Flip Timer & stopwatch vs Simple Timer & Stopwatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Simple Timer & Stopwatch
This app provides a clear and responsive timer and stopwatch with large time displays for everyday tasks, study, and lessons. It offers customizable layouts, presets, and history tracking, with optional features like showing the current time and keeping the screen awake. Live Activities display your timer or stopwatch on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
- Large time displays
- Customizable layouts
- Preset durations
- Live Activities integration
- Offline functionality
- History tracking
- Screen awake option
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A clear timer and stopwatch for study, lessons and everyday tasks. Large time displays and responsive layouts keep your countdown or elapsed time prominent, with controls close at hand on iPhone and iPad. Turn on Clock in the layout menu to show the current time alongside your countdown. The clock is optional and off by default. Select the manual Tabletop layout to place the timer above its controls, or use the regular timer layout. Start/Pause and Reset stay at the bottom of the control pane, with presets and optional content above. Your running or paused session continues when you change layouts. Start with 1, 3, 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute presets, or set a custom duration. Pause, resume and reset with simple controls. Use a full-screen countdown and lock its controls to help prevent accidental changes. Review your timer and stopwatch history. Choose light, dark or system appearance, an alert sound or silent mode, and optionally keep the screen awake while timing. Live Activities show your timer or stopwatch on the Lock Screen and, on supported devices, the Dynamic Island. Alerts depend on notification permissions and system settings. Ad-free timing, no account required. The timer and stopwatch work offline. Optional links to our other apps are in Settings. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, German and Simplified Chinese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flip Timer & stopwatch at 4.6 against Simple Timer & Stopwatch's 1.0. Flip Timer & stopwatch also leads on ratings volume (7.6K vs 1). Simple Timer & Stopwatch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Simple Timer & Stopwatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flip Timer & stopwatch holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flip Timer & stopwatch has 7.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flip Timer & stopwatch | Simple Timer & Stopwatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.6K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 俐 马 | Cong Le |
Customer experience
Flip Timer & stopwatch
Simple Timer & Stopwatch
Bugs and requests
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
Simple Timer & Stopwatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flip Timer & stopwatch
- Remove Ads$0.99
- All the skins$0.99
- Pro Version$1.99
Simple Timer & Stopwatch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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