UTC Complications vs Digital Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UTC Complications
This app offers customizable digital time complications for Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Apple Watch. It's ideal for aviators and developers needing a quick reference for server logs. Complications update every minute and can be configured with various display options.
- Customizable UTC time complications
- Updates every minute
- 24-hour ISO 8601 format by default
- Supports 12-hour time
- Customizable time labels (UTC, GMT, Z, Zulu)
- Color customization for watch faces
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UTC Complications for Apple Watch provides customizable, digital time complications for Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). A great quick reference for aviators and software developers looking at server logs. If this app doesn't show up on your Watch after purchase, open the App Store on your Watch, scroll to the bottom, choose Account → Purchased, and download from there. Complications are provided for every available Apple Watch complication slot and update every minute with the current UTC time. By default, complications are presented in 24-hour ISO 8601 time. You can set many options including: • Using your device's region settings • Using 12-hour time • Using "UTC", "GMT", "Z", "Zulu", or "±00:00" to label UTC time • Customizing colors on supported watch faces
Digital Time
Display the current digital time directly on analog watch faces. This app enhances glanceability for users who prefer analog aesthetics but need quick access to precise time information. Customize time and date formats to suit your preferences.
- Digital time on analog faces
- Customizable time formats
- Customizable date formats
- Available on all non-digital watch faces
- Enhances glanceability
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This complication shows the digital time on analog watch faces. Perfect for those who like the look of an analog face without losing the glanceability of a digital clock! This complication is available in all locations for each non-digital watch face. The time and date formats can be customized in the app.
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Digital Time at Free against UTC Complications's $0.99. Digital Time also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (80 vs 14). UTC Complications's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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
Digital Time is free to download; UTC Complications costs $0.99 up front. Digital Time sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. UTC Complications asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for UTC Complications against 2.9 for Digital Time. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Time has 80 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of UTC Complications's written reviews are positive against 36% of Digital Time's.
UTC Complications ships an update every 7 months, Digital Time every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | UTC Complications | Digital Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (14 ratings) — better | 2.9 (80 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 35.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 80 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Professionally Ridiculous LLC | Joseph Peplowski |
Customer experience
UTC Complications
Digital Time
Bugs and requests
UTC Complications
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Digital Time
Reported bugs
22 issues- Time stops updating
- Time freezes after sleep mode
- Complication stuck at a particular time
- Time does not refresh
- App does not download or start working
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- App disappeared from watch/phone
- Unable to uninstall app
- 24-hour format displays incorrectly (e.g., 0:34 instead of 00:34)
- Time doesn't update after sleep mode
- Time complication is wrong
- Time freezes and doesn't update
- Digital time doesn't update instantly
- App shows purchased but not installed
- Time is stuck on 10:09
- Time is stuck on 11:10 pm
- Time is stuck on 10:09 am
- Time is stuck on Friday the 9th at 10:09 pm
- Time is stuck on 21:05
- Time is stuck at 5:38 AM
- Time is stuck on 8:38
- Time is stuck at 10:09 am Oct 9th
- Time is stuck on 24:34 instead of 00:34
Requested features
4 requests- Larger time display option
- Ability to change language of days/months
- Fix 24-hour format display (leading zero)
- Color matching for aesthetic bars
In-app purchases
UTC Complications
No in-app purchases
Digital Time
- Tip Jar 1$0.99
- Tip Jar 3$2.99
- Tip Jar 5$4.99
Questions
Is UTC Complications free?
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