Desk Clock Display vs Spiffy Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Desk Clock Display
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a functional desk clock with an always-on display. Features include customizable clock faces, timers, and Pomodoro sessions. An upgrade unlocks all features.
- Always-on display
- Customizable clock faces
- Countdown timers up to 24 hours
- Pomodoro Technique timer
- Adjustable brightness
- Date display toggle
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With Desk Clock Display you can turn your iPhone and iPad into a real watch. Simple. Clean. Convenient. ALWAYS ON DISPLAY Even if your iPhone or iPad has auto-dimm function, the Desk Clock Display app will always stay ON. Quickly change Brightness to max or min if needed. CLOCK Use it as a standby desk clock during the day or at night. TIMER* Set any Countdown timers up to 24 hours. POMODORO* Improve your time management using Pomodoro Technique: 25 minutes of concentration, 5 or 10 minutes to take a rest. CUSTOMIZATION* • Change color. • Change the format. • Display or hide the date. • Instantly change brightness. * - Upgrade to Pro Version in order to unlock all functions.
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 Desk Clock Display's 0%. Spiffy Clock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Desk Clock Display's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Desk Clock Display sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spiffy Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spiffy Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Desk Clock Display's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spiffy Clock's.
Desk Clock Display ships an update every 15 months, Spiffy Clock every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Desk Clock Display | Spiffy Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (24 ratings) | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 14 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladislav Kovalyov | Matthew Roberts |
Customer experience
Desk Clock Display
Spiffy Clock
In-app purchases
Desk Clock Display
- Pro Version$0.99
Spiffy Clock
- Spiffy Clock Pro$0.99
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