# Retro Clock Widget

> Lightweight retro style clock and date widget with links to alarm and calendar.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/nl.jsource.retroclock.android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/nl.jsource.retroclock.android)

## Overview

- **ID:** `nl.jsource.retroclock.android`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** lingen.me
- **Category:** PERSONALIZATION
- **Downloads:** 8,518,559
- **Rating:** 3.98 / 5 (82,084 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-01-07
- **First published:** 2024-01-07
- **Publisher country:** NL
- **Size:** 220 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.jsource.retroclock.android)
- **Website:** [http://lingen.me/apps/retroclock](http://lingen.me/apps/retroclock)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://lingen.me/privacy/retro-clock-widget/](https://lingen.me/privacy/retro-clock-widget/)

## Description

Retro Clock Widget brings a classic mechanical flipping clock and date display to your Android home screen. This lightweight and stylish widget serves as a shortcut hub to your device's alarm clock and calendar apps, combining functionality with vintage aesthetics. With millions of downloads, it's trusted and loved by users worldwide.

For enhanced personalization, the Retro Clock Settings companion app (available on Google Play) allows you to customize colors, transparency, and shortcut preferences to perfectly match your style. Adding the widget is easy: simply long press an empty space on your home screen, select "Widgets," and tap Retro Clock or Date widget to add it. Embrace the retro vibe and stay organized with this timeless widget.

## Rankings

- #16,076 — Overall

## Review summary

The Retro Clock Widget is loved for its beautiful retro design and long‑standing reliability, with users praising its simplicity, lack of ads, and easy access to clock and calendar settings. However, complaints focus on non-customizable date formats (default mm/dd/yyyy) and requests for day/month/year options and uppercase day names. Users also report device/OS compatibility issues across Android 14, Realme, Samsung, and OnePlus devices, plus UI layout problems after updates. Some feel alarms or other features were removed. Overall, it stays favored but needs more format options, preserved features, and broader compatibility.

### Pros

- Beautiful retro clock widget design that looks great on the home screen.
- Long-standing reliability and popularity; users report it's the best and essential.
- No ads or in-app purchases, keeping the widget clean.
- Easy to use with clickable access to clock and calendar settings.
- Lightweight with minimal permissions, staying out of the way.

### Cons

- Date format is not customizable; default is mm/dd/yyyy, with many requests for d/m/y or other formats.
- Alarm/extended features have been removed, reducing functionality.
- Compatibility issues across devices/OS versions (Android 14, Realme, Samsung, OnePlus).
- UI/layout issues after updates, such as widgets appearing smaller or misaligned.
- Some bugs prevent alarm from opening (only calendar opens).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/nl.jsource.retroclock.android)