Comparison

420! vs WatchTheTime

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

420!

This app provides a simple alarm to remind you to take breaks. It's designed to help you relax and de-stress throughout your day. Available on iOS devices and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Customizable break reminders
  • iOS and Apple Watch support
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Promotes relaxation and stress relief
Features
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We all need time to kick back and relax. With 420! you'll get exactly that: a simple alarm that goes off to remind you, on your iOS device or Apple Watch, to take a break. Because life is tough, and it should be, but you've gotta take a step back and chill out every once and a while.

About

WatchTheTime

Customize your Apple Watch with a variety of digital time and date complications. Personalize colors, formats, and even offsets to create a unique watch face. Supports multiple complications and all Apple Watch styles.

Highlights
  • Digital time and date complications
  • AM/PM toggle
  • Color customization
  • Custom date formats
  • Multiple complications
  • 24-hour format support
  • Time/date offset
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This app allows you to: - Choose a date and/or digital time complication for your Apple Watch - Enable AM/PM on digital time complication - Change the color (where available) for both the date and the digital time Apple Watch complications - Change the date format from default options, or specify a custom format - Use multiple Apple Watch complications at the same time - Support for all complication styles, including Apple Watch Series 4 complications - 24-time format - Support for your Apple Watch's language - Custom time/date offset by hour and minute Requires: - Compatible Apple Watch running watchOS 4+ - Compatible iPhone paired to Apple Watch

Screenshots

420!1 screens
WatchTheTime1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WatchTheTime at Free against 420!'s $0.99. WatchTheTime also leads on ratings volume (39 vs 10). 420!'s advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and rating (4.6 vs 3.6). On update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

WatchTheTime is free to download; 420! costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

420! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 420!'s written reviews are positive against 57% of WatchTheTime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

420! ships an update weekly, WatchTheTime every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
420! versus WatchTheTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter420!WatchTheTime
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (10 ratings) — better3.6 (39 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1039 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB22 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMore VoltageAdam Dama

Customer experience

420!

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WatchTheTime

All ratings39 ratings
Positive64.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative28.2%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral11.4%
Negative31.4%

In-app purchases

None

420!

No in-app purchases

None

WatchTheTime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 420! free?
420! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WatchTheTime free?
WatchTheTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 420! or WatchTheTime?
420! is rated higher. 420! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while WatchTheTime averages 3.6 from 39 ratings.
Do 420! or WatchTheTime have ads?
WatchTheTime shows ads; 420! does not.
Which is updated more often, 420! or WatchTheTime?
420! ships an update weekly, and WatchTheTime every 2 weeks. Most recently, 420! was updated on November 6, 2026 and WatchTheTime on November 2, 2026.

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