WatchTime vs The Watch Space
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WatchTime
Access the leading watch magazine on your iPad with this app. Preview, organize, and purchase individual issues or subscribe for ongoing access. Enjoy enhanced multimedia content, offline reading, and a personal archive of your favorite watch content.
- Preview, organize, and purchase issues
- Enhanced multimedia content (audio, video, galleries)
- Offline reading capabilities
- Personal archive of purchased issues
- iPad-optimized reading experience
- Bookmarks and table of contents
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WatchTime - The Magazine of Fine Watches The No. 1 watch magazine in the U.S. is now available for the iPad! Use this free WatchTime app to preview, organize, and purchase individual issues. Purchase WatchTime iPad editions enhanced with multimedia features for $7.99 or subscribe to the 6 months auto-renewable subscription for $19.99. The subscription will be automatically renewed until canceled. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Including FREE Special-Editions: - Receive complete issues as iPad editions - Bonus content includes audio, video, supplements and photo galleries - WatchTime.com News available in the iPhone-Version - Bookmarks - iPad-optimized reading experience - zoom images and text - Table of Contents - Personal archive of purchased issues - Read offline with access to audio, video, supplements and photo galleries For more info about the iPad edition of WatchTime go to http://www.watchtime.com About WatchTime WatchTime’s editorial independence and expertise has made it America’s most respected watch magazine. Best known for its in-depth cover stories, striking original photography, and thorough watch tests and reviews, WatchTime also offers people profiles (top watchmakers, watch collectors, and watch executives), product trends, technical features, watch industry analysis, historical and travel articles and more, all aimed at informing and entertaining watch aficionados. Our privacy policy can be found here at https://www.watchtime.com/privacy-policy/, https://www.smarticle.com/privacy/?lang=en Terms of Use https://www.watchtime.com/website-terms-conditions/
The Watch Space
This app connects watch enthusiasts worldwide, offering a centralized source for news, videos, and podcasts from brands, retailers, and journalists. Customize your feed with preferred sources and easily search thousands of articles. Save and share content for later.
- Global watch community hub
- News, videos, and podcasts
- Customizable source filters
- Lightning-fast search
- Save articles for later
- Share content
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The Watch Space app is the bustling hub at the center of today’s expanding global watch community. It brings brands, PR agents, retailers, collectors, enthusiasts and journalists from around the world to a single, searchable source for news, videos and podcasts. Discover new information sources to enhance your watch enthusiast lifestyle presented alongside the news sources you already know and love. Each feed is highly customizable with source filters allowing you to tailor each feed to your own curated information source for news, videos and podcasts. The Watch Space app is free to download and use and needs no account or membership access all the features. Save any article for later using the handy bookmark feature or share amongst you established contacts. Perform lightning-fast searches on the thousands of articles that have been indexed by the Watch Space servers allowing you the find exactly the watch-related content you need, when you need it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Watch Space at 80% against WatchTime's 17%. The Watch Space also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). WatchTime's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. WatchTime sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 6 months. The Watch Space asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Watch Space holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of WatchTime's written reviews are positive against 80% of The Watch Space's.
WatchTime ships an update every 6 months, The Watch Space every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WatchTime | The Watch Space |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (10 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ebner Media Group GmbH & Co. KG | The Watch Space LLC |
Customer experience
WatchTime
The Watch Space
Bugs and requests
WatchTime
Reported bugs
38 issues- App crashes persistently
- App does not default to last page
- App is not optimized for mobile
- Cannot view magazines after purchase
- Not receiving latest issue
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- App opens to a random page
- Impossible to log in
- Passwords do not work
- Subscription service does not let you load magazines
- Support inquiries go unanswered
- App demands repurchase of issues
- App constantly forgets subscription information
- Invalid input messages when logging in
- Error while activating
- User information keeps dropping out
- App needs to remember and return to the page it was on
- App almost never recognizes internet connection
- Magazines downloaded but not found
- App crashes constantly
- App takes forever to accept subscription number
- App will not provide access without repurchase
- App demands repurchase of issues
- App does not work
- Subscription lost after iPad update
- Cannot download any magazines after update
- App won't run
- App crashes at the main page
- App won't start
- App complains no network available
- App requires active internet connection but sits there
- App crashes when downloading
- App won't even start
- App crashes without reason
- Wifi keeps dropping out in this app ONLY
- No wifi in the app means you can't download paid magazines
- App won't start
- App crashes
- App closes when downloading
Requested features
8 requests- Higher resolution images
- Sync bookmarks across devices
- Remember last page viewed
- Subscription options
- Free digital access for print subscribers
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- More affordable digital pricing
- List of purchased items only
- App remembers last page
The Watch Space
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WatchTime
- WatchTime$19.996 Months
- WatchTime$39.991 Year
- WatchTime June 2010$6.99
- WatchTime December 2010$6.99
- WatchTime February 2011$6.99
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- WatchTime April 2011$6.99
- WatchTime August 2011$6.99
- WatchTime October 2011$6.99
- WatchTime June 2011$7.99
- WatchTime BUYERS GUIDE 2012$8.99
The Watch Space
No in-app purchases
Questions
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