Comparison

Spiffy Clock vs Custom Digital Clock

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

Custom Digital Clock

Display a stylish digital clock on your smartphone. Personalize the clock's appearance with custom coloring options to match your style.

Highlights
  • Stylish digital clock display
  • Customizable coloring
  • Smartphone integration
  • Personalized appearance
Features
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Stylish digital clock displayed on your smartphone. Customize the coloring freely.

Screenshots

Spiffy Clock4 screens
Custom Digital Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spiffy Clock at 100% against Custom Digital Clock's 0%. Spiffy Clock also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Custom Digital Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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. Custom Digital Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spiffy Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spiffy Clock has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Spiffy Clock's written reviews are positive against 0% of Custom Digital Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spiffy Clock ships an update every 14 months, Custom Digital Clock every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Spiffy Clock versus Custom Digital Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpiffy ClockCustom Digital Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (12 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew Robertstadashi endo

Customer experience

Spiffy Clock

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

Custom Digital Clock

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spiffy Clock

One-time1
  • Spiffy Clock Pro$0.99
None

Custom Digital Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spiffy Clock free?
Spiffy Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Custom Digital Clock free?
Custom Digital Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spiffy Clock or Custom Digital Clock?
Spiffy Clock is rated higher. Spiffy Clock averages 4.9 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Custom Digital Clock averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spiffy Clock or Custom Digital Clock have ads?
Custom Digital Clock shows ads; Spiffy Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, Spiffy Clock or Custom Digital Clock?
Spiffy Clock ships an update every 14 months, and Custom Digital Clock every 9 months. Most recently, Spiffy Clock was updated on October 1, 2026 and Custom Digital Clock on October 2, 2026.

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