HOURLINE · Ways to use Hourline
Keep a little of there, here.
The city can be a person you miss, a client you work with, or somewhere you are going next. Here are six ways to keep it close in Hourline.
When is a good time to call?
Family and partners abroad
Save your city and theirs in World Time, then drag the hour ruler to compare both local dates. Keep their city in a clock widget or a Live Activity so the next glance answers “is it night there?”
Toronto and Beijing: on 26 October 2026, 08:00 in Toronto is 20:00 in Beijing. On 2 November it is 21:00, after Toronto changes its clocks. Choose the date before choosing the hour.
Time comparison and Live Activities are free. Permanently unlock 6 places from the whole catalog, including Toronto, and save up to 6 cities.
A meeting that works in every city.
Remote work and overseas clients
Choose the meeting date and a reference city, compare working hours and check the local date for everyone. With Pro, set the duration, repeat schedule and reminder, then add it to your calendar in that city’s time zone.
London and New York change clocks on different weekends. On 26 October 2026 a 15:00 London call is 11:00 in New York; on 2 November it is 10:00.
Comparing times is free; saving the planned event to a calendar needs Pro. This is personal planning, with no shared booking links.
Take home along for the trip.
Travel and a city back home
Keep your home city beside your destination. Check the local time, date, sunrise and sunset before a call home, then open the destination’s weather before heading out. A city wallpaper keeps the place on your screen.
The My Location option can add where you are even outside the illustrated city catalog. Choose a landmark city for an illustrated scene.
The selected city’s weather and scenery wallpapers are free. Every city’s weather and detailed forecasts need Pro.
Their city, on your wrist.
Apple Watch and a quick glance
Open your saved cities on Apple Watch, or add a complication or a Smart Stack widget. Turn the Digital Crown to move a city’s sky through the day.
A useful glance before calling a friend abroad, or while keeping track of home on a trip. Complications sit within an Apple Watch face; they are not a separate watch-face platform.
The Watch app, complications and Smart Stack widgets are included. Weather details need Pro; watchOS 11 or later is required.
A screen with a place in it.
Home Screen and Lock Screen design
Choose an illustrated city for your wallpaper, adjust its framing, and pair it with clock widgets. Use a Shortcuts automation to refresh the wallpaper through the day.
A Paris evening, a snowy Tokyo or a city you call home: choose a place rather than a generic background. Clear and tinted Home Screens give the widgets another setting.
Scenery wallpapers and standard clock widgets are free. Wallpaper weather and premium illustration widgets need Pro. Automatic wallpaper updates require your Shortcuts setup.
Follow the light. Share the place.
Daylight and a city postcard
Check sunrise and sunset in a city, and scrub the clock’s hour line to explore its illustrated day and night. Share the city as a postcard or story, with your photo where the landmark would be.
Use the scene to enjoy a place or send someone a city moment. It is an illustration, not a live webcam or a prediction of light at a particular shooting location.
City time and sunrise/sunset are available without Pro. Weather and some custom designs depend on the feature and plan.