DateGlance vs UTC Face
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DateGlance
This app offers a customizable date complication for your watch. Choose from over 30 date formats for two lines, with hundreds of combinations. You can also set separate colors for each line and the app supports localized date formats.
- Customizable date complication
- Supports all watch faces
- Two-line display
- Over 30 date formats
- Separate color settings
- Localized date and language
- Standalone watch app
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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. Date Glance provides a customisable date complication. - Compatible with all watch faces and complication slots - Two lines, choose from more than 30 date formats for each line, there are hundreds of possible combinations - Set color separately for each line (relevant only for multicolor watch faces) - Actual date format and language is localized to the region and language settings of your device - Standalone watch app, all settings can be changed on your watch
UTC Face
Display city times and UTC offsets on your Apple Watch face with large, readable text. Manage your city list on your iPhone, with offline support for 50 built-in cities and online search for others. Automatic daylight saving updates ensure accuracy.
- Large, readable city times on watch face
- Displays city code and UTC offset
- Supports large rectangular complication slots
- Manage city list via iPhone app
- Offline support for 50 built-in cities
- Automatic daylight saving updates
- No ads, analytics, or accounts
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UTC Face: World Clock puts a city's time on your Apple Watch face in type large enough to read at a glance. The built-in world clock complication is small. This one uses the whole slot: the city's three-letter code, its UTC offset, and the time — in the same large, rounded, monospaced face as your watch's own clock. HOW IT WORKS • Edit your watch face and add UTC Face to a large rectangular complication slot — Modular Duo, Modular, Infograph Modular, or any face with one. • Tap the slot again to choose which city it shows. • Put a second one in the other slot for a different city. YOUR CITY LIST • Manage your cities in the iPhone app: add, remove, reorder. • Changes sync to your watch automatically. • 50 built-in cities covering every major time zone, available offline. • Unlimited online search for anywhere else. • UTC is always there. ACCURATE • Updates on the minute, aligned to the minute boundary — no drift. • Daylight saving changes are handled automatically for every city. PRIVATE • No accounts, no analytics, no ads. • Your city list stays on your devices. There is no server. Requires iOS 26 and watchOS 26.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UTC Face at 5.0 against DateGlance's 4.3. UTC Face also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). DateGlance's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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
DateGlance costs $0.99 and UTC Face $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UTC Face holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DateGlance has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of DateGlance's written reviews are positive against 100% of UTC Face's.
DateGlance ships an update every 2 months, UTC Face every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DateGlance | UTC Face |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andras Solyom | Ibrahim Poyraz |
Customer experience
DateGlance
UTC Face
In-app purchases
DateGlance
No in-app purchases
UTC Face
No in-app purchases









