Comparison

Digital Clock vs Spiffy Clock

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

Head to head
About

Digital Clock

Transform your device into a stylish digital clock with a customizable LED display. Choose from various time formats, colors, and fonts. Includes white noise for focus or sleep and an alarm function.

Highlights
  • Customizable LED display
  • 12/24 hour mode
  • Show/hide date
  • Font and color selection
  • White noise generator
  • Alarm function
Features
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This is a beautiful digital clock for those who want to have a digital clock on their nightstand or coffee table. You can change the color to almost whatever you want. It shows you various time elements and you can use a few different time and date formats, colors, and clock faces. The app is very affordable which is a great deal for one of the simplest, but best clock apps. Features: - Beautiful digital display - Switch between 12 and 24 modes - Show or hide date - Select your preferable font or color - Play white noise to help you focus or sleep - Set alarm and never miss any important event White noise included such as: River stream, Ocean waves, Underground cave, Soft rain, Crackling fire, Sizzling pan, Birds chirping, Summer crickets, Noise fan, ASMR, Deep sea, Midnight crickets, Beach seagulls, Cave water dripping, Crackling fireplace, Pot boiling, Green forest, Peaceful ambience, Clock ticking, Footstep Notes: - The auto lock will be disabled while the clock is active. - It doesn’t start automatically like the Mac screensaver. Please leave us your review, we will do our best to improve the app.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Digital Clock4 screens
Spiffy Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spiffy Clock at 4.9 against Digital Clock's 4.4. Spiffy Clock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 65%). Digital Clock's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (153 vs 12). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Digital Clock sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Spiffy Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spiffy Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clock has 153 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Digital Clock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spiffy Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, Spiffy Clock every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Digital Clock versus Spiffy Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital ClockSpiffy Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (153 ratings)4.9 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings153 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 14 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdwin ChanMatthew Roberts

Customer experience

Digital Clock

All ratings153 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral4.6%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral11.9%
Negative22.6%

Spiffy Clock

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Digital Clock

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App display cuts off numbers on iPad Pro (resolved in v15.1)
  • App times out with phone's auto-lock feature
  • Date format inconsistency (TUE, 29 NOV vs TUE, NOV 29)
  • Reminder feature unclear/non-functional as alarm

Requested features

11 requests
  • Alarm functionality (not just reminders)
  • In-app brightness adjustment without leaving app
  • Eliminate or dim the white navigation bar at bottom
  • Full-screen mode to hide status bar and home indicator
  • Easy landscape/portrait orientation toggle within app
Show 6 more
  • Screen burn prevention with kinetic display
  • Battery level indicator display
  • Timer functionality
  • Prevent screen auto-lock while app is open
  • Additional font options without review requirement
  • Better documentation and instructions

Spiffy Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Digital Clock

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Trials3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time4
  • Clock Font$0.99
  • Clock Skin$1.99
  • All Features$24.99
Show 1 more
  • Remove Ads$24.99
1 purchases

Spiffy Clock

One-time1
  • Spiffy Clock Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Digital Clock free?
Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spiffy Clock free?
Spiffy Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digital Clock or Spiffy Clock?
Spiffy Clock is rated higher. Digital Clock averages 4.4 out of 5 from 153 ratings, while Spiffy Clock averages 4.9 from 12 ratings.
Do Digital Clock or Spiffy Clock have ads?
Digital Clock shows ads; Spiffy Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, Digital Clock or Spiffy Clock?
Digital Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, and Spiffy Clock every 14 months. Most recently, Digital Clock was updated on September 22, 2026 and Spiffy Clock on August 31, 2026.

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