Comparison

Big Digital Clock Widget vs WatchM3

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

Head to head
About

Big Digital Clock Widget

Display a large digital clock on your device's screen, optimized for iOS 17 StandBy mode. View the current time easily from a distance, either within the app or using its widgets. Offers a free experience with an optional one-time purchase for expanded customization.

Highlights
  • iOS 17 StandBy mode optimization
  • Large format digital clock display
  • Single and dual widget options
  • Viewable from a distance
  • Customization options via purchase
Features
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Designed for iOS 17, Big Digital Clock Widget allows you to see a large format digital clock in one or two widgets in StandBy mode. Easily see current time in digital time format from far away in the app or its widgets. Free with no ads! There is a small one-time purchase available to enable more styling options.

About

WatchM3

Features
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WatchM3 turns your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV or Apple Vision Pro into a bedside clock, and your Apple Watch into a weather face: the time, all night long, and nothing else on screen. THREE CLOCK FACES Swipe from right to left to switch between them (arrow keys on Mac, the remote on Apple TV): • Digits: the original WatchM3 face, with large pale digits and a blinking colon. • LED panel: a pixel clock in warm white, with a seconds chaser that runs around the edge of the screen, one lap per minute. • Weather: the time in large digits, the day fading away around the edge of the screen from sunrise to sunset, the temperature with today's high, low and feels-like, wind and gusts, humidity, UV index, pressure, severe weather warnings, the next twelve hours with the chance of rain, sunrise, sunset and the moon phase. APPLE WATCH On your watch, WatchM3 shows a full-screen face under the watch's own time: the day fading away around the edge of the screen, current weather with today's high and low, wind and gusts, and the next six hours. Four complications for Apple watch faces: the day, the next sunrise or sunset, and the weather. MADE FOR THE NIGHT • Swipe up or down to adjust the brightness of the clock. Keep swiping down past the minimum to dim the screen itself, below its usual lowest setting. • Pinch to make the time bigger or smaller. • Size and brightness are remembered for each face. • No status bar, no buttons, no menus, and a black launch screen. • Your device never goes to sleep or locks while WatchM3 is open. • Kind to OLED screens: the faces shift slightly every minute and the time moves every hour. EVERY SCREEN iPhone in landscape, iPad in portrait and landscape, a resizable window or full screen on Mac, your TV screen with Apple TV, a window in your space on Apple Vision Pro. On Apple TV, press left or right on the remote to switch faces and up or down to adjust brightness; no screen saver while WatchM3 is on screen. Folded like a tent, iPhone Duo shows the time on its outer display; set up like a laptop, on the upper half of the screen; opened like a book, the time on one page and the weather on the other. WEATHER AND PRIVACY Weather data comes from Apple's weather service. Your location is used only to get the local weather and the sunrise and sunset times; it is never sent to us. No account, no ads, no tracking.

Screenshots

Big Digital Clock Widget4 screens
WatchM33 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WatchM3 at none against Big Digital Clock Widget's 1. WatchM3 also leads on device support (5 vs 2). Big Digital Clock Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Big Digital Clock Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WatchM3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Big Digital Clock Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, WatchM3 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Big Digital Clock Widget versus WatchM3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBig Digital Clock WidgetWatchM3
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (257 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings257 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCromulent LabsDavid Larose

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Big Digital Clock Widget

One-time1
  • Premium Version$2.99
None

WatchM3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Big Digital Clock Widget free?
Big Digital Clock Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WatchM3 free?
WatchM3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Big Digital Clock Widget or WatchM3 have ads?
Neither Big Digital Clock Widget nor WatchM3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Big Digital Clock Widget or WatchM3?
Big Digital Clock Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, and WatchM3 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Big Digital Clock Widget was updated on November 12, 2026 and WatchM3 on November 8, 2026.

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