Guides

Short, honest how-tos about clocks on your iPhone: StandBy, the Lock Screen clock, Home Screen widgets.

• How to add a clock widget to your iPhone Home Screen

  Step-by-step: add Apple's clock widgets or a third-party clock face to the Home Screen, resize it, stack it, match the Clear and Tinted looks of iOS 26 and later, and fix a widget that won't show up or update.

• Best clock widgets and apps for iPhone (2026)

  Ten clock widget apps for iPhone compared by what they're actually good at — flip clocks, big bedside digits, world clocks, aesthetic presets — including Apple's built-in widgets and our own app, with the trade-offs spelled out.

• How to change the clock on your iPhone Lock Screen

  Change the Lock Screen clock font and colour, make the time bigger or smaller (iOS 26 and later), fix a photo that covers the clock, keep the clock always on — and what "clock face" actually means on an iPhone.

• StandBy mode on iPhone: the complete guide

  How to turn StandBy on and off, switch between widgets, photos and clock, keep it always on, and what to do when StandBy isn't working. Plus the one thing it can't do — run without a charger.