WatchTheTime vs DateGlance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
DateGlance
This app offers a customizable date complication for your watch. Choose from over 30 date formats for two lines, with hundreds of combinations. You can also set separate colors for each line and the app supports localized date formats.
- Customizable date complication
- Supports all watch faces
- Two-line display
- Over 30 date formats
- Separate color settings
- Localized date and language
- Standalone watch app
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If the app does not show on your Watch after purchase please go to App Store on your watch (not phone) - scroll to bottom - Account - Purchased - and download from here. Date Glance provides a customisable date complication. - Compatible with all watch faces and complication slots - Two lines, choose from more than 30 date formats for each line, there are hundreds of possible combinations - Set color separately for each line (relevant only for multicolor watch faces) - Actual date format and language is localized to the region and language settings of your device - Standalone watch app, all settings can be changed on your watch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WatchTheTime at Free against DateGlance's $0.99. WatchTheTime also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). DateGlance's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, 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
WatchTheTime is free to download; DateGlance costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DateGlance holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of WatchTheTime's written reviews are positive against 71% of DateGlance's.
WatchTheTime ships an update every 2 weeks, DateGlance every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WatchTheTime | DateGlance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (39 ratings) | 4.3 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Dama | Andras Solyom |
Customer experience
WatchTheTime
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In-app purchases
WatchTheTime
No in-app purchases
DateGlance
No in-app purchases
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