Comparison

TimeGlance vs What Plane?

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

Head to head
About

TimeGlance

This app adds a digital time complication to any watch face, updating every minute with the correct time. It supports all complication types and watch faces, offering customization for time format, date display, and time zones. The app functions independently of your phone.

Highlights
  • Digital time complication for any watch face
  • Updates every minute
  • Supports all complication types
  • Standalone watch app
  • Customizable time formats (24h, 12h, military)
  • Multiple date formats or hide date
  • Time zone selection
Features
Currently charting
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If the app does not show on your Watch after purchase please go to App Store on your watch (not phone) - scroll to bottom - Account - Purchased - and download from here. This app provides a digital time complication for all complication types on any watch face. - Updates every minute, always showing correct time - All complications and watch faces supported - Standalone watch app, all features can be used without your phone - Choose between 24 hour, 12 hour (AM/PM), or military time - Choose from 8 date formats from simple short ones to full dates, or hide the date. - Actual date format and language is localized to the region and language settings of your device - Time zone selection. Any ±24h offset from UTC or local time. - Set text color of complication (only works for multicolor watch faces) - Switch lines of time and date

About

What Plane?

Instantly identify aircraft overhead with this app. It offers a widget for quick glances and a live map for exploring nearby air traffic. View detailed information for planes within 30 nautical miles, with a unique compass ring for direction.

Highlights
  • Instant aircraft identification
  • Home Screen widget for quick access
  • Live map of nearby air traffic
  • Detailed aircraft information
  • Compass Ring bearing indicator
  • Customizable aircraft icons
Features
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What Plane? was built to answer one question—fast: what’s that aircraft overhead? Everything is designed for instant glanceability, so you can get the answer without “using an app”. Add the widget to your Home Screen and tap to refresh. Tap the custom aircraft icon to jump straight into the live map. Inside the app, controls stay just as simple. Want different units? Tap any stat (altitude, speed, distance) to cycle through options. The default view lets you explore nearby air traffic, and with a single tap on any aircraft—or the menu button—you can browse rich details for every plane within 30 nautical miles. To keep the interface minimal while adding real information density, What Plane? uses the Compass Ring: the panel border doubles as a bearing indicator, showing the aircraft’s direction relative to you at a glance. And when an aircraft is overhead, the widget brings it to life with airline-specific liveries and aircraft models—so your Home Screen matches what’s in the sky. WHATPLANE PRO (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) Choose the aircraft you want to spot and get an alert when a match is nearby. Chat with Lookout to ask about aircraft recorded in your area while you were away, and prioritise your matches in Dynamic Island. Pro is a monthly auto-renewable subscription, purchased separately in the app, with a one-week free trial for eligible new subscribers. After the trial, the subscription renews at the displayed monthly price unless cancelled. The local price is shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy: https://whatplane.org/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

What Plane?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: What Plane? at 5.0 against TimeGlance's 3.7. What Plane? also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%). TimeGlance's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $6.99) and ratings volume (106 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

TimeGlance costs $0.99 and What Plane? $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

What Plane? holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeGlance has 106 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of TimeGlance's written reviews are positive against 100% of What Plane?'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeGlance ships an update every 2 days, What Plane? weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
TimeGlance versus What Plane?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeGlanceWhat Plane?
Price$0.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.7 (106 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings106 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#63 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndras SolyomDavid Wilkinson

Customer experience

TimeGlance

All ratings106 ratings
Positive67.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative27.4%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral6.7%
Negative29.9%

What Plane?

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

TimeGlance

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Time getting stuck or showing incorrect time
  • Complication disappearing after watch reset
  • Issues with reinstalling the app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to hide time and show only date
  • Ability to adjust font size
  • More color customization options
  • Support for multiple time zones

What Plane?

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TimeGlance

No in-app purchases

None

What Plane?

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimeGlance free?
TimeGlance costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is What Plane? free?
What Plane? costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TimeGlance or What Plane??
What Plane? is rated higher. TimeGlance averages 3.7 out of 5 from 106 ratings, while What Plane? averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TimeGlance or What Plane? have ads?
Neither TimeGlance nor What Plane? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeGlance or What Plane??
TimeGlance ships an update every 2 days, and What Plane? weekly. Most recently, TimeGlance was updated on October 19, 2026 and What Plane? on October 18, 2026.

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