Comparison

X 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

X Clock

This app offers a minimalist clock display with customizable themes and widgets. It includes features like timers, reminders, and a focus clock to enhance productivity during study or work sessions. Personalize your device with its transparent widget effects.

Highlights
  • 14 colorful themes
  • Rich widgets with transparent effects
  • Countdown and reminder functionality
  • Focus clock for productivity
  • Multiple widget support
  • New clock styles and widgets
Features
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X Clock is a lightweight clock application that displays the time in a concise way and accompanies your study, work and study. - 14 colorful themes, more will be added in the future. - Rich widgets, support transparent effects, can beautify your desktop and create a personalized desktop. - Multiple widgets, support countdown, countdown, reminder, focus clock. Recent Updates: - Two new clock styles and widgets have been added: Cheering Duck and Childlike

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

X Clock4 screens
Flip Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: X Clock at 5.0 against Flip Clock's 4.5. Flip Clock's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. X 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

X Clock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flip Clock has 56 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of X Clock's written reviews are positive against 93% of Flip Clock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

X Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, Flip Clock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
X Clock versus Flip Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterX ClockFlip Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (56 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.8% of reviews
Number of ratings156 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晓伟 庄倩喜 阮

Customer experience

X Clock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flip Clock

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

Bugs and requests

X Clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Flip Clock

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • White noise not playing
  • Cannot set settings without rating

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add lunar calendar
  • Allow adjustment of font size
  • Add free seasonal themes (e.g., Christmas)

In-app purchases

1 purchases

X Clock

One-time1
  • XClock Permanent Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Flip Clock

One-time1
  • VIP$1.99

Questions

Is X Clock free?
X 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, X Clock or Flip Clock?
X Clock is rated higher. X Clock averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Flip Clock averages 4.5 from 56 ratings.
Do X Clock or Flip Clock have ads?
Neither X Clock nor Flip Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, X Clock or Flip Clock?
X Clock ships an update every 6 weeks, and Flip Clock every 2 months. Most recently, X Clock was updated on October 10, 2026 and Flip Clock on October 25, 2026.

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