Comparison

Flip Clock Pro vs Clock

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

Head to head
About

Flip Clock Pro

A minimalist desktop digital clock offering a variety of customization options. It displays time with seconds, includes a smart alarm, timer, stopwatch, and Pomodoro timer. The app also supports white noise and personalized signatures.

Highlights
  • Display time with seconds
  • Smart alarm clock
  • Timer and stopwatch
  • Pomodoro Technique timer
  • Multiple clock themes
  • Background white noise playback
  • Home and lock screen widgets
Features
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Flip Clock Pro is a minimalist desktop digital clock. Desktop clock widget supports displaying seconds and calendar. - Show time in seconds on Dynamic island - Full screen display time and date - 12 and 24 hour modes. - Smart alarm clock, can automatically adjust the volume. - Support multiple clock themes. - Provide timer and stopwatch, countdown. - The Pomodoro Technique helps you focus on work and study. - Support playing background white noise. - Show time seconds in Today widget. - Provide home screen and lock screen clock widget display with seconds. - Provide calendar and clock widget display. - Support to display personalized signature on the lock screen - Hourly chime, hourly voice timekeeping. - You can set the app to automatically launch when charging, as a screensaver.

About

Clock

This app helps you manage your time across devices. It offers features like a world clock for global time zones, customizable alarms with music options, a stopwatch for measuring durations, and timers for countdowns.

Highlights
  • World Clock for global time zones
  • Customizable Alarms with music
  • Stopwatch with lap recording
  • Multiple Timers with labels
  • Sleep schedule integration
Features
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Clock helps you manage your time on iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Check the current time anywhere with World Clock, make sure you wake up on time with Alarms, or keep track of passing time with Stopwatch and Timers. World Clock Check the current time in cities around the world. Or quickly see the time difference compared to your local time to make coordinating across time zones easy. Alarms Set regular alarms for any time of day. Choose to set them to repeat on specific days, give them a label and select the sound that plays with each. When your alarm goes off, you can choose to play from a selection of sounds, or pick a song from your Apple Music library. You can also adjust your wake up alarm and sleep schedule from Health right in the Clock app so you can wind down with a Sleep Focus and make sure you always wake up on time. Stopwatch Measure the duration of an event. You can see how much time has lapsed with either a digital or analog stopwatch face, and you can quickly record laps or splits throughout the time. Timers Count down seconds, minutes or hours. Or count down using multiple timers, and add labels and distinct sounds to each. You can also choose to set a timer that stops any music playing in the background—perfect for getting to sleep with your favorite playlist.

Screenshots

Flip Clock Pro4 screens
Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flip Clock Pro at 74% against Clock's 14%. Flip Clock Pro also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Clock's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (20K vs 1.5K). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Clock is free to download; Flip Clock Pro costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flip Clock Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clock has 20K ratings behind it against 1.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Flip Clock Pro's written reviews are positive against 14% of Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flip Clock Pro ships an update every 2 months, Clock every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Flip Clock Pro versus Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlip Clock ProClock
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better2.5 (20K ratings)
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews — better14.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K20K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer翠玲 施Apple Inc.

Customer experience

Flip Clock Pro

All ratings1,496 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews305 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral8.9%
Negative17.0%

Clock

All ratings19,552 ratings
Positive33.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative60.2%
Written reviews4,371 reviews
Positive14.2%
Neutral8.6%
Negative77.2%

User reviews

Flip Clock Pro

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app with lots of customization options
  • 👍 Useful features like alarm clock and vertical flip clock
  • 👍 Simple and clean interface
  • 👍 Visible from a distance
  • 👍 Nostalgic retro style

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Inconsistent sound and alarm issues
  • 🐛 Seconds digit freezing up
  • 🐛 Widget not respecting app settings
  • 🔋 Brightness issues and screen burn-in concerns

Clock

From 20K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Useful app
  • 👍 Good alarm clock
  • ✨ Interesting experience
  • 🕰️ Helpful for timekeeping

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Alarm issues
  • 🔇 Quiet/silent alarms
  • 🕰️ Lack of customization
  • 🤯 Frustrating bugs
  • 🕰️ Unreliable timer

Bugs and requests

Flip Clock Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Seconds digit freezing
  • Widget not showing 12-hour time format
  • Brightness issues when leaving app open
  • Inconsistent sound and alarm problems

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more alarm sound options
  • Allow customization of alarm sound from music library
  • Implement a snooze function
  • Add ability to set multiple alarm times
  • Provide more color and font customization options
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  • Improve landscape mode support

Clock

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Alarms not going off or being silent
  • Alarms disappearing or turning off on their own
  • Timer issues like not showing countdown or not working properly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to set alarms for specific dates
  • Option to silence all alarms for a period
  • More customization for alarm sounds and snooze
  • Separate volume control for alarms
  • Ability to group and manage alarms
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  • Display seconds in digital clock view

In-app purchases

None

Flip Clock Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flip Clock Pro free?
Flip Clock Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clock free?
Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flip Clock Pro or Clock?
Flip Clock Pro is rated higher. Flip Clock Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Clock averages 2.5 from 20K ratings.
Do Flip Clock Pro or Clock have ads?
Neither Flip Clock Pro nor Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flip Clock Pro or Clock?
Flip Clock Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Clock every 9 months. Most recently, Flip Clock Pro was updated on October 13, 2026 and Clock on October 14, 2026.

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