Digital Time vs Chronomizer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Chronomizer
Design unique watch faces for your Apple Watch by creating custom time and date complications. Personalize your display with various graphic types, text formats, colors, fonts, and even background images. Unlock premium features for an ad-free experience and unlimited design options.
- Custom time and date complications
- Supports graphic complication types
- Preconfigured templates
- Customizable text, colors, fonts, and backgrounds
- Multiple time zone support
- Ad-free premium experience
- Unlimited saved designs
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Configure your own watch face! Create custom time and date complications for your Apple Watch watch faces. — Standard Features — • Supports the newest and most beautiful Graphic complication types (Corner, Circular, Bezel, Extra Large) • Preconfigured templates ready to use right away • Available customization include: - Date, Time, Custom Date + Time Format, or Text content - Gauge and text designs available - Custom colors for text and background - Choose a background image - Choose custom fonts and styles - Choose a different time zone - Use a different locale - Set an offset by minutes - ...and more! • More supported complication types coming! — Premium Access Features — • Ad free experience • Unlimited saved designs • Multiple of the same complication type at the same time • Import/export individual designs Tags: watchface, watchfaces, customization, WatchTheTime, complications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Digital Time at none against Chronomizer's shown. Digital Time also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Chronomizer's advantage is rating (3.4 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (50% vs 36%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Digital Time sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Chronomizer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chronomizer holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 70 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Digital Time's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chronomizer's.
Digital Time ships an update every 2 weeks, Chronomizer every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Time | Chronomizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (70 ratings) | 3.4 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Peplowski | Adam Dama |
Customer experience
Digital Time
Chronomizer
Bugs and 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
Chronomizer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Digital Time
- Tip Jar 1$0.99
- Tip Jar 3$2.99
- Tip Jar 5$4.99
Chronomizer
- Tip Jar - $1$0.99
- Premium Access$1.99
- Tip Jar - $10$9.99
