How Long Left vs Chronomizer
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.
Chronomizer
Design unique watch faces for your Apple Watch by creating custom time and date complications. Personalize your display with various graphic types, text formats, colors, fonts, and even background images. Unlock premium features for an ad-free experience and unlimited design options.
- Custom time and date complications
- Supports graphic complication types
- Preconfigured templates
- Customizable text, colors, fonts, and backgrounds
- Multiple time zone support
- Ad-free premium experience
- Unlimited saved designs
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Configure your own watch face! Create custom time and date complications for your Apple Watch watch faces. — Standard Features — • Supports the newest and most beautiful Graphic complication types (Corner, Circular, Bezel, Extra Large) • Preconfigured templates ready to use right away • Available customization include: - Date, Time, Custom Date + Time Format, or Text content - Gauge and text designs available - Custom colors for text and background - Choose a background image - Choose custom fonts and styles - Choose a different time zone - Use a different locale - Set an offset by minutes - ...and more! • More supported complication types coming! — Premium Access Features — • Ad free experience • Unlimited saved designs • Multiple of the same complication type at the same time • Import/export individual designs Tags: watchface, watchfaces, customization, WatchTheTime, complications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: How Long Left at none against Chronomizer's shown. How Long Left also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 50%) and device support (4 vs 2). Chronomizer's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 Chronomizer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for How Long Left against 3.7 for Chronomizer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 33 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of How Long Left's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chronomizer's.
How Long Left ships an update every 4 months, Chronomizer every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | How Long Left | Chronomizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (40 ratings) — better | 3.7 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan Kontos | Adam Dama |
Customer experience
How Long Left
Chronomizer
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
Chronomizer
- Tip Jar - $1$0.99
- Premium Access$1.99
- Tip Jar - $10$9.99
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