Analog Watch
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HN · launched Jul 9, 2026 · 107 upvotes (top 7%) · 0 views
Niche: desktop and display utilities · 171 launches, 6 in the last 7 days ▼ -75% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Hardware & robotics
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 171 launches in desktop and display utilities →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a lightweight client-side browser game rendering clock faces using standard HTML Canvas or SVG and measuring response times.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: App focuses on keypad entry rather than actual time-reading skill, Analog watches give approximate time at a glance, not exact readings, Unclear practical use case for needing exact analog time without other devices, Analog watches are inaccurate compared to digital alternatives
Feature requests: Multiple-choice mode to match analog clocks to digital times, Competitive mode with more clocks for multiplayer gameplay, Light/dark theme toggle for different time scenarios
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 228 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #10 of 229 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 247 days after the earliest competitor.
- Recly · hn · 2026-10-04 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- SleekMeeter · github · 2026-10-19 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- nanomon · github · 2026-10-18 · 88 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- EWatch by Ewan Wills · ph · 2026-11-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Kelvin · github · 2026-10-19 · 42 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Observer · github · 2026-10-06 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- WatchCheck · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Mech keyboard sounds driven by a hidden accelerometer in MacBooks · hn · 2026-03-17 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.43
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