Comparison

Stand Clock Display vs Date and Time Widget

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

Head to head
About

Stand Clock Display

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a stylish, always-on desk clock. Features include customizable timers, Pomodoro sessions, and adjustable brightness for day or night use. Ideal for home, office, or study.

Highlights
  • Always-on display
  • Customizable clock face
  • Countdown timers
  • Pomodoro timer
  • Adjustable brightness
  • Date display option
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a stylish stand clock and always-on desk display.Simple. Clean. Convenient. Stand Clock Display is perfect as a desk clock, night clock, bedside clock, or standby display - at home, in the office, or during work sessions. ALWAYS ON DISPLAY Keep the screen always on, even if your device supports auto-dimming. Quickly adjust brightness to maximum or minimum for comfortable use day or night. CLOCK Use your iPhone or iPad as a standby desk clock or night clock with a clean, minimal design. TIMER* Set countdown timers up to 24 hours - perfect for work, cooking, studying, or daily routines. POMODORO* Boost productivity with the Pomodoro Technique: - 25 minutes of focus. - 5 or 10 minutes of break. CUSTOMIZATION* Personalize your clock: - Change colors. - Choose time format. - Show or hide the date.Instantly adjust brightness. * - Upgrade to Pro Version in order to unlock all advanced features.

About

Date and Time Widget

Display a customizable date and time widget on your home screen. Choose from over 150 templates or design your own with custom backgrounds, fonts, and colors for a personalized glanceable display.

Highlights
  • Customizable home screen widget
  • 150+ widget templates
  • Custom background options
  • Adjustable text color and font
  • Background gradient and overlay
  • Free to download
Features
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Create a beautiful widget on your home screen to show you the date and time at just a glance. Select from one of the 150+ widget templates that are ready to use. Customize the widget to make an unique design by choosing a custom background, text color, font, background gradient, overlay and much more Download for FREE today!

Screenshots

Stand Clock Display4 screens
Date and Time Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stand Clock Display at 4.5 against Date and Time Widget's 3.3. Stand Clock Display also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 9%). Date and Time Widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Stand Clock Display sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Date and Time Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stand Clock Display holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 146 and 265 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Stand Clock Display's written reviews are positive against 9% of Date and Time Widget's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stand Clock Display versus Date and Time Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStand Clock DisplayDate and Time Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (146 ratings) — better3.3 (265 ratings)
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews — better9.3% of reviews
Number of ratings146265 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladislav KovalyovSK Studios Ltd

Customer experience

Stand Clock Display

All ratings146 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral13.6%
Negative50.0%

Date and Time Widget

All ratings265 ratings
Positive52.5%
Neutral10.6%
Negative37.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive9.3%
Neutral14.0%
Negative76.7%

Bugs and requests

Stand Clock Display

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Date and Time Widget

Reported bugs

34 issues
  • Time is always off
  • Time stops keeping correct time
  • Time not keeping up with actual time
  • Widget does not keep accurate time
  • Time is off by 3-15 minutes
Show 29 more
  • Clock widget doesn't keep accurate time, always behind
  • A few minutes off of actual time
  • Time widget is always 15 minutes behind
  • Text overlaps
  • Doesn't keep accurate time
  • Changed time and date widget choice three times, all show wrong time
  • Not showing correct time on Home Screen
  • Doesn't keep time, have to reset every time
  • Doesn't keep time
  • Time widget displays is slow
  • Widget does not keep accurate time information
  • Widget will be 10 to 20 minutes behind and will not update until phone is turned off and on
  • Rarely shows correct time
  • Time is wrong more often than right
  • Time does not update automatically, always off by several minutes
  • Time remains the same and does not change
  • Cannot remove the word widget from under the date and time
  • Time and Date Widget always delays the time
  • Time lagging on both phones
  • Time freezes sometimes
  • Clock stayed at the time it was when saved
  • Time doesn’t update automatically, time stands still
  • Time is off
  • Small widget doesn’t adjust to size
  • Time is wrong
  • Date and time are usually wrong
  • Clock does not auto refresh at times
  • Time is lagging, about 10 minutes behind
  • Clock lags behind 5, 10, even 15 minutes

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add 24 hr function
  • Make it easier and more intuitive to use
  • Allow users to find saved versions
  • Improve setup process
  • Fix overlapping text
Show 5 more
  • Allow users to revert color changes
  • Fix time display format (minutes under hour)
  • Allow widget to adjust size
  • Fix auto-refresh issues
  • Improve accuracy of time display

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Stand Clock Display

One-time1
  • Pro Version$0.99
1 purchases

Date and Time Widget

One-time1
  • Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Stand Clock Display free?
Stand Clock Display is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Date and Time Widget free?
Date and Time Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stand Clock Display or Date and Time Widget?
Stand Clock Display is rated higher. Stand Clock Display averages 4.5 out of 5 from 146 ratings, while Date and Time Widget averages 3.3 from 265 ratings.
Do Stand Clock Display or Date and Time Widget have ads?
Stand Clock Display shows ads; Date and Time Widget does not.

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