Flip Clock Pro vs StandBy Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
StandBy Clock
Transform your iPhone into a personalized bedside display with over 100 customizable widgets. Show time, calendar, battery, photos, and more. Simple to use, just choose, customize, and add to your StandBy screen.
- 100+ customizable widgets
- Analog and digital clock options
- Calendar and dual time zone display
- Countdown timers for events
- Photo and GIF widgets
- Customizable theme colors and styles
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StandBy Clock — Make Your iPhone StandBy Screen Your Own Turn your charging iPhone into a bedside display that feels personal. Explore 240+ widget styles, including 125+ Premium designs, with flip clocks, GIF animations, photos, countdowns, calendars, battery displays and multi-time-zone layouts. Start with free designs, then unlock everything with weekly, annual or lifetime options. CLOCK WIDGETS • Analog Clock — Classic and modern faces with distinctive hands, markers and layouts. • Digital Clock — Bold, easy-to-read time displays made for desks and nightstands. • Calendar — See the date and day at a glance in a range of visual styles. • Single Time Zone — Focus on one city with rich, expressive layouts. • Dual Time Zone — Keep two cities visible for travel, remote work or someone far away. • Triple Time Zone — Follow three cities at once with flip boards, dashboards, neon styles and more. MORE THAN A CLOCK • Countdown — Count down to birthdays, anniversaries, trips and important moments. • Info Card — Put your own message or useful information on the StandBy screen. • Battery — Check the current charge level at a glance. • Photo Widget — Turn a favorite image into part of your bedside display. • GIF Widget — Add motion and personality with animated GIF designs. MAKE IT YOURS Customize colors, fonts, time formats, cities, labels, messages and photos. Save multiple named widgets for different moods and situations, then choose the design you want from the iOS widget picker. BUILT FOR iOS STANDBY StandBy Clock is designed for the landscape charging experience introduced in iOS 17. Place your iPhone on its side while charging to enter StandBy. Always-On Display is supported on compatible Pro iPhone models. HOW TO GET STARTED 1. Choose a free or Premium design. 2. Customize it and save it with a name. 3. Add StandBy Clock from the widget picker. 4. Select your saved design and enjoy your new StandBy screen. FREE AND PREMIUM A selection of designs is free to use. Premium unlocks 125+ additional designs and the complete customization library. Choose the option that suits you: weekly, annual or lifetime access. Available products and local prices are shown in the app before purchase. Download StandBy Clock and make every charging moment look like yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: StandBy Clock at Free against Flip Clock Pro's $2.99. StandBy Clock also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Flip Clock Pro's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3).
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
StandBy Clock is free to download; Flip Clock Pro costs $2.99 up front. StandBy Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Flip Clock Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flip Clock Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flip Clock Pro has 1.5K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Flip Clock Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of StandBy Clock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flip Clock Pro ships an update every 2 months, StandBy Clock every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flip Clock Pro | StandBy Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 翠玲 施 | 逸文 周 |
Customer experience
Flip Clock Pro
StandBy Clock
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
StandBy Clock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flip Clock Pro
No in-app purchases
StandBy Clock
- Weekly Pro$1.997 Days
- Annual Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- StandBy Clock Lifetime$14.99
Questions
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