Comparison

Flipd vs TimeBloc

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

Head to head
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

About

TimeBloc

This app helps you organize your day by breaking it down into manageable tasks. It allows you to create detailed schedules with customizable events and recurring routines. Visualize your progress and integrate with your existing calendar for a streamlined planning experience.

Highlights
  • Timelines for event blocking
  • Customizable event icons and colors
  • Drag and drop rescheduling
  • Routine creation and integration
  • Calendar synchronization
  • Event notifications
  • Progress statistics
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See your whole day as blocks of time — not a list you'll never finish. TimeBloc turns your day into visual, colour-coded blocks with icons, tags and live countdowns, so you can feel how much time you actually have. Built for anyone who loses track of time. Plan once with Routines, pull in your existing calendars, and let TimeBloc keep the day moving. Download TimeBloc and start getting organized now with: • Timelines Block your day into multiple events. By the hour or minute, leisure or work, personalize your day with TimeBloc's intuitive design. Distinguish events with icons and colored tags. Easily reschedule your events by dragging and dropping them across the timeline. • Routines Creating a routine is simple. Just plan it once and let TimeBloc integrate it into your timeline. • Calendar integration Effortlessly incorporate your existing calendar events into your plans. • Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets See what's next without opening the app. • Notifications Get notified of every event. • Statistics Visualize your progress over time. ---------- TimeBloc Premium Features • Unlimited Routines • Unlimited Calendars • Advanced Notifications • Statistics After the free trial, your iTunes Account will be charged for TimeBloc Premium. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24h before the current period ends. Subscriptions may be managed by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Pricing for TimeBloc Premium may vary by location. ---------- Terms of Service: https://kodeon.ai/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://kodeon.ai/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Flipd4 screens
TimeBloc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flipd at every 11 days against TimeBloc's monthly. Flipd also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (49% vs 41%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 and TimeBloc sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flipd holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7K and 7.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Flipd's written reviews are positive against 41% of TimeBloc's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flipd ships an update every 11 days, TimeBloc monthly. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flipd versus TimeBloc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlipdTimeBloc
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (7K ratings) — better4.3 (7.4K ratings)
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews — better41.2% of reviews
Number of ratings7K7.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlipd AppsKodeon, Inc.

Customer experience

Flipd

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

TimeBloc

All ratings7,399 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews379 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral14.2%
Negative44.6%

User reviews

Flipd

From 7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helps stay focused
  • 👍 Useful for studying
  • 🚀 Tracks time spent
  • 👍 Motivating with leaderboards
  • 👍 Variety of background sounds

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Apps not returning after full lock
  • 🐛 Apps rearranged after full lock
  • 🔒 Too many features locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Notification settings reset after full lock
  • 🔒 Can't customize which apps are locked

TimeBloc

From 7.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient scheduling
  • 🔒 Secure and private
  • 👍 Visually appealing
  • 👍 Helpful for productivity
  • 👍 Customizable routines

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and unreliable
  • 🔋 Drains battery
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 💰 Aggressive upselling
  • 👎 Lacking key features

Bugs and 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

TimeBloc

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Syncing issues with calendar events
  • Inconsistent notification delivery
  • Routine management bugs
  • Time block ordering problems

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to check off completed tasks
  • More customization options for colors and icons
  • Weekly/monthly calendar view
  • Sync across devices and platforms
  • Improved routine management
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  • Smarter time block adjustments

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
8 purchases

TimeBloc

Subscriptions7
  • Growth Bundle: Monthly$4.991 Month
  • TimeBloc Premium 1 Year7 Days trial$26.491 Year
  • TimeBloc Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • TimeBloc Premium1 Year trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • TimeBloc Premium1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • TimeBloc Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Growth Bundle: Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$19.99

Questions

Is Flipd free?
Flipd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeBloc free?
TimeBloc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flipd or TimeBloc?
Flipd is rated higher. Flipd averages 4.5 out of 5 from 7K ratings, while TimeBloc averages 4.3 from 7.4K ratings.
Do Flipd or TimeBloc have ads?
Neither Flipd nor TimeBloc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flipd or TimeBloc?
Flipd ships an update every 11 days, and TimeBloc monthly. Most recently, Flipd was updated on October 15, 2026 and TimeBloc on October 15, 2026.

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