Comparison

PureClock 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

PureClock

Enhance your desktop with a variety of transparent clock widgets and a unique page-turning timer. This app offers creative designs and visual experiences to help you manage your time effectively.

Highlights
  • Transparent clock widgets
  • Page-turning tomato clock
  • Dozens of clock styles
  • Creative animation effects
  • Bedside clock mode
  • Minimalist and analog designs
Features
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This is an extremely pure clock application, which makes your desktop time more warm and helps you better manage your time in your work life. Features: dozens of transparent small components, creative animation travel time design, simple and elegant quiet full screen clock 【ios transparent widget】 Clock widget is the main feature of this application, including minimalist clock, pseudo clock, analog clock, dynamic clock, mechanical clock, creative clock and other rich styles; Each design is highly creative, exquisite and beautiful, supports transparent display, makes your mobile desktop more dynamic and excellent, and makes every time you watch time a fun enjoyment. 【page turning style tomato clock】 Simple and easy to use, dedicated artifact. Compared with the monotonous digital tomato clock, the page turning clock has a more beautiful style and increases concentration. 【main functions】 ——Turn the page tomato clock, beautiful turn the page, full of the sense of time flow, help you focus on current matters and better manage and plan time ——Rich clock styles. At present, there are 9 exquisite clocks, including page turning clock, digital clock, minimalist clock, analog clock, mechanical watch clock, dynamic clock, creative clock, text clock, etc ——Each clock supports adding small components, original animation effect and amazing visual experience ——Support transparent widgets to create a transparent and flowing desktop effect ——Bedside clock mode, which is always bright after opening and placed on the desktop, which is comparable to the feeling of real desktop clock ——More functions waiting for you to experience

About

Flip Clock

This app offers a minimalist desktop clock with customizable colors, fonts, and display options. It includes ambient white noise and can show the date, battery level, and punctuality reminders. It also features an automation for charging display.

Highlights
  • Minimalist desktop clock design
  • Over 40 white noise options
  • Customizable colors and transparency
  • 30 font styles
  • Optional date, battery, and reminder display
  • Automatic charging display automation
Features
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Flip Clock - Committed to designing a more concise desktop clock, including more than 40 kinds of white noise to choose at will. No mess, no complicated interactions~ The simpler the design, the more focused on life and on things~ The effect of turning pages is natural and comfortable. By default, the hours, minutes and seconds are displayed. If you want to be quiet, you can also set only the hours and minutes to be displayed. If you want to add a color to your life, you can enter the settings interface to customize any color, and the color value with transparency is also OK~ If necessary, you can freely choose to display the date, display the clock background, punctuality reminder, show battery level and other simple functions With 30 new font styles, there's always one for you.(Parts of font styles designed by Freepik) Hey, the App supports iOS 9+, so that old devices are no longer idle~ 【Interesting Gameplay】Automatically display page turning clock steps when charging: Open shortcut command App -> Click Automation -> Add new automation -> Create personal automation -> Select Charger -> Select Connected and click Next -> Select Operation Suggestion open App, Select the page turning clock -> Click Next and click Finish -> Finally, the page turning clock will be displayed automatically whenever the power adapter is plugged in to charge. 【Friendly Reminder】 Black color value: 000000 White color value: FFFFFF What are you waiting for? Let's create a simple life together~

Screenshots

PureClock4 screens
Flip Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Flip Clock at none against PureClock's shown. Flip Clock also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). PureClock's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. PureClock sells 7 one-off in-app purchases 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for PureClock against 4.5 for Flip Clock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 56 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of PureClock's written reviews are positive against 93% of Flip Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PureClock ships an update fortnightly, Flip Clock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PureClock versus Flip Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPureClockFlip Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (44 ratings) — better4.5 (56 ratings)
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews92.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4456 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer浩龙 郭倩喜 阮

Customer experience

PureClock

All ratings44 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

Flip Clock

All ratings56 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.3%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

PureClock

One-time7
  • 购买巧匠时钟小组件Free
  • 购买Sunshine时钟小组件Free
  • 购买原点时钟小组件Free
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  • 购买探险者时钟小组件$0.99
  • 购买Emoji时钟小组件$0.99
  • 购买麦克128k时钟小组件$0.99
  • Upgrade to PureClock PRO$4.99
1 purchases

Flip Clock

One-time1
  • VIP$1.99

Questions

Is PureClock free?
PureClock 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, PureClock or Flip Clock?
PureClock is rated higher. PureClock averages 4.6 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Flip Clock averages 4.5 from 56 ratings.
Do PureClock or Flip Clock have ads?
PureClock shows ads; Flip Clock does not.
Which is updated more often, PureClock or Flip Clock?
PureClock ships an update fortnightly, and Flip Clock every 2 months. Most recently, PureClock was updated on June 11, 2026 and Flip Clock on September 24, 2026.

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