Comparison

DateTimeWidget 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

DateTimeWidget

Display the current date and time prominently on your iOS home screen with a customizable widget. Adjust text size, color, and font to match your preferences for easy readability.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget
  • Date and time display
  • Adjustable text size
  • Customizable font
  • Color options
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The DateTimeWidget displays date and time in a widget that can be added to your home screen on your iOS device. It is a useful widget if you want to see the date and time in larger text on your screen. The color, size of text and font can all be adjusted in the settings for the widget.

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

DateTimeWidget4 screens
Spiffy Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spiffy Clock at 100% against DateTimeWidget's 33%. Spiffy Clock also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.4). DateTimeWidget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 14 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spiffy Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DateTimeWidget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spiffy Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of DateTimeWidget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spiffy Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DateTimeWidget ships an update every 6 months, Spiffy Clock every 14 months. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DateTimeWidget versus Spiffy Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateTimeWidgetSpiffy Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (8 ratings)4.9 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings812 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRiver Rock LogicMatthew Roberts

Customer experience

DateTimeWidget

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Spiffy Clock

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

In-app purchases

None

DateTimeWidget

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spiffy Clock

One-time1
  • Spiffy Clock Pro$0.99

Questions

Is DateTimeWidget free?
DateTimeWidget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spiffy Clock free?
Spiffy Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DateTimeWidget or Spiffy Clock?
Spiffy Clock is rated higher. DateTimeWidget averages 2.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Spiffy Clock averages 4.9 from 12 ratings.
Do DateTimeWidget or Spiffy Clock have ads?
Neither DateTimeWidget nor Spiffy Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DateTimeWidget or Spiffy Clock?
DateTimeWidget ships an update every 6 months, and Spiffy Clock every 14 months. Most recently, DateTimeWidget was updated on October 1, 2026 and Spiffy Clock on October 1, 2026.

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