Comparison

Clock and Almanac vs FlipClock +

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

Head to head
About

Clock and Almanac

This app helps you stay connected with people worldwide by providing accurate time zone information, multiple calendar systems, and details on global holidays and working days. Track time, sunrise/sunset, moon phases, and celestial events across different regions.

Highlights
  • World time zones with weather and sun/moon data
  • Multiple calendar systems (Gregorian, Chinese, Islamic, etc.)
  • Global public holidays and working days
  • Astronomical data (sunrise, sunset, moon phases)
  • Celestial events (eclipses, constellations)
  • 24 Solar Terms tracking
Features
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With the progress of globalization, we communicate with people all over the world more and more frequently. Or your friends and relatives go to work, study and live all over the world. So we need to be concerned about the time and time zone of their city, the calendar and working day arrangements of their country or region, and the national or religious holidays. Clock and Almanac is an APP to help you understand local time zones, world calendars, astronomical yearbooks, global festivals and public holidays. The calendar in the Clock and Almanac supports Gregorian Calendar, Chinese Calendar, Tibetan Calendar, Sexagenary cycle, Indian Calendar, Japanese Calendar, Thai Calendar, Islamic Calendar, Hebrew Calendar, Persian Calendar, and Julian Calendar. The festival supports traditional Chinese festivals, major festivals of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Orthodox, Judaism, and international days. Support forty to fifty countries or regions on public holidays and working days. The Clock and Almanac is from time to day, month, year, era, and the time span is from small to large. The Clock and Almanac is divided into the following five parts: 1. Time: Five locations can be added to the list to display time and timezone, real-time weather, sun and moon locations . The world time zone distribution map displays the world day and night distribution in real time. 2. Day: Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, calendar dates of the day, public holidays on the day 3. Month: World calendars of this month . working day in different countries or regions . the rise and fall of the sun and moon, planets, constellations, major stars. 4. Year: calendar festivals and government public holidays,24 solar terms in a year, changes of moon phase in a year, and solar and lunar eclipses in a year 5. More: app settings and calendar era

About

FlipClock +

This app offers a minimalist digital clock experience with a gentle flipping animation. It supports various display modes, time formats, and orientations, with adjustable brightness and widget options for your device.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Gentle flipping animation
  • Light/dark mode support
  • 12/24 hour format
  • Portrait/landscape toggle
  • In-app brightness adjustment
  • iOS widgets
Features
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Nice to meet you! It is a pure product that blends modernity with simplicity, making time flip gently Features: - Suitable for light/dark Model, and follow modes of the phone set - Switch between 12/24 hours - Toggle between portrait and landscape - In-app brightness adjustment - Sync with iPhone/iPad - Support second show and hide - iOS15/16 multiple widgets

Screenshots

Clock and Almanac4 screens
FlipClock +4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FlipClock + at $0.99 against Clock and Almanac's $9.99. FlipClock + also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 19 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Clock and Almanac's advantage is ratings volume (198 vs 4). 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 and Almanac costs $9.99 and FlipClock + $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FlipClock + holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clock and Almanac has 198 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Clock and Almanac's written reviews are positive against 85% of FlipClock +'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clock and Almanac ships an update every 19 months, FlipClock + every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Clock and Almanac versus FlipClock +: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock and AlmanacFlipClock +
Price$9.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.6 (198 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.8% of reviews84.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings198 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer雪平 王项羽 冀

Customer experience

Clock and Almanac

All ratings198 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive63.8%
Neutral15.9%
Negative20.3%

FlipClock +

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative12.1%

Bugs and requests

Clock and Almanac

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Hebrew calendar shows wrong month/date
  • App crashes when accessing month and year
  • Location services required for country selection
  • Cannot delete or reorder locations
  • Newly added time entries cannot be deleted
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  • Swipe to delete/move locations does not work
  • Fahrenheit only, no Celsius option
  • Clock hands are unclear
  • Flashing error message
  • Default location is Argentina and cannot be changed
  • Time is incorrect (potentially due to DST)
  • Map resolution is poor, cannot zoom to read city names

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add more widgets (city clock, calendar, weather)
  • Improve map quality and zoom functionality
  • Allow deletion and reordering of locations
  • Add option to display local/city time in fullscreen
  • Add more international events daily
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  • Improve date format to DD/MM/YYYY
  • Add ability to link custom holidays/calendars
  • Add Ethiopian calendar with 13 months
  • Add Gregorian calendar day of the year
  • Add Julian date
  • Improve clarity of clock hands
  • Add Celsius option
  • Add UTC support
  • Add widgets for iPhone
  • Enable zoom on light/darkness map

FlipClock +

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Clock and Almanac

No in-app purchases

None

FlipClock +

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clock and Almanac free?
Clock and Almanac costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlipClock + free?
FlipClock + costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clock and Almanac or FlipClock +?
FlipClock + is rated higher. Clock and Almanac averages 4.6 out of 5 from 198 ratings, while FlipClock + averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Clock and Almanac or FlipClock + have ads?
Neither Clock and Almanac nor FlipClock + shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clock and Almanac or FlipClock +?
Clock and Almanac ships an update every 19 months, and FlipClock + every 5 days. Most recently, Clock and Almanac was updated on September 21, 2026 and FlipClock + on September 23, 2026.

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