Clock Watching vs Flip Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clock Watching
This app displays the current time using a four-digit digital format for hours and minutes. An optional in-app purchase adds animated seconds with pendulums that fall or explode as each minute completes.
- Four-digit time display
- Hour and minute tracking
- Animated seconds (in-app purchase)
- Pendulum animation
- Minute completion effects
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It is a digital clock that shows the time, using four digits to display both hours and minutes. You can watch a multitude of minutes and hours progress through time. Add animated seconds to your flanks with an In-App Purchase. Pendulums will move into place with each second until the minute is complete. The pink pendulums will then fall or explode offscreen to allow the sequence to repeat itself. Minute after minute.
Flip Clock
This app offers a stylish digital flip clock with customizable themes and widgets. It includes alarm functionality with motivational messages, date display, and various time format options. Enhance your device's look with its elegant design and practical features.
- Standby and interactive widgets
- Show seconds and date
- Customizable themes and wallpapers
- Alarm with motivational messages
- 24hr/12hr time formats
- Flashlight and screen brightness control
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Elegant and Beautiful Flip Clock now not only in black and white but also with beautiful themes and much more. New Flip Clock includes features • standby and interactive widget. • Show Seconds. • Show Date and Calendar. • 24 hr or 12 hr Time Formats. • Black and White Theme. • Variety of Wallpapers and theme. • Digital Clock. • Digital Clock Customisation. • Control Screen Brightness. • Flash Torch. • Set Alarm. • Choose from different Alarm Bells. • Specify exact hour and minutes to wake you up. and much more. Alarm Clock that guarantee it will wake you up. Choose From wide varieties of Alarm Skin and Bells. It's not just Alarm, it will urge you to wake up with Motivation and Inspirational thoughts. Most Beautiful UI , New Flip Clock with detectable Time and Dates . Most outstanding digital clock design. Looks great and easily visible from any where in the room. New Flip animation display and many more new Features and Themes are coming soon. Download Now Flip Clock and Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clock Watching at 5.0 against Flip Clock's 4.3. Clock Watching also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Flip Clock's advantage is ratings volume (493 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Clock Watching sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flip Clock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clock Watching holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flip Clock has 493 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Clock Watching's written reviews are positive against 71% of Flip Clock's.
Clock Watching ships an update every 3 weeks, Flip Clock every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clock Watching | Flip Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (493 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 70.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 493 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Thorpe | Amit Verma |
Customer experience
Clock Watching
Flip Clock
Bugs and requests
Clock Watching
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flip Clock
Reported bugs
3 issues- Time display issues on widgets
- Customization settings freezing
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- More free theme options
- Calendar integration
- Option to hide seconds
- Improved widget sizing and placement
In-app purchases
Clock Watching
- Add Animated Seconds$1.99
Flip Clock
- Flip Clock pro$0.99
- Flip Clock Tv Premium$6.99
- Flip Clock Premium$7.99
Questions
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