B.B. Link Configurator vs UTC Face
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
B.B. Link Configurator
Configure a Bluetooth adapter to connect your amateur radio to an iOS device. This enables data exchange with apps like RadioMail and aprs.fi using the radio's TNC as a packet modem.
- Configure B.B. Link Bluetooth adapter
- Pair with Kenwood TH-D74/TH-D75 radios
- Connect radio (Bluetooth Classic) to iOS (BLE)
- Utilize radio's TNC as packet modem
- Data exchange with amateur radio apps
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This app configures the B.B. Link Bluetooth adapter for pairing with a Kenwood TH-D74 or TH-D75 radio. The adapter facilitates a connection between the radio, which uses Bluetooth Classic, and an iOS device via BLE. This connection allows apps like RadioMail, Packet Commander and aprs.fi to utilize the radio's built-in TNC as a packet modem for data exchange over amateur radio.
UTC Face
Display city times and UTC offsets on your Apple Watch face with large, readable text. Manage your city list on your iPhone, with offline support for 50 built-in cities and online search for others. Automatic daylight saving updates ensure accuracy.
- Large, readable city times on watch face
- Displays city code and UTC offset
- Supports large rectangular complication slots
- Manage city list via iPhone app
- Offline support for 50 built-in cities
- Automatic daylight saving updates
- No ads, analytics, or accounts
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UTC Face: World Clock puts a city's time on your Apple Watch face in type large enough to read at a glance. The built-in world clock complication is small. This one uses the whole slot: the city's three-letter code, its UTC offset, and the time — in the same large, rounded, monospaced face as your watch's own clock. HOW IT WORKS • Edit your watch face and add UTC Face to a large rectangular complication slot — Modular Duo, Modular, Infograph Modular, or any face with one. • Tap the slot again to choose which city it shows. • Put a second one in the other slot for a different city. YOUR CITY LIST • Manage your cities in the iPhone app: add, remove, reorder. • Changes sync to your watch automatically. • 50 built-in cities covering every major time zone, available offline. • Unlimited online search for anywhere else. • UTC is always there. ACCURATE • Updates on the minute, aligned to the minute boundary — no drift. • Daylight saving changes are handled automatically for every city. PRIVATE • No accounts, no analytics, no ads. • Your city list stays on your devices. There is no server. Requires iOS 26 and watchOS 26.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: B.B. Link Configurator at Free against UTC Face's $0.99. B.B. Link Configurator also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). UTC Face's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases 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
B.B. Link Configurator is free to download; UTC Face costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
B.B. Link Configurator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: B.B. Link Configurator has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of B.B. Link Configurator's written reviews are positive against 100% of UTC Face's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
B.B. Link Configurator ships an update every 5 weeks, UTC Face every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | B.B. Link Configurator | UTC Face |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Island Magic Co. | Ibrahim Poyraz |
Customer experience
B.B. Link Configurator
UTC Face
In-app purchases
B.B. Link Configurator
No in-app purchases
UTC Face
No in-app purchases









