the daily challenge.
cjfeda on HNFun game! Definitely needed the practice rounds. Would love to see a comparison of some sort of how well everyone else did. analog.watch Daily Challenge 2026-07-09 Score: 22,020…
meshweaver on HN
Fun way to test how well you read analog faces
From 1 comment
you’ve basically turned ‘can you read an analog face?’ into a little daily ego check. nice.
danteocualesjr on HN
Objections
Does not support 24-hour time entry
From 1 comment
It seems to not support 24h? When I see e.g. 17:35 I want to type 17:35 instead of 5:35. Probably because I very seldomly see 5:35 in real life! Interesting observation by…
cl3misch on HN
Off-by-one-minute answers are judged wrong, too strict
From 1 comment
my only issue is that it cares if you are off by 1 minute, meanwhile in the real world a lot of analog clocks have continuously moving minutes and a lot of others have ticking…
austinthetaco on HN
Daily challenge marked a correct answer as close
From 1 comment
The daily challenge doesn't seem to work for me. 58 seconds for the second clock is correct yet it said I was just close.
glitchc on HN
Correcting an entered time overwrites the seconds
From 1 comment
Correcting your previously-entered time by selecting the hour and tapping a different number doesn’t work. It initially shows the hour selected but then overwrites the right-most…
pimlottc on HN
Missing keyboard input and numpad support
From 1 comment
Ha! Got a good laugh. Two suggestions: - Let me enter the time with my keyboard - Make your input numpad match a PC keyboard's numpad, not a phone's
stets on HN
Requests
Keyboard entry of time
From 1 comment
Ha! Got a good laugh. Two suggestions: - Let me enter the time with my keyboard - Make your input numpad match a PC keyboard's numpad, not a phone's
stets on HN
24-hour time support
From 2 comments
It seems to not support 24h? When I see e.g. 17:35 I want to type 17:35 instead of 5:35. Probably because I very seldomly see 5:35 in real life! Interesting observation by…
cl3misch on HNHmm, 12AM/PM watch faces don't register 0 as the hour.
yegle on HN
Global leaderboard or score comparison
From 2 comments
This was fun! Good call on directing to the free play before jumping into the daily challenge. I was disappointed when I realized there was no leader board for the daily challenge.
cjfeda on HNFun game! Definitely needed the practice rounds. Would love to see a comparison of some sort of how well everyone else did. analog.watch Daily Challenge 2026-07-09 Score: 22,020…
meshweaver on HN
Show analog hand positions in results
From 1 comment
would be nice if the results also showed the analog watch positions.
dwa3592 on HN
Competitive mode with more clocks
From 1 comment
Fun game. I would suggest a competative mode with more clocks. Gets people to actively play against one another
sensorlinqapps on HN
Questions
Could seconds or sub-second hands be added to teach the idea of measurement
From 1 comment
Could this be extended to lean into teaching quantum physics ? Include seconds/ sub seconds hand in the watch, and people will realize the watch face time + time it takes to read…
great_psy on HN
Alternatives named
Time Timer countdown clocks
From 1 comment
"One common thing sold to them are analog countdown timers that look like a big pie chart." For anyone looking for one of these, you can search for 'time timer'.
rahimnathwani on HN
KDE fuzzy clock
From 1 comment
Long ago I used KDE's "fuzzy clock." the fuzziness was adjustable to as high as "middle of the week," which is funny but not very practical. At a higher resolution it was fun for…
trevithick on HN
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young clock exercises
From 1 comment
To OP, you should look into Barbara Arrowsmith-Young's clock exercises. They start with a single hand, and add more and more hands until the units get out into centuries or…
all2 on HN