Digital Clock vs SimpleClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digital Clock
This app provides a clear and attractive LED digital clock display. It's ideal for use on a nightstand or desk, offering customizable options for time format and visibility of weekdays and dates.
- Beautiful LED digital display
- 12/24 hour mode switching
- Show/hide weekdays
- Show/hide date
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Digital Clock turns your iPhone, iPad, and Mac into a crisp retro LED display — the glow of a classic bedside or desk clock, right on your screen. Prop it up on your nightstand, desk, or home-office shelf and read the time at a glance, day or night. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Choose from several LED and LCD display styles • Show the time in 12- or 24-hour format, with optional seconds, weekday, and date • Add a blinking colon for that authentic digital-clock feel • Keep it in portrait or landscape, or lock it to the orientation you prefer • Dim the screen with a swipe for a gentle, glare-free glow at night • The display stays awake, so the clock is always there when you glance over TIMER & ALARMS • Set alarms to wake up or stay on schedule • Countdown timer, stopwatch, and a Pomodoro mode with work and break intervals • Pick your own alarm sound WIDGETS • Add Digital Clock to your Home Screen and Lock Screen DIGITAL CLOCK PRO Make it truly yours with a one-time upgrade: • Set custom digit and background colors • Use your own photo as the background • See the track currently playing in the Music app • Display any time zone in the world However you like to keep time — a stylish desk clock, a calm bedside companion, or a focus timer for work — Digital Clock has you covered.
SimpleClock
A customizable clock app designed for studying, offering a clean interface with no ads or charges. Personalize the background, font, and text color, and utilize built-in stopwatch and timer functions. Widgets are now available for enhanced convenience.
- Customizable clock appearance
- No ads or charges
- Stopwatch function
- Timer function
- Widget support
- Dark mode support
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Widgets are now available! Dark mode support, no ads, no charges. All functions are free of charge. - A simple clock that is perfect for studying! - You can change the background photo, font, and color of the text to customize the clock to your liking. - Stopwatch function and timer function! - Widgets* are now available! * To use the widgets, you need a device with iOS 14 or later or iPadOS 14 or later. -------------------------------------------- If you have any problems, please contact us using the support form below or "Help" in the app. https://support.reoapp.com/form Privacy Policy https://support.reoapp.com/clock/en Support email address support[at]reoapp.com *Please replace [at] with @ when sending email. --------------------------------------------
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SimpleClock at 100% against Digital Clock's 51%. SimpleClock also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Digital Clock's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Digital Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SimpleClock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SimpleClock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clock has 1.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Digital Clock's written reviews are positive against 100% of SimpleClock's.
Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, SimpleClock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Clock | SimpleClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.3K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Applorium Ltd | Reo Shigeno |
Customer experience
Digital Clock
SimpleClock
Bugs and requests
Digital Clock
Reported bugs
3 issues- Time display issues
- Widget only shows military time
- Inconsistent behavior with background images
Requested features
5 requests- Add alarm functionality
- Improve widget customization options
- Allow changing time format (12-hour vs. 24-hour)
- Introduce more free customization options
- Add weather information display
SimpleClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Digital Clock
- Unlock all features$2.99
SimpleClock
- Cheer for the developer$0.49
- Cheer for the developer$2.99
- Cheer for the developer$5.99
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