Comparison

Clock Face vs Flip Clock

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

Head to head
About

Clock Face

Enhance your device's lock screen and home screen with beautiful analog and digital clocks. Set music alarms, enjoy hourly chimes, and utilize desktop widgets for convenient timekeeping.

Highlights
  • Analog and digital clock display
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets
  • Multiple clock dial styles
  • Music alarms
  • Hourly chime and voice broadcast
  • Desktop widgets
Features
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Analog clock, contains multiple sets of analog clock dials. Your device needs such a beautiful clock - Display digital clock with seconds on lock screen, dynamic island, home Screen, standby mode screen. - Multiple sets of beautiful clock dials, switch by swiping left and right. - Provide a variety of music alarm clocks to wake you up on time。 - Hourly chime, voice broadcast current time. - Desktop Clock supports desktop widgets and lock screen widgets.

About

Flip Clock

This app offers a visually stunning and artistic way to display time on your device. It combines unique clock face designs with useful features like a Pomodoro timer and relaxing music. Customize the look with various themes, colors, and fonts to match your personal style.

Highlights
  • Artistic clock faces
  • Pomodoro timer
  • Stopwatch
  • Relaxing music
  • Customizable themes
  • Dark mode
Features
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A captivating and innovative clock app that revolutionizes the way time is displayed. Combining artistry with functionality, ClockByClocks offers a unique and mesmerizing clock experience on your device. With its visually stunning arrangement of numbers and dynamic movements, ClockByClocks transforms time into an artistic installation, making it a striking addition to your home or office. Customize your ClockClock with various themes, colors, fonts, and animations to match your style.  Key Features: - 3 different styles of clock faces - Pomodoro - Stopwatch - Relax, sleep and study music - Dark mode

Screenshots

Clock Face4 screens
Flip Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flip Clock at 100% against Clock Face's 61%. Flip Clock also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Clock Face's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 21) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clock Face sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flip Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flip Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clock Face has 17K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Clock Face's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flip Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clock Face ships an update fortnightly, Flip Clock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Clock Face versus Flip Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClock FaceFlip Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17K ratings)4.7 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17K — better21
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer化媚 席裕涛 兰

Customer experience

Clock Face

All ratings16,668 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews289 reviews
Positive61.2%
Neutral10.7%
Negative28.0%

Flip Clock

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Clock Face

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Alarm not working as expected
  • Time not syncing correctly
  • Widget not reflecting selected clock face

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more clock face options
  • Allow customization of clock faces
  • Implement a 12-hour time format
  • Enable setting the clock as lock screen
  • Add option to display time on home screen widget

Flip Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clock Face

One-time1
  • Pro Version$2.99
None

Flip Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clock Face free?
Clock Face is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flip Clock free?
Flip Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clock Face or Flip Clock?
Flip Clock is rated higher. Clock Face averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Flip Clock averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do Clock Face or Flip Clock have ads?
Clock Face shows ads; Flip Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, Clock Face or Flip Clock?
Clock Face ships an update fortnightly, and Flip Clock every 2 months. Most recently, Clock Face was updated on September 24, 2026 and Flip Clock on August 30, 2026.

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