Simple Complications vs MonthDay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
MonthDay
Display the current date on your watch face with customizable complications. View month, day, year, and day of the week based on complication size and regional settings.
- Numeric date display
- Month number
- Day of the month
- Year display
- Day of the week name
- Regional date order
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View the current date on your watch face. Depending on complication size, see the month number, day of the month, year, and name of the day within the week. The order of the date components reflects your region preferences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MonthDay at 5.0 against Simple Complications's 3.4. MonthDay also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (50% vs 40%). Simple Complications's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Simple Complications sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MonthDay asks for nothing beyond the download.
MonthDay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Complications has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Simple Complications's written reviews are positive against 50% of MonthDay's.
Simple Complications ships an update every 8 months, MonthDay every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Complications | MonthDay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Audioforge Labs Inc. | Lateef Sanford |
Customer experience
Simple Complications
MonthDay
In-app purchases
Simple Complications
- Simple C annual subscription$1.99
MonthDay
No in-app purchases
