Comparison

AClock vs Date Today

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

Head to head
About

AClock

This minimalist clock app offers a customizable full-screen display with options for flip or classic digital styles. It includes productivity tools like a stopwatch, countdown, and Pomodoro timer, along with personalized features such as countdowns to important dates and customizable slogans. The app is designed for extreme power saving and eye protection with a night mode.

Highlights
  • Flip and classic digital clock styles
  • Stopwatch, countdown, and Pomodoro timer
  • Countdown to dates and anniversaries
  • Customizable colors, fonts, and slogans
  • Night mode for eye protection
  • 12/24 hour system support
Features
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AClock is a fully functional, minimalist design, extreme power saving, lightweight and efficient clock app. special function: 1. Switch between page turning clock and classic digital clock as you like 2. Built-in convenient stopwatch, countdown, Pomodoro 3. Display of countdown days and anniversaries to create your own personalized clock 4. Customize the font color and size, and customize the background color 5. Customize your inspirational slogan to encourage your dedicated self~ 6. Date, second, motivational slogan, custom display 7. Support night mode, more eye protection 8. Support 12-hour system and 24-hour system 9. Extremely power saving, all-round optimization, escort the power 10. Countdown to the exam

About

Date Today

Display the current date and time on your home screen with customizable widgets. Personalize themes, colors, fonts, and backgrounds to match your style. Access your default calendar app with a single tap.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Color and theme personalization
  • Font family selection
  • Background image option
  • Light and Dark Mode support
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Direct access to calendar app
Features
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See today's date and time at a glance from your lock or home screen with the help of a simple widget. The Date Today app is fully customized to your personal style. You can choose your colorful & fun themes. It is very easy to use and has the Aesthetic look. And it supports all multiple sizes that include small, medium, and large. And for each appearance look (Light Mode and Dark Mode), it shows you that custom style that you can change in the app. You can choose up to the 10 best widgets you want to see on your home screen. And you can place them anywhere on the home screen to see what is today's date at a glance. Those widgets have a prominent place on your screen. Get the latest time and date with the Date Today app. At a glance, you can see the current date and time (digital clock) in the Time Zone you are in right now. And when you place the today calendar widget on the home screen, you see the red circle as the current day of the month. And with a single tap, you have easy access to your personal calendar app. The app is designed for users as time watchers, students, engineers, doctors, etc. This useful and premium app works across iOS and iPadOS. So what are you waiting for? Get it Now! App features: ◆ Preview of the widget in your personal colors ◆ Choose up to the 30 beautiful and Aesthetic themes ◆ Customizable each color of the time and date ◆ Choose your image for the widget background ◆ Option for Transparent widget background in Light and Dark Mode ◆ Option to show clock 12-hour clock or 24-hour clock (military time) ◆ Option to change the automatically greeting text that up to your favorite greetings or inspirational words ◆ Option to customize the greeting text to greeting, custom text, month, or clock ◆ Option to change the font family for the day Calendar and the greeting text ◆ Option to change the application and widget language (to English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Turks, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, and Chinese Traditional) ◆ Tap on the calendar in the widget, it will open your default iOS Calendar app ◆ Support for Dark Mode The following high-quality widgets are available in this widget bundle: ◆ Today date and day in the small size ◆ The current time and date in the medium size ◆ The current time and date in and at the bottom of the handy calendar in the large size ◆ Mini Gregorian calendar in the small size ◆ Current and next Mini Gregorian calendar in the medium size ◆ Today day with greeting and show the current battery level in the small size ◆ Today day with greeting and show the current battery level in the medium size ◆ Today day with greeting and show the current battery level in the large size This is built by the developer of the most popular browser extension Turn Off the Lights. To learn more go to https://www.stefanvd.net

Screenshots

AClock4 screens
Date Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AClock at 97% against Date Today's 43%. AClock also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Date Today's advantage is ratings volume (89 vs 10) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On ads, in-app purchases 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

AClock costs $0.99 and Date Today $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AClock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Date Today has 89 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of AClock's written reviews are positive against 43% of Date Today's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AClock ships an update fortnightly, Date Today weekly. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
AClock versus Date Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAClockDate Today
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (10 ratings) — better3.8 (89 ratings)
Positive reviews96.6% of reviews — better43.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1089 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB232 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhengzhou Sibo Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.Stefan Van Damme

Customer experience

AClock

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive96.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.4%

Date Today

All ratings89 ratings
Positive69.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative25.8%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive43.1%
Neutral20.8%
Negative36.1%

In-app purchases

None

AClock

No in-app purchases

None

Date Today

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AClock free?
AClock costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Date Today free?
Date Today costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AClock or Date Today?
AClock is rated higher. AClock averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Date Today averages 3.8 from 89 ratings.
Do AClock or Date Today have ads?
Neither AClock nor Date Today shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AClock or Date Today?
AClock ships an update fortnightly, and Date Today weekly. Most recently, AClock was updated on October 14, 2026 and Date Today on October 14, 2026.

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