How Long Left vs Digital Time
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.
Digital Time
Display the current digital time directly on analog watch faces. This app enhances glanceability for users who prefer analog aesthetics but need quick access to precise time information. Customize time and date formats to suit your preferences.
- Digital time on analog faces
- Customizable time formats
- Customizable date formats
- Available on all non-digital watch faces
- Enhances glanceability
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This complication shows the digital time on analog watch faces. Perfect for those who like the look of an analog face without losing the glanceability of a digital clock! This complication is available in all locations for each non-digital watch face. The time and date formats can be customized in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: How Long Left at 3.8 against Digital Time's 2.9. How Long Left also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 36%). Digital Time's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. How Long Left sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Digital Time sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
How Long Left holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 80 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of How Long Left's written reviews are positive against 36% of Digital Time's.
How Long Left ships an update every 4 months, Digital Time every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | How Long Left | Digital Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (40 ratings) — better | 2.9 (80 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews — better | 35.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 80 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan Kontos | Joseph Peplowski |
Customer experience
How Long Left
Digital Time
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
Digital Time
From 80 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for analog faces
- 👍 Useful complication
- 👍 Works as advertised (sometimes)
- 👍 Customizable options
- 👍 Good for 24-hour format
Room to improve
- 🐛 Time doesn't update
- 🐛 Stops updating regularly
- 🐛 Freezes after sleep mode
- 🐛 Unreliable
- 🐛 Useless when not syncing
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
Digital Time
Reported bugs
22 issues- Time stops updating
- Time freezes after sleep mode
- Complication stuck at a particular time
- Time does not refresh
- App does not download or start working
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- App disappeared from watch/phone
- Unable to uninstall app
- 24-hour format displays incorrectly (e.g., 0:34 instead of 00:34)
- Time doesn't update after sleep mode
- Time complication is wrong
- Time freezes and doesn't update
- Digital time doesn't update instantly
- App shows purchased but not installed
- Time is stuck on 10:09
- Time is stuck on 11:10 pm
- Time is stuck on 10:09 am
- Time is stuck on Friday the 9th at 10:09 pm
- Time is stuck on 21:05
- Time is stuck at 5:38 AM
- Time is stuck on 8:38
- Time is stuck at 10:09 am Oct 9th
- Time is stuck on 24:34 instead of 00:34
Requested features
4 requests- Larger time display option
- Ability to change language of days/months
- Fix 24-hour format display (leading zero)
- Color matching for aesthetic bars
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
Digital Time
- Tip Jar 1$0.99
- Tip Jar 3$2.99
- Tip Jar 5$4.99
Questions
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