AWC Faces vs Simple Complications
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AWC Faces
Design custom watch faces for your Apple Watch. Add text, photos, emojis, or calendars to personalize your device. Easily save and sync your creations for a unique look.
- Create text watch faces
- Design photo watch faces
- Generate calendar watch faces
- Add custom text and emojis
- Upload and share watch faces
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Create watch faces for your Apple Watch. Insert text, save image and sync. That's it! :) Why not insert your name or even your favorite quote as a watch face? With AWC Faces app you can make Apple Watch Photo Faces using colored or image background, custom text and emojis. Also you can create monthly calendar faces. 4 Brilliant Ways To Use AWC Faces: - Text Faces - Photo Faces - Calendar Faces - Emoji Faces Get inspired! You can upload your watch faces and inspire other users. Have fun!! :)
Simple Complications
Display any online data as a complication on your Apple Watch. Track key metrics by pulling information from websites, RSS feeds, or APIs. Data can be shown as text, numbers, or images.
- Display online data as watch complications
- Pull data from websites, RSS, XML, JSON APIs
- Show data as text, number, or image
- Supports custom feed parsing
- Track key metrics
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Display any data available online as a complication on your Apple Watch. Keep track of a key metric. Pull data from a website, XML/RSS feed or plist or JSON API. Pulled data can be displayed as text, number or image. Examples include: - Displaying the latest in sports news from public RSS feeds like ESPN or Yahoo Sport. - Daily currency conversion rates - iTunes Top Song - Recent earthquakes - Daring Fireball blog entries, any blogs that support XML RSS feeds really - NASA image of the day Any online feed can be added and parsed according to custom requirements. To use non-secure (http) resources, please activate the http switch in the settings app under Simple C. If you have any questions related to a specific feed and how to parse it, just contact us. If you choose to purchase a SimpleC subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AWC Faces at 4.6 against Simple Complications's 3.4. AWC Faces also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 14) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
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. AWC Faces sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Complications sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AWC Faces holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AWC Faces has 1.2K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of AWC Faces's written reviews are positive against 40% of Simple Complications's.
AWC Faces ships an update every 2 months, Simple Complications every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AWC Faces | Simple Complications |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better | 3.4 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Filipe Freitas | Audioforge Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
AWC Faces
Simple Complications
Bugs and requests
AWC Faces
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when adding custom faces
- Calendar generation has incorrect number of days
- Photos don't fit properly in the app
Requested features
3 requests- Allow changing time display position and color
- Add more customization options and templates
- Improve compatibility with newer Apple Watch models
Simple Complications
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AWC Faces
- Remove Ads$2.99
Simple Complications
- Simple C annual subscription$1.99
Questions
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