Comparison

Spiffy Clock vs SFClock

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

Head to head
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.

About

SFClock

This utility app displays a flip clock and calendar. It offers customizable clock settings like 12/24 hour format and seconds display. Users can navigate the calendar and choose from various light and dark color themes.

Highlights
  • Flip clock display
  • Calendar view
  • 12/24 hour format
  • Seconds display toggle
  • Calendar month navigation
  • Color themes
  • Light/dark mode
Features
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SFClock is a simple flip clock and calendar App. Flip clock and calendar are displayed in portrait, and only clock in landscape. You can change 12/24 hours and seconds display of clock. You also can move month in calendar with the arrows, and back to current month by tapping the month title. There are many color themes, and you can choose a light or dark one to use.

Screenshots

Spiffy Clock4 screens
SFClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spiffy Clock at 100% against SFClock's 33%. Spiffy Clock also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). SFClock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 14 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Spiffy Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SFClock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spiffy Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Spiffy Clock's written reviews are positive against 33% of SFClock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spiffy Clock ships an update every 14 months, SFClock every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Spiffy Clock versus SFClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpiffy ClockSFClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (12 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew RobertsYafei Dong

Customer experience

Spiffy Clock

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

SFClock

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spiffy Clock

One-time1
  • Spiffy Clock Pro$0.99
None

SFClock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spiffy Clock free?
Spiffy Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SFClock free?
SFClock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spiffy Clock or SFClock?
Spiffy Clock is rated higher. Spiffy Clock averages 4.9 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while SFClock averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Spiffy Clock or SFClock have ads?
Neither Spiffy Clock nor SFClock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spiffy Clock or SFClock?
Spiffy Clock ships an update every 14 months, and SFClock every 5 months. Most recently, Spiffy Clock was updated on October 1, 2026 and SFClock on October 2, 2026.

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