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Version 2.0 · Android live wallpaper

Bold typography.
Your phone. Your clock.

WP Clock is a typographic live wallpaper and desk clock for Android — time, date, and three status rows you configure: network, Wi‑Fi & battery, weather, sunrise, moon, golden hour, air quality, storage, countdown, and more. Add photo backgrounds, bounce animations, online presets & background packs, and two optional home-screen widgets.

Android 12 or newer · 7-day free trial · One-time Premium purchase, no subscription

WP Clock on an Android phone over a Tokyo skyline photo background

Three status rows, your choice

Pick what each info line shows and put them in any order — mobile network, Wi‑Fi & battery, current weather, sunrise & sunset, moon phase, golden hour, air quality, free storage, or a countdown to any date you name. Status rows can show crisp icons on the live wallpaper and image widget, with Thin or Medium font for all small lines.

The clock block itself — time, weekday, date — stays the bold stack you already know. Upgrading from 1.x changes nothing until you open Settings → Status rows.

Time · date · status rows you configure

Portrait and landscape, framed separately

Drop in your own backgrounds and drag to position them — independently for portrait and landscape. The typographic stack stays readable over skylines, flags, or whatever you put behind it.

Separate background framing per orientation
One typographic system — leather, skyline, patterns, or your own photos.

Three ways to show the clock

Same look and typography — different surfaces. Pick what fits your routine.

Live wallpaper

Apply WP Clock as your home (and optionally lock) screen wallpaper. Full backgrounds, patterns, and bounce animations when data updates.

Desk clock

Open standalone mode for a fullscreen clock while the app stays open — great on a stand or night table, with optional keep-awake and full brightness.

Home screen widgets

Two transparent clocks for your launcher (Android 13+): an image widget that matches your wallpaper typography, or a live-text widget with a native ticking clock. Compare them · FAQ

Two home-screen widgets

Same typographic stack and colors — two ways to render it on your launcher. Default size is 4×2. Tap Add widget on the main screen to choose, or find both in your launcher’s widget picker (each has its own description).

WP Clock

Image widget · best typography match

Draws your clock as a transparent image using the same fonts, theme colors, and optional outline strokes as your wallpaper. Closest visual match when you care about typography.

  • Same custom fonts as wallpaper & standalone
  • Status row icons on the image widget (live-text widget is text-only)
  • Optional flat text (no outlines) in Settings
  • Time, date, status rows refresh about every minute

WP Clock Live

Live text · clock always current

Uses native TextClock and system fonts (Roboto on most phones). The minutes tick on your home screen without waiting for the app to redraw.

  • Clock updates live on screen
  • Same layout, colors, and row spacing
  • Status rows as text (system fonts; sunrise/sunset use ↑↓ arrows)

What widgets can’t do (Android limits)

Home-screen widgets are not live wallpapers. Neither widget can show photo backgrounds, dynamic patterns (dots, rings, etc.), or bounce/wiggle animations — use live wallpaper or standalone for those.

  • Transparent background — your wallpaper shows through; widgets don’t paint behind the text
  • Fixed centered layout — doesn’t follow wallpaper or standalone block alignment; row spacing is shared
  • WP Clock Live & custom fonts — Android blocks app fonts in live widget text (platform restriction); only the image widget can use your wallpaper typefaces and status icons
  • Status rows — follow your slot choices in Settings; need periodic refresh like weather
  • Launcher variance — sizing and previews may differ slightly by device; support is still improving
  • FREE badge on both widgets until Premium (included in the 7-day trial)

Curated looks from the server

Country flags, seasonal themes, and localized layouts — browse a growing catalog, filter by region, and apply with one tap. Pull to refresh when you’re online.

Save your own presets and let them rotate automatically with Premium.

Flags & localized presets

Features

Everything is tuned in Settings — text, backgrounds, layout, animations, and presets.

  • Three configurable status rows — network, Wi‑Fi & battery, weather, sun, moon, golden hour, air quality, storage, countdown
  • Status row font: Thin or Medium; icons on wallpaper and image widget
  • Weather for a city you choose — or optional current location — in 8 languages
  • 12h / 24h time, optional AM/PM, fit-to-width time
  • Three font families for the clock: Thin, Medium Extended, Heavy Extended
  • Global style or per-element colors, opacity, and outlines
  • Separate layout for wallpaper, standalone, and row spacing
  • Photo backgrounds with drag-to-position (portrait & landscape)
  • Background slideshow with optional crossfade
  • Dynamic patterns: dots, rings, diamonds, pluses, glyphs
  • Bounce animations on value changes, shake-to-wiggle, tap gimmick in standalone
  • Online presets — country flags, seasonal looks & more; catalog grows over time
  • Search & filter presets by country or region
  • Save custom presets & optional preset rotation (Premium)
  • Online photo & flag background packs from wpclock.exquinet.com (Premium)
  • Two home-screen widgets: WP Clock (image) & WP Clock Live (native text) — Android 13+
  • Send feedback from About WP Clock
  • Lock-screen snapshot export when your theme changes (Premium)
  • 8 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Polish

Flags, travel, and more to download

Premium unlocks online photo galleries — pick thumbnails, download once, and use them like any local background. Position each image for portrait and landscape.

Online gallery inside the app

Premium

Try everything free for seven days. Upgrade once — yours forever, all future updates included.

Make it yours

Premium unlocks the full WP Clock experience. No subscription — one payment through Google Play.

  • Unlimited background images & online photo packs (flags, travel & more)
  • Drag to position photos on your wallpaper
  • Bounce animations, slideshows & dynamic patterns
  • Custom presets, rotations & per-element styling
  • Standalone layout tuning & lock-screen snapshots
  • Weather bundle status rows — city search, current location, sunrise, moon, golden hour, air quality, countdown
  • Free storage row — no Premium required
  • Two home-screen widgets without the FREE badge (image & live text)

Design down to the last pixel

Layout, backgrounds, status rows, weather, presets — collapsible sections keep the long list of options scannable. Every choice feeds the same typographic stack on wallpaper, standalone, and widget.

Layout · backgrounds · status rows · weather

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to the things people ask once they start customising. For every option, see the full settings reference.

What are status rows in 2.0?

Version 2.0 adds three configurable info lines below the date. Open Settings → Status rows to choose what each slot shows and drag them into any order.

Available rows include mobile network, Wi‑Fi & battery (one combined slot), current weather, sunrise & sunset, moon phase, golden hour, air quality, free storage, and a countdown to any date you name. Empty slots collapse so the stack stays tight.

Premium (included in the trial) unlocks the weather bundle: sun, moon, golden hour, air quality, and countdown. Storage is free. Upgrading from 1.x keeps your old layout until you edit status rows.

Status rows can show icons on the live wallpaper and WP Clock image widget. The WP Clock Live widget shows the same data as text only (system fonts; sunrise/sunset use ↑↓ arrows).

Global style vs per-element styling — what’s the difference?

Global style applies one text color, opacity, and outline to every visible row — fast and cohesive. Turn it on under Settings → Global style.

Per-element styling lets each row (time, date, status rows, etc.) have its own color, size, font, and outline. Available with Premium after the trial. When global style is on, element screens show “Using global style” and the global values win.

Layout (alignment, padding, vertical offset) is separate: wallpaper and standalone each have their own block layout; row spacing is shared everywhere including the widget.

WP Clock or WP Clock Live — which widget should I use?

Both show the same rows, colors, and spacing. Pick based on what matters more on your home screen:

  • WP Clock (image) — choose this for the closest match to your wallpaper: real app fonts, status icons, theme outlines, optional flat text in Settings. The image refreshes about every minute along with date and status rows.
  • WP Clock Live (native text) — choose this if you want the clock to tick live without waiting for redraws. Status rows are text-only with system fonts because Android doesn’t allow custom typefaces in live widget text views.

You can place one or both. Tap Add widget in the app for a chooser, or long-press the home screen → Widgets and read each widget’s description in the picker. Default placement is 4×2.

Why don’t the widgets show my background or animations?

Android home-screen widgets are not live OpenGL surfaces. Neither WP Clock widget renders photo backgrounds, dynamic patterns, or bounce/wiggle animations — those need live wallpaper or standalone desk-clock mode.

Both widgets show a transparent typographic clock using your colors and row spacing, plus whatever status rows you configured. WP Clock draws that stack as a bitmap; WP Clock Live uses native text for a live-ticking clock.

Widgets require Android 13 or newer. On Android 12, live wallpaper and standalone still work. Behaviour may vary slightly by launcher and device.

Why doesn’t the live widget use my wallpaper fonts?

Android’s widget system only allows system font families in live TextView / TextClock remote views — custom fonts bundled in the app are ignored. This is a known platform limitation, not something WP Clock can override.

That’s why we offer two widgets: WP Clock renders typography as an image (full font fidelity), while WP Clock Live trades custom fonts for a clock that updates natively on screen.

How do online presets work?

WP Clock ships with a growing online preset catalog — country flag looks, seasonal themes, and more. New presets are added regularly on wpclock.exquinet.com.

  • On first launch, pick a look for your region or season — or skip and start from the default Classic dots theme
  • Anytime: Settings → Presets — browse the full catalog, search by country, or tap My region
  • Pull down to refresh the list when you’re online
  • Applying a preset downloads its background once; you’ll be asked to confirm before your current look is replaced

Online presets are free for everyone. Saving your own custom presets and preset rotation are Premium features (included in the trial).

How do online backgrounds work?

Photo and flag packs are a Premium feature (available during the free trial too). The catalog keeps growing — flags, travel photos, and more:

  • Open Settings → Background → Download backgrounds…
  • Browse packs from wpclock.exquinet.com
  • Select thumbnails, then download — images are saved to your local gallery
  • Position them separately for portrait and landscape, same as any other background photo

Worth checking back from time to time — new packs are added regularly.

How do I send feedback?

Open Settings → About WP Clock (or the app info dialog from the main menu), then tap Send feedback. You can describe a bug, a translation issue, or a feature idea — optionally attach a screenshot.

Feedback goes to the developer via wpclock.exquinet.com. Screenshots may show your wallpaper; avoid personal photos if you prefer.

What’s the difference between wallpaper layout and standalone layout?

Both use the same theme, but you can position the text block independently:

  • Wallpaper layout — where the stack sits on your home/lock screen live wallpaper (free to adjust)
  • Standalone layout — where the stack sits in fullscreen desk-clock mode (Premium after trial)

The widget always uses a fixed centered layout tuned for common widget shapes — it doesn’t follow wallpaper or standalone layout settings. You can place WP Clock (image) or WP Clock Live (native text); see Two home-screen widgets.

How does weather work?

Assign Current weather to a status row slot (Premium / included in the free trial) under Settings → Status rows. Choose a city — or enable Use current location for “where you are” updates.

You’ll get a clean line like BERLIN, 22°C, Partly cloudy. Conditions are translated to your device language automatically (8 languages supported).

Pick °C/°F and how often it should refresh (from 30 minutes up to daily). WP Clock shows when it was last updated, caches the result, and lets you manually refresh in standalone.

Sunrise, moon phase, golden hour, and air quality also need a weather city (or current location) so WP Clock can fetch astronomy and AQI data from wpclock.exquinet.com.

Battery-friendly: current-location weather uses Android’s battery-optimized location APIs and requests an approximate location only when refreshing — no continuous background tracking.

Why does the app ask for Location permission?

Only if you assign Wi‑Fi & battery to a status row. Android requires Location permission (and the system Location switch to be on) before apps can read the Wi‑Fi network name (SSID).

WP Clock reads the network name for display only. Weather can use a manually chosen city, or (optionally) your current location only when refreshing weather — not continuous background tracking. Deny Location and the Wi‑Fi name simply won’t show (or pick a different status row).

Why does it ask for Phone permission?

Only if you assign the mobile network status row. The app reads your operator label and network type (e.g. 5G@Carrier) — not phone numbers, contacts, or call logs.

Pick a different status row or deny permission and that line is omitted from the display.

Is Premium a subscription?

No. Premium is a one-time purchase on Google Play. Pay once, keep it on your Google account, restore after reinstall. Promo codes redeem through Google Play too.

New installs get a 7-day trial with all Premium features. After expiry, you can unlock Premium or continue on the free tier with a subset of features.

What works offline?

The clock, live wallpaper, standalone mode, and all saved settings work offline. Internet is needed when you browse or download online presets or background packs, refresh weather (or when the automatic interval elapses), send feedback, or buy or restore Premium through Google Play.

Cached weather readings keep showing offline until the next scheduled refresh.

Your photos and theme configuration are stored on your device — not uploaded to our servers.

Do animations play on the lock screen?

Bounce and wiggle animations run on the home screen live wallpaper. On the lock screen, the wallpaper shows your typography and backgrounds but skips bounce animations (Android battery and rendering constraints).

Premium users can optionally export a static lock-screen snapshot when the theme changes, so lock and home can still match visually.

How many background images can I use for free?

Up to three local photos on the free tier. Premium removes the limit. Online background packs and background slideshow are Premium features (included in the trial).

The online preset catalog (country flags, seasonal looks, and more) is free — browse and apply anytime in Settings → Presets.