Comparison

WatchTheTime vs DigiDate Calendar

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

Head to head
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

About

DigiDate Calendar

Display the current day and date directly on your watch face with customizable complications. Tap to access a full monthly calendar with intuitive navigation. Choose your preferred date format for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Day and date complications
  • Three complication styles
  • Tap to open monthly calendar
  • Scroll and swipe navigation
  • Customizable date formats
  • No accounts or subscriptions
Features
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DigiDate Calendar puts the day and date right on your watch face with beautiful, minimal complications. Three complication styles to fit any watch face: • Circular: Day of week and date, stacked compactly • Corner: Large curved date with the day of the week, and a line that tracks your progress through the month • Rectangular: Full day name and date, clean and readable Tap the complication to open a full monthly calendar with today highlighted. Scroll with the Digital Crown to browse months, swipe to jump by year, and double-tap to snap back to today. Choose your preferred date format — MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, or YYYY/MM/DD — and the complication updates to match. No accounts. No subscriptions. No data collected. Just the date on your wrist.

Screenshots

WatchTheTime1 screens
DigiDate Calendar1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DigiDate Calendar at 5.0 against WatchTheTime's 3.6. DigiDate Calendar also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). WatchTheTime's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (39 vs 3). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DigiDate Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WatchTheTime has 39 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WatchTheTime ships an update every 2 weeks, DigiDate Calendar every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
WatchTheTime versus DigiDate Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatchTheTimeDigiDate Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (39 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam DamaChristopher Keeser

Customer experience

WatchTheTime

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

DigiDate Calendar

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WatchTheTime

No in-app purchases

None

DigiDate Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WatchTheTime free?
WatchTheTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DigiDate Calendar free?
DigiDate Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WatchTheTime or DigiDate Calendar?
DigiDate Calendar is rated higher. WatchTheTime averages 3.6 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while DigiDate Calendar averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do WatchTheTime or DigiDate Calendar have ads?
WatchTheTime shows ads; DigiDate Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, WatchTheTime or DigiDate Calendar?
WatchTheTime ships an update every 2 weeks, and DigiDate Calendar every 7 months. Most recently, WatchTheTime was updated on October 24, 2026 and DigiDate Calendar on October 24, 2026.

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