Big Clock vs Spiffy Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Clock
This app displays the time edge-to-edge on iOS devices, offering enhanced readability with crisp fonts for advanced displays. Customize your clock face with bold fonts, choose time formats, and toggle seconds. It functions offline and prioritizes user data privacy.
- Edge-to-edge time display
- Crisp font for XDR/Liquid Retina
- Dark mode support
- 12/24 hour format
- Customizable clock face styling
- Offline functionality
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Big Clock is designed specifically for iOS users. With an optimised layout for iOS devices, the time can be shown from edge to edge on the display for better readability and usability. For devices adopting XDR or Liquid Retina display technologies, a more crisp and clear font can be shown. FEATURES * Dark mode (night mode) is supported natively in app. The clock face can be viewed comfortably whenever it is in day time or in dark. * The clock can be displayed in either 12/24 time format. * Styling your own clock face with bold font, or to choose showing/hiding the seconds counter. * Timing and clock styling are made within the app. No network connection is required. For accurate time display, please make sure your phone’s clock is in-sync with the timezone that you’re in. * As no third-parties is involved within the process, all data are kept within the app. Made by PPES Developers & Contributors
Spiffy Clock
Customize your device's time and date display with a variety of colors, gradients, and layout options. Tailor the appearance to your preference, including support for light and dark modes, and choose whether to show seconds, the day of the week, and more.
- 13 built-in background/text colors
- Color gradient options
- Customizable time and date display
- Portrait and landscape mode support
- Automatic light/dark mode color changes
- Optional status bar hiding
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Spiffy Clock puts the time and date front and center! It has 16 free colors that can be displayed as the background or as the text. An in-app purchase unlocks gradient backgrounds, gradient text, custom background and text colors, bi-color themes, gold, silver, and bronze, and rainbow coloring. Choose from numerous settings exactly how you want the time and date and day of the week displayed. When the color choice is for the background, the color will automatically change for light mode and dark mode, except when using custom colors. Works in both portrait and landscape mode. A night mode for use with dark mode allows you to display dark text in dark mode. Free color choices are: —Red —Orange —Yellow —Green —Mint —Cyan —Teal —Blue —Indigo —Purple —Pink —Brown —Black —Gray —White —System Paid color choices are: —Gradients —Gold —Silver —Bronze —Rainbow —Bi-color themes —Custom colors Time and date settings are: — Analog or digital clock —Show/hide seconds —Use 24 hour or 12 hour time with AM and PM —Show/hide date —Show/hide day of the week —Use numerical date You also can hide the status bar if you want. This app is a great complement to the desktop app Clock Suite. Similar colors are used, so there is a consistent look and feel across your devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spiffy Clock at 100% against Big Clock's 50%. Spiffy Clock also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 14 months vs every 31 months). Big Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Spiffy Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Big Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spiffy Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Big Clock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spiffy Clock's.
Big Clock ships an update every 31 months, Spiffy Clock every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Clock | Spiffy Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 14 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philip Tam | Matthew Roberts |
Customer experience
Big Clock
Spiffy Clock
In-app purchases
Big Clock
No in-app purchases
Spiffy Clock
- Spiffy Clock Pro$0.99
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