Comparison

Digital Clock 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

Digital Clock

This app provides a clear and attractive LED digital clock display. It's ideal for use on a nightstand or desk, offering customizable options for time format and visibility of weekdays and dates.

Highlights
  • Beautiful LED digital display
  • 12/24 hour mode switching
  • Show/hide weekdays
  • Show/hide date
Features
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Digital Clock turns your iPhone, iPad, and Mac into a crisp retro LED display — the glow of a classic bedside or desk clock, right on your screen. Prop it up on your nightstand, desk, or home-office shelf and read the time at a glance, day or night. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Choose from several LED and LCD display styles • Show the time in 12- or 24-hour format, with optional seconds, weekday, and date • Add a blinking colon for that authentic digital-clock feel • Keep it in portrait or landscape, or lock it to the orientation you prefer • Dim the screen with a swipe for a gentle, glare-free glow at night • The display stays awake, so the clock is always there when you glance over TIMER & ALARMS • Set alarms to wake up or stay on schedule • Countdown timer, stopwatch, and a Pomodoro mode with work and break intervals • Pick your own alarm sound WIDGETS • Add Digital Clock to your Home Screen and Lock Screen DIGITAL CLOCK PRO Make it truly yours with a one-time upgrade: • Set custom digit and background colors • Use your own photo as the background • See the track currently playing in the Music app • Display any time zone in the world However you like to keep time — a stylish desk clock, a calm bedside companion, or a focus timer for work — Digital Clock has you covered.

About

Flip Clock

Transform your device into a stylish digital or analog clock. Offers extensive customization with various styles, fonts, skins, and backgrounds. Choose between light and dark modes, 12 or 24-hour formats, and enable or disable flip animations and background sounds.

Highlights
  • Full-screen time and date display
  • Landscape and portrait modes
  • 12/24 hour format toggle
  • Dark/light mode switch
  • Flip clock and analog clock options
  • Customizable styles, fonts, and skins
  • Background sound on/off
Features
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Make time a calmer part of your day. Flip Clock turns your iPhone, iPad or Mac into a beautifully clear digital clock, with realistic flip animations, practical timers and soothing ambient sounds. Keep it beside your bed, set it on your desk or use it to give your next study session a clear beginning and end. A classic mechanical look meets the everyday tools you need, with no in-app paywall or subscription required to unlock features. A CLASSIC FLIP CLOCK, REFINED Watch the hours, minutes and seconds turn with carefully crafted mechanical motion. Large, easy-to-read numbers keep the time in focus. Choose a 12-hour or 24-hour display, show or hide seconds and the date, and hide the controls for a clean clock view. MAKE IT YOURS Match your space with Classic, Paper and Night appearances. Choose Rounded, Standard, Mono or Serif numerals for a softer, modern, technical or vintage look. Your preferred style carries across the clock, countdown and stopwatch. A QUIETER BEDSIDE DISPLAY Switch on the night preset for a dimmer clock and quieter presentation. Adjust the clock's dimming, automatically hide controls and choose whether to keep the display awake. On iPhone and iPad, use portrait or landscape. On Mac, make the clock part of your desktop setup. COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP Set a countdown for focused work, reading or a well-earned break. Save frequently used durations as presets, or use the stopwatch to see how long a task takes. Both modes use the same distinctive flip display. Switching modes resets the previous timer so you can begin a new task with a clean start. FIND YOUR BACKGROUND SOUND Choose white, pink or brown noise, or settle into rain, ocean waves, a forest brook, gentle wind, birds, crickets or a campfire. Adjust the volume and set an automatic stop time for your listening session. Built-in sounds loop, so your session is not limited by the length of an audio track. SLEEP AND FOCUS, READY TO START Apply a Sleep or Focus scene to bring your preferred appearance, sound and timer settings together. Customize the presets to fit your evening routine or next work session. TIME AT A GLANCE On iPhone and iPad, add widgets to supported Home and Lock Screens. On Mac, add clock widgets to your desktop. Live Activities show an active countdown or stopwatch on supported iPhone and iPad systems. Use Shortcuts to start a scene or countdown, or stop ambient sound. Widget placement and Live Activities depend on your device and system version. DESIGNED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE VoiceOver support, Reduce Motion support and increased-contrast styling help make the clock easier to use. A focused interface keeps everyday controls close without crowding the time. Enjoy a familiar clock experience across iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Choose your look. Set your pace. Make a little room for calm with Flip Clock. Support Email: support@flipclocker.com Website: https://flipclocker.com Terms: https://flipclocker.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://flipclocker.com/privacy

Screenshots

Digital Clock3 screens
Flip Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flip Clock at 100% against Digital Clock's 51%. Flip Clock also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 weeks). Digital Clock's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 28). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Digital Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flip Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flip Clock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Clock has 1.3K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Digital Clock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flip Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, Flip Clock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Digital Clock versus Flip Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital ClockFlip Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better28
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS1717.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApplorium Ltd通 张

Customer experience

Digital Clock

All ratings1,293 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive51.1%
Neutral6.7%
Negative42.2%

Flip Clock

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

User reviews

Digital Clock

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and clean design
  • 🚀 Fast and responsive
  • 💡 Potential for customization (font, background)
  • 👍 Useful for specific use cases (e.g., pool clock)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Time display issues (24-hour format, incorrect time)
  • 💰 Paid features that should be free (color customization)
  • 🐛 Widget issues (only shows military time)
  • 🔍 Lack of advanced features (alarms, weather)

Flip Clock

From 28 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Minimalist and clean design
  • 🚫 Ad-free experience
  • ⏱️ Easy to read time display
  • 💡 Great for focus and studies
  • 📱 Repurposes old phones effectively

Room to improve

  • 🔋 Potential battery consumption concern
  • 💡 Limited customization for some users
  • 💡 Screen burn protection mentioned for night use

Bugs and requests

Digital Clock

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Time display issues
  • Widget only shows military time
  • Inconsistent behavior with background images

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add alarm functionality
  • Improve widget customization options
  • Allow changing time format (12-hour vs. 24-hour)
  • Introduce more free customization options
  • Add weather information display

Flip Clock

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Cannot set lock screen

Requested features

29 requests
  • Change background colors
  • Add white noise options
  • Task scheduling feature
  • Resizing to fit phone screen
  • Landscape and portrait modes
Show 24 more
  • Timed reminders with soothing music
  • Multiple looks/themes
  • Countdown feature
  • More white noise options
  • Rotation options (landscape and portrait)
  • Automatic flipping
  • Customizable font size
  • Change thickness of clock hands
  • Shrink the widget
  • Weather temperature as a plugin
  • More beautiful backgrounds
  • Add sound of the flip book
  • More customization options
  • Make each hand a different color
  • Set alarm clock
  • Full screen for bedside clock
  • Larger numbers for low vision/night use
  • Increase white noise options
  • Color of clock border to be transparent
  • More background sounds (rain, thunder, nature)
  • Change day and date colors
  • Open app of choice on click
  • Lock screen functionality
  • Brightness adjustment for numbers/letters

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Digital Clock

One-time1
  • Unlock all features$2.99
1 purchases

Flip Clock

One-time1
  • Lifetime$7.99

Questions

Is Digital Clock free?
Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flip Clock free?
Flip Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digital Clock or Flip Clock?
Flip Clock is rated higher. Digital Clock averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Flip Clock averages 5.0 from 28 ratings.
Do Digital Clock or Flip Clock have ads?
Neither Digital Clock nor Flip Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Clock or Flip Clock?
Digital Clock ships an update every 3 weeks, and Flip Clock every 2 weeks. Most recently, Digital Clock was updated on October 13, 2026 and Flip Clock on October 14, 2026.

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