Reviews of Simple World Clock Widget

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List of user reviews and ratings for Simple World Clock Widget

Total ratings

4.40 (Rating count: 28,484)

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Review summary

Users like the app for its simplicity, light footprint, and ability to customize with multiple 1x1 widgets for different cities. However, reliability is a major problem: clocks often don’t auto-update or show the wrong time, and the app can crash or freeze. Other recurring complaints include difficulty adding/managing multiple locations, missing cities, and some monetization friction. Overall, the concept is strong and the UI is straightforward, but reliability and coverage gaps limit usefulness.

Pros

Simple, lightweight, and easy to use.
Highly customizable with resizable 1x1 widgets and multiple city/time displays.
Useful for crowded home screens with a straightforward setup.
Overall simple and functional design with good customization.

Cons

Time accuracy and auto-update problems: clocks can show incorrect time, freeze, or fail to refresh automatically.
Stability issues: app can crash or clocks stop refreshing.
Difficulty managing locations/widgets: adding multiple locations is awkward; limited widget sizes; navigation/exit issues from widget screen.
Missing cities/location coverage: some locations aren’t available (e.g., Alabama, Beijing) and search omits others.
Monetization and install friction: pay to unlock basic time display features and occasional forced reinstall/search issues.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.40

All time rating average: 4.40

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26% (30)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-18	Sa*****	Last update broke the widget. Doesn't update the time and constantly lags behind.
Last update broke the widget. Doesn't update the time and constantly lags behind.
2026-08-18	na*****	Simple widget is so simple and small with location as Tokyo only.
Simple widget is so simple and small with location as Tokyo only.
2026-08-17	Ma*****	Works great to easily create a clean homepage time & date widget. I'd really like it if the text alignment could be adjusted, I want mine centred, but this can be approximated by adjusting the font sizes, and there's no option to hide the time zone name abbreviation, but this can be done by entering a space in place of the custom name. Being able to launch any chosen app with a single tap is very useful.
Works great to easily create a clean homepage time & date widget. I'd really like it if the text alignment could be adjusted, I want mine centred, but this can be approximated by adjusting the font sizes, and there's no option to hide the time zone name abbreviation, but this can be done by entering a space in place of the custom name. Being able to launch any chosen app with a single tap is very useful.
2026-08-16	Ro*****	I have used this widget for over 7 years and I've loved it so many thanks to the dev. You can customise each widget and the shortcuts (which I have had no problems with) to other apps is a great feature. Unfortunately, as others have mentioned, the widgets have recently started freezing and will only update to the current time if you edit them. Any chance this can be fixed?
I have used this widget for over 7 years and I've loved it so many thanks to the dev. You can customise each widget and the shortcuts (which I have had no problems with) to other apps is a great feature. Unfortunately, as others have mentioned, the widgets have recently started freezing and will only update to the current time if you edit them. Any chance this can be fixed?
2026-08-13	*****	Used to be good, displaying time and date works fine, but clicking to open an app (clock, or calendar) stopped working long time ago
Used to be good, displaying time and date works fine, but clicking to open an app (clock, or calendar) stopped working long time ago
2026-08-02	No*****	Lately it's been getting stuck at certain times like last time I checked it was off by over a day. It had one job and it failed so I uninstalled it.
Lately it's been getting stuck at certain times like last time I checked it was off by over a day. It had one job and it failed so I uninstalled it.
2026-07-30	Ry*****	Perfect simple widget but often displays inaccurate time. I had to set for Chicago to get correct Denver time!
Perfect simple widget but often displays inaccurate time. I had to set for Chicago to get correct Denver time!
2026-07-26	Jo*****	Eastern time
Eastern time
2026-07-26	Im*****	This is very helpful for our who works with connections between many countries. 💯💯
This is very helpful for our who works with connections between many countries. 💯💯
2026-07-16	Ru*****	Was an ok app, but now time is consistently 16 minutes slow. So now useless. Android has a built in OS clock widget that is better. Uninstalled and now using Android clock widget..
Was an ok app, but now time is consistently 16 minutes slow. So now useless. Android has a built in OS clock widget that is better. Uninstalled and now using Android clock widget..