How Long Left vs TimeGlance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
How Long Left
This app helps you visualize the time remaining for your calendar events. It offers a Today Widget, Siri integration, and an Apple Watch app for convenient access. Receive notifications for upcoming events and customize your watch face with countdown complications.
- Countdown calendar events
- Today Widget integration
- Siri integration
- Apple Watch app
- Time remaining notifications
- Apple Watch complications
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How Long Left is a simple app that helps you manage your time by displaying the time remaining of current calendar events. It also includes a Today Widget, Siri integration, and an Apple Watch app, time remaining notifications, and more. There is also an Apple Watch complication that, with an in-app purchase, can display a countdown for current and upcoming events.
TimeGlance
This app offers a customizable digital time display for your smartwatch face. It supports various time formats, date displays, and time zones, allowing for personalized watch face customization. The app functions independently of your phone.
- Digital time complication
- Multiple time formats (12/24 hour)
- Customizable date formats
- Time zone selection
- Standalone watch app
- Text color customization
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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. This app provides a digital time complication for all complication types on any watch face. - Updates every minute, always showing correct time - All complications and watch faces supported - Standalone watch app, all features can be used without your phone - Choose between 24 hour, 12 hour (AM/PM), or military time - Choose from 8 date formats from simple short ones to full dates, or hide the date. - Actual date format and language is localized to the region and language settings of your device - Time zone selection. Any ±24h offset from UTC or local time. - Set text color of complication (only works for multicolor watch faces) - Switch lines of time and date
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: How Long Left at Free against TimeGlance's $0.99. How Long Left also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). TimeGlance's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
How Long Left is free to download; TimeGlance costs $0.99 up front. How Long Left sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. TimeGlance asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for How Long Left against 3.8 for TimeGlance. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 108 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of How Long Left's written reviews are positive against 64% of TimeGlance's.
How Long Left ships an update every 4 months, TimeGlance every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | How Long Left | TimeGlance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (40 ratings) — better | 3.8 (108 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews | 63.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 108 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #86 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan Kontos | Andras Solyom |
Customer experience
How Long Left
TimeGlance
User reviews
How Long Left
From 40 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for staying organized
- 👍 Useful for busy schedules
- 👍 Excellent for time management
- 👍 Helpful for tracking time left
- 👍 Good for school/work schedules
Room to improve
- 🐛 Watch complication not working
- 🐛 Broken restore purchases
- 🐛 UI is unattractive
- 🐛 MacOS app won't open
- 🐛 Widget doesn't work
TimeGlance
From 108 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful complication
- 🚀 Works seamlessly
- 💡 Customizable options
- 👍 Simple and functional
Room to improve
- 🐛 Time not updating consistently
- 🐛 Complication not showing up
- 🐛 Unreliable sync
- 🔍 Small font size
Bugs and requests
How Long Left
Reported bugs
17 issues- Watch complication/widget doesn't update correctly
- Current feed no longer displays current events
- Restore purchases button is broken
- Developer ignores emails
- MacOS app won't open
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- Widget doesn't work on iOS 17
- Complication countdown bugged (time until end of next event)
- Complication shows wrong time remaining
- Tiny complications don't work
- Corner complications display wrong time left
- Widget only counts down for beginning of event, not start
- In-app purchase disappears on uninstall/reinstall
- Can't add as complication or widget
- Calendars do not sync to Apple Watch
- Always On Display shows empty time remaining
- Empty widget sometimes
- Refresh rate issue (doesn't update when calendar moved)
Requested features
7 requests- Update to iOS 26/27 widgets
- Update to Apple Watch smart widgets
- Add custom event for future dates
- Widget for upcoming events
- Restrict event display time
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- Add percentage to Apple Watch interface
- Home Screen widget
TimeGlance
Reported bugs
3 issues- Time getting stuck or showing incorrect time
- Complication disappearing after watch reset
- Issues with reinstalling the app
Requested features
4 requests- Option to hide time and show only date
- Ability to adjust font size
- More color customization options
- Support for multiple time zones
In-app purchases
How Long Left
- How Long Left Widget$1.99
- Premium Watch Complication$4.99
- Legacy Pro Lifetime$39.99
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- How Long Left Pro (Lifetime)$49.99
TimeGlance
No in-app purchases
Questions
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