Flipd vs Read First
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Custom productivity timers
- Activity tagging and categorization
- Progress visualization and stats
- Motivational quotes and badges
- Live study rooms and groups
- Free focus music
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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
Read First
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Your scrolling apps stay shut until you've read today's pages. Read First uses Apple's Screen Time to lock the apps that eat your evenings. Read your pages, snap a photo of the page you're on, and they open back up. That's the whole deal. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that take your time 2. Add your book and the date you want to finish it 3. Read First works out today's page count 4. Read, snap the page, type where you got to. Your apps open. FOCUS TIMER Spin the dial, lock your apps for 5 minutes or 2 hours, and just read. A gentle tune plays when you're done, and the countdown shows on your Lock Screen. MAKE IT YOURS • All day: locked until you've read • Reading hours: locked only during the hours you choose • Relock rounds: read, get a few hours free, then a new page count • Normal or Hard: decide whether the lock screen can be dismissed • Reading reminders and a Home Screen widget for today's pages A LIBRARY THAT GROWS Covers pulled in automatically, an up-next shelf, your finished books and a daily streak. And Folio, a small book who is very happy when you read. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. Your books, pages and photos stay on your iPhone. Screen Time gives Read First anonymous tokens only, so it can't see which apps you picked or anything you do in them. We use anonymous analytics to improve the app, never your name, your books or which apps you lock. SUBSCRIPTION Read First requires a subscription. The plans, prices and any free trial are shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at the end of a free trial, or when you subscribe if there is no trial. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://read-first.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://read-first.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Flipd at 3 against Read First's 1. Flipd also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Flipd sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Read First sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flipd ships an update every 11 days, Read First every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flipd | Read First |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 49.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flipd Apps | Matt Lamborne |
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
Read First
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flipd
- 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
- Lifetime Access$29.99
- Flipd Premium Lifetime$119.99
Read First
- Weekly$4.997 Days
- Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year









