Session vs Flip Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Session
Track your progress towards mastering skills by logging dedicated practice time. Manually log sessions or use the automatic timer to record your efforts. Start making measurable progress on your goals today.
- Create custom activities
- Manual session logging
- Automatic timer
- Track progress towards goals
- Skill mastery tracking
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ty for 5+ years of Session! but it's time to start a new arc. search timespent on the app store to see what's next. —cal --- "The secret to getting ahead is getting started." ―Mark Twain They say it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill, but who's counting? Now, you can with Session. Create an activity, and log sessions manually or with the automatic timer. Whether it's for 10 hours, 100, 10,000 or more – start making progress towards your goals today.
Flip Timer
This app uses your phone's proximity sensor to minimize distractions by activating a timer when placed face down. It helps you concentrate on tasks and reminds you to take breaks. Strict mode prevents early interruptions.
- Proximity sensor activation
- Blocks notifications and apps
- Strict mode for discipline
- Flashlight notification
- Customizable timer length
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Flip Timer utilizes your phone's proximity sensor to help you stay focused on your work. It activates when your phone is placed face down on a table, eliminating distractions from notifications or tempting apps, allowing you to concentrate fully on your current task. Once the time is up, the timer will ring to remind you to take a break or transition to your next task. – If strict mode is enabled, the timer will reset if you flip your phone back before the time is up. Discipline is key! – Flashlight feature helps you notice when the timer ends, especially useful in quiet environments. – Customizable timer length: use it for work or rest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Flip Timer at weekly against Session's every 4 months. Flip Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Session's advantage is ratings volume (937 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 16.1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flip Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Session has 937 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Session's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flip Timer's.
Session ships an update every 4 months, Flip Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Session | Flip Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (937 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 937 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glasshouse Studio, LLC | Daniil Kim |
Customer experience
Session
Flip Timer
Bugs and requests
Session
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer inconsistencies when exiting the app
- Inability to add time manually (only minutes, not hours)
- App crashes when trying to add a session manually
Requested features
6 requests- Add delete and rename session functions
- Implement activity editing (color, icon, name, description)
- Provide activity reordering capability
- Include activity time tracking by day/week/month/year
- Add Pomodoro timer functionality
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- Integrate music playback or nature sounds
Flip Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Session
No in-app purchases
Flip Timer
No in-app purchases
