DS Clock

DS Clock is a Windows tool that displays a digital clock on your screen, providing advanced synchronization tools and a simple stopwatch.

Clean and simple looks

While the look of the clock isn't the best we've seen in this particular software category, it's still a good thing that it provides a decent amount of customization options. Despite the fact that we can't help but dream about theme support.

Support for sync mode

In case you have already tried some similar apps and you're expecting a great amount of tools, you may be disappointed. Because DS Clock doesn't boast an alarm feature or other similar utilities, as it relies on the synchronization support it offers.
Of course, you need to have a look in the options menu as well because this is the only way to can customize the interface and set up the synchronization tools we were talking about.

Customization features

As for the appearance settings, you're allowed to change the time format, colors and fonts, but also to pick the first day of week and first week of the year, enable transparency and keep the window always on top.

Sync options

Synchronization with atomic time servers can be customized by picking one of the many available services, with dedicated settings to automatically adjust time at a user-defined interval.

Performance

Since it's such a simple application, it doesn't influence system performance too much, working just fine on all Windows versions, without even asking for administrator privileges on Windows 7 workstations.

Bottom line

All in all, DS Clock is just a simple desktop clock with synchronization options, but it still needs major improvements when it comes to the way it looks. More customization settings and skin support would definitely attract more users.