SmartBox Reference Guide vs Year & City
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartBox Reference Guide
Learn programming concepts through guided lessons. This educational tool breaks down key programming ideas for understanding, not for live coding. Ideal for beginners wanting to grasp fundamental principles.
- Step-by-step programming guidance
- Clear explanations of key concepts
- Educational training tool
- Focus on understanding principles
- Suitable for beginners
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Smartbox Reference Guide — Learn key programming step-by-step with clear guidance. This app is a training tool designed to help users understand and master key programming concepts — for learning only, not for actual programming.
Year & City
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Year & City puts the whole date on your Apple Watch, and the city you are in. ON THE FACE Full date, ISO date, day of the year, and week number. City, city and state, or just the state. Text in the corner slots follows the curve of the dial. YOUR CITY Open Year & City and the watch reads your location, then keeps that city on the face until the next time you open it. The location stays on the watch. A GLANCE Enough to see the year, and the city you're standing in. Location is used only to name the city. It is not sent to us. There is no account.
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Verdict
SmartBox Reference Guide and Year & City are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | SmartBox Reference Guide | Year & City |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (34 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SmartBoxAutomotive | Stephen Zinn |
In-app purchases
SmartBox Reference Guide
No in-app purchases
Year & City
No in-app purchases
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