Countdown Timer vs Flip Timer & stopwatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Timer
Track time remaining until important events or time elapsed since a past event. Receive notifications when a countdown expires. This app offers a simple, ad-free experience for managing your time.
- Countdown timer
- Count-up timer
- Event tracking
- Time remaining
- Time elapsed
- Event notifications
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The simplest countdown timer (and regular countdown). Without advertising. The timer works in two modes: 1. How much time left to the event 2. How much time has passed after the event When the timer expires, you will receive a notification.
Flip Timer & stopwatch
This app offers a full-screen digital timer with a unique flip animation to visualize time progression. It also includes a stopwatch for tracking activities like workouts, study sessions, and work. Customize reminder sounds and background audio for an immersive experience.
- Full-screen digital timer
- Flip animation for time visualization
- Countdown timer
- Stopwatch functionality
- Customizable reminder sounds
- Background sound options
- Keep screen on for progress viewing
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Flip Timer, A full-screen digital timer. Countdown, flip animation allows you to feel the passage of time; Stopwatch, record your sport, fitness, work, study and so on. - Swipe up or slide down to set the countdown duration - you can set up timed reminder sound - Focus on the work, you can set the background sound, so you immersed them. - Keep the screen on, You can view the progress of time at any time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown Timer at none against Flip Timer & stopwatch's 3. Countdown Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (85% vs 69%). Flip Timer & stopwatch's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (7.6K vs 1.2K). On price 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
Both are free to download. Flip Timer & stopwatch sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Countdown Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flip Timer & stopwatch has 7.6K ratings behind it against 1.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Countdown Timer's written reviews are positive against 69% of Flip Timer & stopwatch's.
Countdown Timer ships an update every 7 months, Flip Timer & stopwatch every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Timer | Flip Timer & stopwatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.6 (7.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 68.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K | 7.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gregory Strigunov | 俐 马 |
Customer experience
Countdown Timer
Flip Timer & stopwatch
User reviews
Countdown Timer
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and straightforward
- 🚀 No ads or subscriptions
- 🔒 No unnecessary permissions or tracking
- 👍 Minimalistic and clean design
- 👍 Easy to use and understand
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs or glitches
- 🔍 Limited functionality (single timer only)
Flip Timer & stopwatch
From 7.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and straightforward design
- 🚀 Large, easy-to-read display
- 💡 Unique flipping timer interface
- 🕰 Remembers previous time settings
- 👍 Works well for classroom/productivity use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Timer sometimes skips seconds or doesn't work accurately
- 💰 Ads are intrusive and disruptive
- 🔒 Paid features should be included in free version
- 🔋 Timer stops working when device is locked or app is in background
Bugs and requests
Countdown Timer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Timer not always accurate
- Countdown not working as expected in some cases
Requested features
3 requests- Add widget support
- Allow multiple timers/countdowns
- Provide more customization options
Flip Timer & stopwatch
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer randomly stops counting down
- Unable to stop/reset timer once started
- Ads prevent user from interacting with timer
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to set timer in hours/minutes/seconds
- Implement repeat/loop functionality for timer
- Allow custom alarm/notification sounds
- Improve landscape mode support
In-app purchases
Countdown Timer
No in-app purchases
Flip Timer & stopwatch
- Remove Ads$0.99
- All the skins$0.99
- Pro Version$1.99
Questions
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