Comparison

Time & Date 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

Time & Date

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A calendar built like a machine: clean lines, precise controls, and zero fluff. Time & Date takes an industrial approach to planning—high-contrast visuals, mechanical UI elements, and a layout engineered for clarity under pressure. Stay ahead of your schedule with real-time overlap detection that flags conflicting events the moment they collide. Give every meeting, workout, or deadline its own identity using custom sound alerts, chosen per event, so you instantly know what’s next without even looking at your phone. Lock into the flow of your day with widgets that show your time progress—a quick visual pulse of how far you’ve moved through the day and what’s still on deck. The result? A calendar that feels sturdy, purposeful, and built for people who want their tools to work as hard as they do. Core features: Overlap detection to prevent double-booking Per-event custom sound alerts Industrial-grade interface with bold, minimal visual cues Widgets tracking daily time progress Structured daily views for fast scanning Subscription Time & Date Premium Annual - Updates once per year - $14.99 Monthly - Updates once per month - $1.99 Terms of service https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy https://radu-mee.github.io/Time-Date/privacy-policy.html

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

Time & Date4 screens
Big Time Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Time & Date at Free against Big Time Clock's $3.49. Time & Date also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Big Time Clock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Time & Date is free to download; Big Time Clock costs $3.49 up front. Time & Date sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Big Time Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time & Date ships an update every 2 days, Big Time Clock every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Time & Date versus Big Time Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime & DateBig Time Clock
PriceFree — better$3.49
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCristian RaduMatthew Avery

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Time & Date

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Time & Date Premium$1.991 Month
  • Annual Time & Date Premium$14.991 Year
None

Big Time Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time & Date free?
Time & Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Big Time Clock free?
Big Time Clock costs $3.49, with no in-app purchases.
Do Time & Date or Big Time Clock have ads?
Neither Time & Date nor Big Time Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time & Date or Big Time Clock?
Time & Date ships an update every 2 days, and Big Time Clock every 3 weeks. Most recently, Time & Date was updated on October 13, 2026 and Big Time Clock on October 12, 2026.

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