Comparison

Zone vs Flipd

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

Head to head
About

Zone

This app helps you maintain focus and boost your productivity using a time management technique. It provides a simple interface to manage your work and break intervals effectively.

Highlights
  • Focus management
  • Efficiency improvement
  • Time management tool
  • Work interval tracking
  • Break interval tracking
Features
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Make time for focused work and restful breaks. Zone combines a simple focus timer with ambient sounds for work, study and reading. • Set your rhythm: customize work sessions, short breaks, long breaks and the number of sessions per round. • Independent ambient audio: choose rain, forest, night, campfire or airplane sounds. Listen in the background, with or without the timer. • Review your progress: view completed sessions and total focus time by day, week or month. • Optional iCloud sync: synchronize focus records through your own iCloud account. • Your language and layout: switch languages in the app and use layouts adapted for iPhone rotation and iPad windows. Choose a time. Start focusing.

About

Flipd

This app helps users improve concentration and reduce procrastination with custom timers and progress tracking. It offers motivational features, community study rooms, and detailed statistics to help achieve productivity goals.

Highlights
  • Custom productivity timers
  • Activity tagging and categorization
  • Progress visualization and stats
  • Motivational quotes and badges
  • Live study rooms and groups
  • Free focus music
Features
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Featured on the App Store: "App of the Day", “Big Apps From Small Teams”, “Apps You Need This Week”, & “Apps Made by Women” Designed for high-achieving students and productivity enthusiasts, Flipd has helped millions of users reach their daily, weekly, and monthly productivity goals. If you’re working toward any goal, like studying for final exams or learning something new, track your progress and stay motivated with Flipd, a sophisticated and beautifully designed productivity timer. Here’s how Flipd helps improve your productivity & concentration, and reduces procrastination: CUSTOM PRODUCTIVITY TIMERS • Improve concentration with custom productivity timers • Keep track of the time you’re putting toward a certain subject or activity • Add #tags for each activity • Categorize your tags & keep them organized in an activity library • Enable multitask mode to let your timer run in the background • Set up reminders for your productivity sessions • Keep track of breaks STATS & INSIGHTS • Visualize your history and progress on a calendar • Measure and compare your stats over days, weeks, and months • Get insights like average productive time, day streaks, milestones, and more • Collect badges for reaching certain milestones MOTIVATION & ENCOURAGEMENT • Thoughtfully designed to make you feel good about your progress • Feel motivated by reducing procrastination and distractions • Prepare for each productivity session with an inspiring quote • Feel encouraged after completing a session with rewarding stats • Collect badges to illustrate your achievements • Stay motivated to keep going! CHALLENGE & COMPETE • Join global leaderboards with other users • Compete in daily, weekly, and monthly challenges • Stay accountable toward your goals LIVE FEED & STUDY ROOMS • Create or join live study rooms and groups to study with your friends or clubs • Join public productivity sessions to feel like you’re not focusing alone • Follow your friends activities and cheer them on OTHER FEATURES • Free focus music & background sounds • Convenient iOS widget • Dark mode • Syncs with Apple Health FLIPD SUBSCRIPTION: Flipd is free to download, but you can gain access to a fully customizable experience with a premium subscription. Enable unlimited session lengths, unlimited breaks, track your Flipd history beyond 30 days, set daily goals and reminders, unlock all music tracks, and much more. Dive deep into your productivity data with advanced statistics & extensive features! APPLE HEALTH APP: Flipd integrates with the Apple Health App. Challenge yourself to be more mindful and keep track of your time well spent with Flipd through Mindful Minutes in the Apple Health App. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING: $44.99 billed yearly $5.99 billed monthly These prices are in US Dollars (USD). Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. The subscription will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes Account and the subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions and auto-renewals can be managed or canceled via your iTunes Account settings. Special introductory offers only apply to first billing term. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited after purchase. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Terms and Conditions: http://www.flipdapp.co/terms-privacy Support Contact: info@flipdapp.co

Screenshots

Zone4 screens
Flipd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zone at none against Flipd's 18. Zone also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Flipd's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (7K vs 1). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Flipd sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Zone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flipd has 7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zone ships an update every 24 months, Flipd every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Zone versus Flipd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoneFlipd
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (7K ratings)
Positive reviews—49.3% of reviews
Number of ratings17K — better
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer灿锋 朱Flipd Apps

Customer experience

Zone

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flipd

All ratings6,959 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews825 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral13.9%
Negative36.7%

Bugs and requests

Zone

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Flipd

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Full lock mode not working as expected
  • App crashing or not opening
  • Syncing issues between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Auto-lock feature at set times
  • Ability to whitelist certain apps
  • Stopwatch mode
  • Dark mode
  • Customizable app blocking

In-app purchases

None

Zone

No in-app purchases

18 purchases

Flipd

Subscriptions16
  • Weekly Plan$1.997 Days
  • Weekly Plan$3.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan$3.991 Month
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  • Flipd Premium$5.991 Month
  • Flipd Premium Intro Offer3 Months trial$5.991 Month
  • Flipd Premium Annual Offer1 Year trial$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan$8.001 Month
  • Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
  • The Success Bundle$12.491 Month
  • Yearly Plan$24.991 Year
  • Flipd Premium 6 Month$26.996 Months
  • Yearly Plan$39.991 Year
  • Flipd Premium Regular Annual1 Year trial$42.991 Year
  • Premium with 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan$65.001 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Access$29.99
  • Flipd Premium Lifetime$119.99

Questions

Is Zone free?
Zone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flipd free?
Flipd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zone or Flipd?
Zone is rated higher. Zone averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Flipd averages 4.5 from 7K ratings.
Do Zone or Flipd have ads?
Neither Zone nor Flipd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zone or Flipd?
Zone ships an update every 24 months, and Flipd every 11 days. Most recently, Zone was updated on October 20, 2026 and Flipd on October 20, 2026.

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