Comparison

Tado Shortcuts vs Big Time Clock

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

Head to head
About

Tado Shortcuts

Enhance your smart home with custom automations for your Tado devices. Create personalized schedules, control temperatures, and monitor your home's comfort directly from your iOS device.

Highlights
  • Create custom iOS Shortcuts for Tado
  • Manage and group schedules
  • Monitor home comfort with widgets
  • Control zone temperatures and power
  • Set early start and home/away modes
  • Get zone sensor data
Features
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Tado Shortcuts is a powerful and intuitive application designed to enhance your smart home experience by seamlessly integrating your existing Tado devices with iOS Shortcuts. Most current actions supported by Tado are available as an action for you to create your own shortcuts from, and there are some easy to use shortcuts available from the get go. NEW - Tado X support: Tado Shortcuts now works with Tado's newer X generation alongside the existing Tado V3+ support. Your homes are detected automatically, so there is nothing to set up, and if you own both generations each home simply offers whatever it supports. For Tado X rooms you can read live temperature and humidity, set a target temperature, turn a room on or off with the full range of timers, and resume the room's schedule. The ready-made Boost, Turn Off All and Resume All Schedules shortcuts work across every home you own. The ability to manage and group schedules has also been included for power users that may have different requirements for their week-to-week lifestyle and want to easily maintain and apply different schedules. Widgets provide at-a-glance information about the comfort of your home! NOTE: You need to already own your own Tado Home devices, such as a Tado V3+ or Tado X, and have set up the native application to use Tado Shortcuts. To login, simply use your existing Tado Home credentials. Tado Shortcuts does not store any information remotely, and only communicates with the Tado service remotely. Schedules are stored on your device and will be deleted if you move device or uninstall the application. A list of features currently supported: Tado V3+ and Tado X: - Getting Home/Zone Information - Getting Zone sensor data - Getting/Setting Zone temperature or power settings with various timers - Resuming a Zone's schedule - Boost, Turn Off All and Resume All Schedules - Getting/Setting home/away modes - Getting outside temperature and solar intensity Tado V3+ only: - Getting/Setting early start - Setting Away temperatures - Setting active timetables and schedules - Creating, grouping and applying schedule profiles This application is made by an independent developer and not related to Tado GmbH.

About

Big Time Clock

Transform your device into a large, easy-to-read full-screen clock for any room. Enjoy a clear display with customizable typography and orientation, perfect for a nightstand or desk. This app offers a one-time purchase with all features unlocked, no ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Full-screen digital clock
  • Elegant analog face
  • Always-on display
  • Portrait and landscape modes
  • Customizable typography
  • Day and date display
Features
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Big Time Clock turns your iPhone or iPad into a full-screen clock you can read from right across the room — on a nightstand, a desk, or a kitchen counter. Pay once and it's yours forever. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads — every feature included. Set it up once and the app remembers: your clock face, your time format, your theme. Open it and the clock has the screen to itself — settings live on their own page, a tap away. THE CLOCK • Full-screen digital clock with massive, easy-to-read numerals • Elegant analog face with a smoothly sweeping red second hand • 12-hour or 24-hour time • Seconds sized to read at a glance — tint them, or hide them completely • Day and date, on or off • Light or bold typography • Dark or light theme — deep black for the bedroom, soft paper-white for daylight ALWAYS ON, ALWAYS YOURS • The screen stays awake — it never locks while the clock is up • Every setting is remembered, so it opens exactly how you left it • Tap the clock, then the gear, to change anything — then it's just the time again • Reset to the default view whenever you want a clean slate • Portrait or landscape — just rotate your device • At home on a bedside table, a desk, a kitchen counter, in a gym or a studio — or on an old iPhone or iPad reborn as a dedicated clock BUILT RIGHT • Pay once, own it for life — the price you see is everything • No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no upsells • No ads, ever • Megabytes, not gigabytes — no ad libraries, no analytics SDKs, nothing that isn't the app itself • No tracking, no accounts, no data collection — nothing about you ever leaves your device • Designed for iPhone and iPad Download Big Time Clock and always know the time at a glance.

Screenshots

Tado Shortcuts4 screens
Big Time Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Big Time Clock at 100% against Tado Shortcuts's 25%. Big Time Clock also leads on price ($2.99 vs $6.99). Tado Shortcuts's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Tado Shortcuts costs $6.99 and Big Time Clock $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tado Shortcuts ships an update every 10 days, Big Time Clock every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tado Shortcuts versus Big Time Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTado ShortcutsBig Time Clock
Price$6.99$2.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANTON SHMATOVMatthew Avery

Customer experience

Tado Shortcuts

Written reviews12 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative66.7%

Big Time Clock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tado Shortcuts

No in-app purchases

None

Big Time Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tado Shortcuts free?
Tado Shortcuts costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Big Time Clock free?
Big Time Clock costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tado Shortcuts or Big Time Clock have ads?
Neither Tado Shortcuts nor Big Time Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tado Shortcuts or Big Time Clock?
Tado Shortcuts ships an update every 10 days, and Big Time Clock every 4 weeks. Most recently, Tado Shortcuts was updated on October 25, 2026 and Big Time Clock on October 25, 2026.

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