Guides
Seconds in every corner of your iPhone.
Status bar, top-left clock, Lock Screen, Home Screen, Dynamic Island: step-by-step guides to showing seconds on your iPhone, each a three-minute read.
How to Show Seconds in the iPhone Status Bar Clock
iOS has no setting for seconds in the status bar clock. Live Seconds puts a ticking seconds counter in the Dynamic Island right next to it, or in a floating clock on any iPhone. No jailbreak, three taps.
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How to Add Seconds to the Clock in the Top-Left Corner of Your iPhone
The system time in the top-left corner cannot be changed, but you can put a real ticking seconds counter right next to it. Three ways, one for every iPhone model.
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How to Show Seconds on the iPhone Lock Screen
Put a live seconds widget above or below the Lock Screen clock. Touch and hold, Customise, add Live Seconds. About one minute, iOS 18 and later.
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How to Add a Seconds Clock to the iPhone Home Screen
Live Seconds Home Screen widgets come in small, medium and large, in transparent, glass and solid styles. Three steps to add one, with fonts and colours to taste.
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How to Show Seconds in the iPhone Dynamic Island
Turn on "Show in Dynamic Island" in Live Seconds and the island keeps ticking seconds; press and hold for the full time and milliseconds. iPhone 14 Pro and later.
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How to Show Seconds in the Dynamic Island Clock on iPhone Duo
On iPhone Duo the Dynamic Island sits in the top-right corner, right above the system clock. Live Seconds 6.0 supports iPhone Duo natively: turn on "Show in Dynamic Island" and the vertical island keeps ticking seconds, portrait or landscape.
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Put seconds on your iPhone
Live Seconds runs on iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo and needs iOS 18 or later.
