Comparison

Digital LED Clock vs Rota

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

Head to head
About

Digital LED Clock

This utility app displays the current time in a dot matrix LED style. It offers both vertical and horizontal orientations, 24-hour or AM/PM format, and customizable color options. The interface is minimalist, with settings accessed by double-tapping the screen.

Highlights
  • Dot matrix LED time display
  • Vertical and horizontal orientation
  • 24-hour or AM/PM format
  • 10 color options
  • Disable auto-lock functionality
  • Double-tap to access settings
Features
Read full description

Digital LED Clock App is a simple clock app. Display the current time in dot matrix LED style! The time display screen has been made extremely simple by eliminating the menu icon. It supports both vertical display and horizontal display. It can be switched between 24-hour and AM / PM display. Please choose your favorite color from 10 colors. The setting menu is displayed by double tapping the screen. You can keep displaying the screen by turning on "Disable Auto-Lock". Disable Auto-Lock of iPhone or iPad only when running the app.

About

Rota

Organize your alarms into distinct groups for different routines. Effortlessly switch between entire sets of alarms with a single tap, ensuring only one set is active at a time. Ideal for managing varied schedules like shift work or study timetables.

Highlights
  • Mutually exclusive alarm groups
  • One-tap group switching
  • Real system alarms
  • Live snooze countdown
  • Clean, dark interface
  • Customizable alarm sounds
Read full description

Rota is an alarm clock built around one idea: your mornings run on routines, and the right routine should be on for the right days. Create a routine for each pattern in your life — "Weekdays", "Early Shift", "Gym Days" — and fill it with as many alarms as you need. Switching a routine on switches off any routine that shares a day with it, automatically — and routines on different days can be on together. No more scrolling a long list toggling alarms one by one, and no more being woken at 5am by last week's shift. WHY ROTA • Routines that are exclusive per day — one tap changes your whole day, and routines on different days run side by side • Week plans for rotating schedules: switch on "Set days for each alarm" and give every alarm its own day — one routine per week, swapped with a single tap • Wake Proof: alarms you can't sleep through — stopping one means solving a math, typing, or memory task, and dismissing without solving re-rings in minutes • Real system alarms that ring full-screen over the Lock Screen, even in silent mode • A live snooze countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, so you can see exactly how long you have left • Thirty original alarm sounds in two moods, Gentle and Energetic — pick a favorite, or let Shuffle wake you with a different one each time • A clean, dark, no-nonsense interface BUILT FOR SHIFT WORK AND CHANGING ROUTINES If your week isn't the same every day — shift work, rotating schedules, study timetables, childcare handovers — Rota keeps each routine ready to go and lets you swap between them instantly. Rota collects no data. There is no account, no tracking, and no analytics. Requires iOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

Digital LED Clock4 screens
Rota4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rota at 100% against Digital LED Clock's 50%. Rota also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 40 months). Digital LED Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.1). On ads 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

Rota is free to download; Digital LED Clock costs $1.99 up front. Rota sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Digital LED Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital LED Clock ships an update every 40 months, Rota weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Digital LED Clock versus Rota: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital LED ClockRota
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKei SuefujiLIMPY LEO DIGITAL LAB PTY LTD

Customer experience

Digital LED Clock

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Rota

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Digital LED Clock

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Rota

One-time1
  • Rota Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Digital LED Clock free?
Digital LED Clock costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rota free?
Rota is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Digital LED Clock or Rota have ads?
Neither Digital LED Clock nor Rota shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital LED Clock or Rota?
Digital LED Clock ships an update every 40 months, and Rota weekly. Most recently, Digital LED Clock was updated on October 29, 2026 and Rota on October 14, 2026.

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