Analog Clock Widget vs DateSmith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Analog Clock Widget
Personalize your device's home screen with a customizable analog clock widget. Choose from various clock faces, hand styles, and colors to match your aesthetic. Display the date and prevent your device from sleeping while the widget is active.
- Customizable clock face
- Adjustable hour, minute, and second hands
- Color customization for hands and background
- Date display option
- Stop auto-sleep feature
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Analog Clock Widget - Clock SD Customize the analog clock and the widget. Customize Features: * Clock face * Hour hand * Minute hand * Second hand * Clock hands color * Background color * Display the date * Stop auto sleep
DateSmith
Enhance your iPhone's lock screen with a beautifully formatted date display. This app specializes in the premium space above your clock, offering customizable formats and reliable midnight updates. Track important events with a countdown mode and enjoy a minimalist, privacy-focused design.
- Custom date widget for above lock screen clock
- Multiple widget formats
- Personalized date formats
- Countdown mode for events
- Automatic midnight updates
- Privacy-focused design
- Battery efficient
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Your date, above the clock. DateSmith puts a clearer, fuller date in the line above your Lock Screen clock, or a countdown to the day you are looking forward to. Now with bold Home Screen widgets you can make your own. YOUR FORMAT, YOUR WAY Pick any two of month, date, weekday and year, each in the style you like. See it live in a Lock Screen preview that changes with every tap. COUNTDOWNS Name it and pick the day. DateSmith shows the days left until a trip, a birthday or a big day. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Small, medium and large widgets show your date or countdown in big, clear type, with a week strip on the medium size, a month calendar on the large size and a date page on medium countdowns. - Themes: Dawn, Ocean, Aurora, Graphite and System - Your own photo, framed for the square and wide widget shapes - A different photo for Dark Mode if you like - Liquid Glass style text with a soft highlight and depth, or crisp solid text UPDATES ON ITS OWN DateSmith prepares the week ahead, so your widgets change each day, even when the app is closed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads and no analytics. Your widgets need no internet connection. DateSmith never uploads your photo. SIMPLE SETUP 1. Touch and hold your Lock Screen 2. Tap Customize 3. Tap the date above the time 4. Choose DateSmith 5. Tap Done For the Home Screen, touch and hold an empty area of your Home Screen, tap Edit, tap Add Widget, then choose DateSmith. PLANS Try every format, countdown, theme, photo and text style free for 7 days. When the preview ends, your widgets show Preview Ended in place of your date or countdown until you subscribe. DateSmith Monthly or DateSmith Yearly keeps your widgets working. DateSmith Monthly includes a one-week free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ben637482548.github.io/datesmith/#privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DateSmith at 100% against Analog Clock Widget's 48%. DateSmith also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). Analog Clock Widget's advantage is ratings volume (4.7K vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). 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
Both are free to download. Analog Clock Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DateSmith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DateSmith holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Analog Clock Widget has 4.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Analog Clock Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of DateSmith's.
Analog Clock Widget ships an update every 2 months, DateSmith every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Analog Clock Widget | DateSmith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4.7K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.7K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daisuke Suzuki | Benjamin Staab |
Customer experience
Analog Clock Widget
DateSmith
Bugs and requests
Analog Clock Widget
Reported bugs
3 issues- Clock widget not updating time
- Alarm intermittently muting
- Inability to set alarm time
Requested features
3 requests- Allow changing clock face
- Add alarm and timer functions
- Sync time with system clock
DateSmith
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Analog Clock Widget
- Pro version$6.99
DateSmith
- DateSmith Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- DateSmith Yearly$4.991 Year
Questions
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